how to say “to come back” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רפואה-משלימה-1.mp3″ /]רְפוּאָה מַשְׁלִימָה The English term that groups together acupuncture, homeopathy, energy healing and other fields is alternative medicine, as these practices are said to provide an alternative to scientifically-based medicine. Another less common English term is complementary medicine, denoting practices that are meant to go hand in hand with modern doctoring. Hebrew prefers this term, translating it as רְפוּאָה…

  מִלּוּי, סְתִימָה  listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet?     With Purim coming up, some of you may already be thinking about those special holiday cookies, hamentaschen (Yiddish, literally, Haman’s pockets) – in Hebrew, אָזְנֵי הָמָן  listen and repeat (literally, Haman’s ears) and the various fillings they come with.   The Hebrew word for filling when…

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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/סמלי-#.m4a” /]סִמְלִי The word סמל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/סמלי-#.m4a” /] – remarkably close in sound to its English equivalent symbol – appears in Biblical Hebrew. Here’s a modern usage of the word: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/סמלי-#.m4a” /]סמל מדינת ישראל הוא המנורה וענפי זית. The symbol of Israel is the Menorah (Temple candelabra) and olive branches. The word for symbolic is סמלי[audioclip…