A Touching Reunion
Captain Ziv Shilon, a platoon commander in the Giv’ati Brigade, was severely wounded while on routine patrol near the Israeli-Gaza border. Shilon received medical care and is now stable, but his hands were mangled.
Captain Ziv Shilon, a platoon commander in the Giv’ati Brigade, was severely wounded while on routine patrol near the Israeli-Gaza border. Shilon received medical care and is now stable, but his hands were mangled.
having trouble seeing the print? לְהַסְכִּים Learn to Speak Hebrew… With Us They say that the second Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed as a result of senseless hatred. Somehow, these days marking the anniversary of that and other Jewish calamities has a way of getting people in Israel quite edgy. Something that…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/מוכשר-#.m4a” /]מֻכְשָׁר Look closely at the words for talented – מוכשר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/מוכשר-#.m4a” /] for a male and מוכשרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/מוכשר-#.m4a” /] for a female – and see if you can spot the three-letter root. It’s כ.ש.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/מוכשר-#.m4a” /] meaning fit, the same root as that of כשר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/מוכשר-#.m4a” /] – kosher. Food that is kosher is fit for Jewish eating. Likewise, a…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתקבל-1.m4a” /]לְהִתְקַבֵּל You may know the Hebrew word for to receive – לקבל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתקבל-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתקבל-3.m4a” /]קיבלתי את החבילה, תודה. I received the package, thanks. לקבל, an active-intensive verb, also means to accept. Likewise, להתקבל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתקבל-1.m4a” /], a reflexive-intensive verb, means to get accepted or to be accepted. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתקבל-4.m4a” /]אני מאוד מקווה שהיא תתקבל לעבודה….