עוּגַת שְׁמָרִים Can’t read Hebrew yet? I have a Hungarian-Israeli grandmother. She makes delicious goulash, paprika chicken and other signature Hungarian dishes. But the best of her kitchen is her neighborhood-famous yeast cake – עוּגַת שְׁמָרִים . Broken down: עוּגָה means cake, while עוּגַת means cake of …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להצדיק-1.m4a” /]לְהַצְדִּיק If you’ve ever been to a synagogue, you’re sure to know the word for charity – צדקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להצדיק-2.m4a” /]. This word comes from the root צ.ד.ק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להצדיק-3.m4a” /] meaning justice: someone who gives charity is doing an act of justice. To justify – to cause justice, so to speak – is the…
having trouble seeing the print? מַלְכֹּדֶת BEGINNERS Hebrew Course Starts Mid-February Jerusalem . Tel Aviv Today a horrible tragedy was reported from Brazil, where hundreds of people were trapped inside a nightclub as it burned down. The Biblical-Hebrew root ל.כ.ד (l.k.d) means enclosure or trapping. Some of the words it produces, in use today, are: מַלְכֹּדֶת – a trap לִלְכּוֹד – to…
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…
While an onion is בצל and garlic is שום, a radish is צנון. For example: אני לא אוהב צנון. I don’t like radish. Turns out I’m not the only one – צנון is also a slang term for someone boring and hard to relate to.
Can’t read Hebrew yet? נָמֵס, מִתְמוֹסֵס You may recall the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz crying out, I’m melting! I’m melting! In Hebrew, that’s: אֲנִי נְמֵסָה! אֲנִי נְמֵסָה! The root of נמסה is מ.ס.ס (m.s.s), plugged into a variation of…