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חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards Game Test שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְחֲנֻכָּה שָׂמֵחַ! Shabbat Shalom, and happy Hanukkah!
לִנְחוֹר The daily aspect of קצת עברית – Ktzat Ivrit – has been spotty over the past few days. I finally arrived this morning at 5:45 in Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv after having flown from LAX on Wednesday afternoon and having had a great time during my nine-hour stopover in Madrid (based…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מצורף-#.m4a” /]מְצֹרָף This post isn’t going to talk about attachment in the emotional sense – that’s התקשרות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מצורף-#.m4a” /] or התחברות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מצורף-#.m4a” /], among other touchy feely options. Rather, we’re here to talk about something attached – מצורף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מצורף-#.m4a” /] – to something like an email. It appears in an abbreviation: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מצורף-#.m4a” /]מצ”ב פירושו “מצורף בזאת.” Matz”av means…
Today at noon, Israel time… …I’m on the radio for my weekly hour of Israeli music explained. Today I’m playing some of the regulars, some of Israel’s greats: Arik Einstein Shlomo Artzi Ehud Banai The Idan Raichel Project …and many more Check out the show between 12 and 1 Israel…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/מבחר-#.m4a” /]בְּחִירָה, מִבְחָר Elections are coming up (again) in Israel. The Hebrew word for them is בחירות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/מבחר-#.m4a” /] – literally, choices, while בחירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/מבחר-#.m4a” /] is a choice. בחירה can also mean a selection in the sense of the selection of a particular item. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/מבחר-#.m4a” /]אז מה הבחירה הסופית שלך, הספה הכחולה או…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/לעבור-את-הגיל-#.m4a” /]לַעֲבוֹר אֶת הַגִּיל In Hebrew, to outgrow something by virtue of age or maturity is לעבור את הגיל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/לעבור-את-הגיל-#.m4a” /] – literally, to pass the age. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/לעבור-את-הגיל-#.m4a” /]הוא כבר עבר את הגיל עם החצ’קונים. He already passed the age of (with) acne. Broken down, that’s: לעבור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/לעבור-את-הגיל-#.m4a” /] – to pass, a simple…