Footage from Jerusalem over 100 years old

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/להתקיים-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְקַיֵּם Hebrew has several words for to take place, but the most generic and useful one is להתקיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/להתקיים-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/להתקיים-#.m4a” /]מתי תתקיים ההרצאה? When will the lecture take place? להתקיים is a התפעל verb of the root ק.ו.מ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/להתקיים-#.m4a” /] meaning standing or rising: something that takes place is as…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/המספר-שחויג-1.m4a” /]הַמִּסְפָּר שֶׁחֻיָּג To dial, in Hebrew, is לחייג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/המספר-שחויג-2.m4a” /]. And just as the physical action of dialing is now only a figure of speech we use to mean tapping numbers rather than actually turning the dial on a rotary phone (visual aids for those of you who don’t know what a rotary phone is),…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/פשוט-1-#.m4a” /]פָּשׁוּט פשוט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/פשוט-1-#.m4a” /] is one of those ubiquitous Hebrew words – you’ll hear it in virtually every conversation. Its main meaning is simple, but it also functions as simply. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/פשוט-1-#.m4a” /]הוא פשוט מתאים לתפקיד הזה! He’s simply right for this job! and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/פשוט-1-#.m4a” /]הסדרה הזאת פשוט כיפית. This series is simply…