Author: Ami Steinberger

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/2020/11/צידה-לדרך-#.m4a” /]צֵידָה לַדֶּרֶךְ Admittedly, צידה לדרך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/צידה-לדרך-#.m4a” /] isn’t an accurate translation of a doggy bag, but the ideas are similar: צידה לדרך is food (literally, provisions) for the way. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/צידה-לדרך-#.m4a” /]בסוף הביקורים אצלה, סבתא שלי הייתה נותנת לי צידה לדרך. At the end of visits at her house, my grandmother would give me…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/שער-הדולר-#.m4a” /]שַׁעַר הַדּוֹלָר The Hebrew expression for exchange rate is שער חליפין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/שער-הדולר-#.m4a” /], where שער[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/שער-הדולר-#.m4a” /] refers to rate. So the dollar (exchange) rate is שער הדולר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/שער-הדולר-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/שער-הדולר-#.m4a” /]שער הדולר יחסית יציב בשנים האחרונות. The dollar rate has been relatively stable in recent years. What does the word שער…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /]מְרַק עֲדָשִׁים The Hebrew word for soup is מרק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /]מרק בחורף בא לי בטוב. Soup in the winter does me good. A lentil is עדשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /], while lentils are עדשים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /], so lentil soup is מרק עדשים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /]: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /]מה זה הריח הזה, מרק עדשים? What’s…