having trouble seeing the print? חוֹזֶה Learn to Speak Hebrew With Us, Online This past Tuesday I did a workshop at AACI Jerusalem entitled “Decoding the Bills.” It’s the second of a three-part series called “Getting Things Done… in Hebrew.” I’m giving part three, “Phoning Israeli Companies”, this coming Tuesday at 10am,…
having trouble seeing the print? פְּעִילוּת Learn to Speak Hebrew With Us, Online Some of us like grammar, and some of us don’t. The word verb excites some of us, while daunting others or making them drowsy. But most of us know that a verb is a word that indicates action. In…
having trouble seeing the print? מוּטָב מְאֻחָר מֵאֲשֶׁר לְעוֹלָם לֹא Learn to Speak Hebrew…With Us Yesterday my great-uncle had his בַּר מִצְוָה ( ) – Bar Mitzvah. Yes, my great uncle. He’s 82. Because when he was 13, he was in Auschwitz, where they didn’t do בר מצווה ceremonies. En route, I told…
having trouble seeing the print? בְּיַחַד Learn to Speak Hebrew…With Us Today is ט”וּ בְּאָב ( ) – the 15th of the Jewish month of Av – which is the Jewish day of love. The Hebrew word for together is בְּיַחַד ( ) (alternatively and more formally, יַחַד ( )). For example: טִיַּלְנוּ בְּיַחַד בַּמִּזְרָח….
having trouble seeing the print? מִסְפָּר Learn to Speak Hebrew…With Us this week’s video dose of Hebrew! by Ami Steinberger, Founder and Director, Ulpan La-Inyan Enjoying Your Daily Dose of Hebrew? Consider making a donation!
having trouble seeing the print? אֲגַם Learn to Speak Hebrew… With Us In the northern hemisphere, people are seeking refuge from the heat of the summer by splashing in the water. Among various natural bodies of water are: יָם – sea; יָמִים – seas נָהָר – river; נְהָרוֹת – rivers …
having trouble seeing the print? לָצוּם Learn to Speak Hebrew… With Us Today, many Jews the world over are fasting in observance of תִּשְׁעָה בְּאָב ( )– the Ninth of Av (here’s an article with information about the day). The Hebrew word for to fast is לָצוּם ( ), an active-simple פָּעַל verb of the root צ.ו.מ (ts.w.m). Since…
having trouble seeing the print? פְּשָׁרָה Learn to Speak Hebrew…With Us An important tool for conflict resolution is compromise. The Hebrew word for a compromise is פְּשָׁרָה ( ), while to compromise is the reflexive-intensive הִתְפַּעֵל verb, לְהִתְפַּשֵּׁר ( ). (To compromise in the sense of compromising safety is לְסַכֵּן ( ) – also to endanger.) The root of these…
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…
having trouble seeing the print? דָּבָר this week’s video dose of Hebrew by Ami Steinberger, Founder and Director, Ulpan La-Inyan Enjoying Your Daily Dose of Hebrew? Consider making a donation!
having trouble seeing the print? אָמָּנִיּוֹת לְחִימָה highly recommended reference for further vocabulary growth The English word martial has to do with war and battle, as in the terms martial law and martial arts. The Hebrew term for martial arts is אָמָּנִיּוֹת לְחִימָה ( ). אמניות ( ) is the plural form of the word for…