When I go to a cafe with table service in Israel, they ask me where I’d like to sit – בפנים או בחוץ? outside or inside? (unless it’s raining, I say בחוץ). בפנים means inside when it stands alone, as in: כולם בפנים. Everyone is inside. But בתוך means inside something – or inside of…
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/הכל-מסודר-#.m4a” /]הַכֹּל מְסֻדָּר One of the most common expressions in Hebrew is הכל בסדר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/הכל-מסודר-#.m4a” /] – everything’s okay, literally, everything’s in order. The Hebrew word סדר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/הכל-מסודר-#.m4a” /] means order. It’s also the name of the Jewish Passover night event, the Seder, since this event is well organized with a proper order of…
לרדוף My house-mate Josh suggested this word. Josh grew up in the UK and now chases down terrorists – he’s a soldier in the IDF, preparing to be a commander. The Chapters of the Fathers (פִּרְקֵי אָבוֹת – peer-KAY ah-VOHT) lists appropriate ages for various milestones in the life of the Jewish male: 9 for…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בריאות-הנפש-1.m4a” /]בְּרִיאוּת הַנֶּפֶשׁ When I was in psych school, I would read about דיכאון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בריאות-הנפש-2.m4a” /] – depression and get depressed. I’d hear a lecture about התמכרויות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בריאות-הנפש-3.m4a” /] – addictions and start searching for my own. As the Lubavitcher Rebbe said, טראכט גוט, וועט זיין גוט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בריאות-הנפש-4.m4a” /] – in Hebrew, תחשוב טוב, יהיה טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בריאות-הנפש-5.m4a”…