listen and repeat.סְגִירַת מַעֲגָל listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Tomorrow evening, Jews around the world will be celebrating רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה listen and repeat – Rosh Hashana, the head of the year – thus coming full circle seasonally and religiously. The Hebrew expression for coming full circle borrows from applied physics, where a closed circuit is a מַעֲגָל…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כואב-לי-1.m4a” /]כּוֹאֵב לִי The Hebrew word for pain or ache is כאב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כואב-לי-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כואב-לי-3.m4a” /]יש לי כאב ראש. I have a headache. and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כואב-לי-4.m4a” /]יש לי כאב בצוואר. I have a pain in my (the) neck. The latter does not pack the same punch it does in English. To say I’m in pain…
having trouble seeing the print? מַנְהִיג, מַנְהִיגָה I’m reading The Prime Minsters by Yehuda Avner, currently at the part about the winter of 1947 in Jerusalem. I’m getting inspired and delighted by the daring and, sometimes, the faith, Jewish people displayed in those days… especially by one of the key leaders in the liberation…
having trouble seeing the print? מַחְשְׁבוֹן Feeling out of the loop with your kids going back to (Israeli) school? This video can help. While you’re at it, check out our fall classes offered throughout Israel and online, as well as the deadlines by which you can save money. זוֹכְרִים אֶת אֵלֶּה? remember…
אַתָּה חָמוּשׁ? listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Suppose you’re a man entering a shopping mall in Tel Aviv. The security guard is likely to pose a question: אַתָּה חָמוּשׁ? listen and repeat He’s asking whether you’re carrying a weapon. חמוש listen and repeat is one of the terms for armed. …