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Weekly YDDH Review

ByAmi Steinberger May 13, 2022May 10, 2022

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…

how to say “series” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger April 26, 2012October 31, 2018

having trouble seeing the print? סִדְרָה Check out our spring and summer courses in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Raanana, Efrat, Ramat Beit Shemesh and Tzfat Today was Israel’s יוֹם הָעַצְמָאוּת – Independence Day, literally, the day of independence (yohm hah-ahts-mah-OOT). To give you a comical glimpse into Israeli culture, I’ll refer you to a series put out by Ynet called “Pini”: pini.ynet.co.il….

how to say “tar” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger January 4, 2012November 11, 2018

having trouble seeing the print? זֶפֶת Check out Ulpan La-Inyan’s winter course offerings! בּוֹרוֹת הַזֶּפֶת לָה בְּרֵאָה (boh-ROHT hah-ZEH-fet lah-BREH-ah) the La Brea Tar Pits The word for tar appears in next week’s Torah portion as one of the materials which seals the floating basket of baby Moses. The word in Biblical as…

how to say “watermelon” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger June 6, 2017October 21, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אבטיח-1.m4a” /]אֲבַטִּיחַ This word appears already in Biblical Hebrew, as אבטיח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אבטיח-1.m4a” /] – watermelon – native to southern Africa, was cultivated in Egypt and eaten by the People of Israel. In researching the word, I spotted the root ב.ט.ח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אבטיח-2.m4a” /], which normally means safety as the word ביטחון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אבטיח-3.m4a” /] – security. I started pondering possible…

daily video – how to say “battle story” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger January 10, 2021January 30, 2021

To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...

how to say “page of Talmud” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger March 19, 2019May 16, 2019

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/דף-גמרא-#.m4a” /]דַּף גְּמָרָא Talmud, the collection of Jewish legal wisdom and folklore, is a Hebrew word – תלמוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/דף-גמרא-#.m4a” /], deriving from the root ל.מ.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/דף-גמרא-#.m4a” /] meaning study. But there’s another word for Talmud which comes from Aramaic – גמרא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/דף-גמרא-#.m4a” /]. And a page or folio of גמרא is דף גמרא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/דף-גמרא-#.m4a” /], as in:…

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