off for the holiday

ByAmi Steinberger October 2, 2012October 29, 2018

חַג הַסֻּכּוֹת

Dear Ktzat Ivrit enthusiast,

I am minimizing the amount of work I’m doing during the Sukkot festival – חג הסוכות, so there will be no new posts until next Tuesday.

In the meantime, enjoy this heartwarming film about the people of Haredi Jerusalem and חג הסוכות, and learn some Hebrew in the process:

Also, if you’re thinking about building your Hebrew communication skills this year, check out our post-holidays courses in several locations throughout Israel as well as online.

חָג שָׂמֵחַ!

Happy (Sukkot) holiday!

Ami

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ByAmi Steinberger May 19, 2016May 16, 2016

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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אבל-לאומי-1.m4a” /]אֵבֶל לְאֻמִּי Today Jews around the world commemorate the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple in ancient times, as well as all the other great tragedies of Jewish history. The term for national mourning is אבל לאומי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אבל-לאומי-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אבל-לאומי-2.m4a” /]תשעה באב הוא יום של אבל לאומי. Tisha B’Av (the ninth of the Jewish…

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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…

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