Nas Daily on the Jerusalem Syndrome

  having trouble seeing the print? חֲרָדָה     How’s your Hebrew? 10 spots available per course.  Sign up now!     The Torah portion to be read tomorrow in Jewish communities throughout the world features a critical moment in the development of the Israelite/Jewish family, at which יִצְחָק (yeets-KHAHK) – Isaac – realizes he’s just been…

  יִצּוּגִי  listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet?     The word לְיַצֵּג  listen and repeat means to represent or to act on behalf of someone, and מְיַצֵּג  listen and repeat is one of the words for representative.    For example:   רוֹאַת הַחֶשְׁבּוֹן שֶׁלִּי הִיא הַמְּיַצֶּגֶת שֵׁלִּי בִּרְשׁוּת הַמִּסִּים. My (female) accountant is my representative at the…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/קדושים-#.m4a” /]קָדוֹשׁ While the English word martyr comes originally from a Greek word for witness, Hebrew’s word is קדוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/קדושים-#.m4a” /] in the masculine and קדושה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/קדושים-#.m4a” /] in the feminine – the same word as holy. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/קדושים-#.m4a” /]קדושי מחנות ההשמדה מונצחים במוזיאון יד ושם שבירושלים. The martyrs of the death…