Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/רוחניות-#.m4a” /]רוּחָנִיּוּת It used to be that רוחניות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/רוחניות-#.m4a” /] – spirituality – was a word found in rabbinic literature only (well, up until about 150 years ago, all current Hebrew was found in rabbinic literature only). Today, Hebrew speakers of all theistic persuasions use the word, from rabbis in Jerusalem to secular Israeli…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/כיסוי-עיניים-#.m4a” /]כִּיסּוּי עֵינַיִים The Hebrew expression for blindfold is כיסוי עיניים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/כיסוי-עיניים-#.m4a” /], literally covering of eyes. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/כיסוי-עיניים-#.m4a” /]במטוסים מחלקים כיסויי עיניים כדי שאנשים יוכלו לישון. On planes they give out blindfolds so people can sleep. כיסוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/כיסוי-עיניים-#.m4a” /] is a noun form of the פיעל verb לכסות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/כיסוי-עיניים-#.m4a” /], of the root…

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…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אצבעות-#.m4a” /]אֶצְבָּעוֹת While English has a special word for some fingers (thumb, pinkie) and an additional descriptive word for others (ring finger, middle finger), Hebrew has a special word for each digit on the human hand: זרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אצבעות-#.m4a” /] – pinkie, little finger קמיצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אצבעות-#.m4a” /] – ring finger אמה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אצבעות-#.m4a” /] – middle finger…