[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/המצאה-1.m4a” /]הַמְצָאָה When I was growing up, some kids wanted to be firemen, others wanted to be sports stars. Most of the time, I wanted to be a movie director. But after watching episodes of Mr. Wizard, sometimes I also wanted to be an inventor. An invention, in Hebrew, is a ממציא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/המצאה-2.m4a” /] if…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעגל-החיים-1.m4a” /]מַעֲגַל הַחַיִּים Take a moment to transport yourself, in your mind, to the Lion King’s Africa, and listen to The Circle of Life (I’ve linked to the Hebrew version – you can search for the English one yourself). You may notice that in the song, the expression for the circle of life is גלגל החיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעגל-החיים-2.m4a”…
לחוות For those who have attended the Mayanot Birthright trip, you may recall the name of the tour operator – הַחֲוָיָה הַיִּשְׂרָאֵלִית (hah-hah-vah-YAH hah-yees-rah-eh-LEET) – the Israel (more accurately, “the Israeli”) Experience. To experience is (lah-hah-VOHT). What happens to us happens to us. But how we respond to what happens to us –…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/לרמוז-1.m4a” /]לִרְמוֹז, לְרַמֵּז You may know the Hebrew word for traffic light – רמזור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/לרמוז-2.m4a” /]. This word combines two others: רמז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/לרמוז-3.m4a” /] – hint (in our case, an indication) and אור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/לרמוז-4.m4a” /] – light. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/לרמוז-5.m4a” /]בצמתים רבים בארץ יש כיכר במקום רמזור. At many intersections in Israel there is a roundabout instead of…
Truth is, there are several types of an agricultural settlement – התיישבות חקלאית. In Israel, the קיבוץ, perhaps the most famous one, is based on a socialist economic model. But there’s also the מושב, where each family is economically independent, but work together in a type of cooperative. Here’s מושב in context: במושב שלנו בשבת…