WEEKLY VIDEO DOSE – how to say “made in Israel” (or literally, “product of Israel”)

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/להתנקות-1.m4a” /]לְהִתְנַקּוֹת So not everyone loves לנקות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/להתנקות-2.m4a” /] – to clean. But there’s a psychological/spiritual advantage to doing it, at least arguably: cleaning the outside might mirror some cleaning on the inside. The primary Hebrew word for to cleanse oneself is להתנקות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/להתנקות-1.m4a” /], a reflexive version of לנקות. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/להתנקות-3.m4a”…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/קרוב-1.m4a” /]קָרוֹב The Hebrew word for close – קרוב [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/קרוב-1.m4a” /] in the masculine – can refer to emotional closeness just as it does to physical. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/קרוב-2.m4a” /] פעם היינו מאוד קרובים אחד לשני. Once we were very close to one another. קרוב can also refer to a relative, though people…