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This one’s for Rabbi Simcha Frischling, founder and director of The Call of the Shofar.
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.ע.ר.ב I’m again in the Ethiopian-Jewish absorption center Beit Alpha, and it’s right before Shabbat. In Hebrew, Sabbath Eve or the day right before the Sabbath, is called עֶרֶב שַׁבָּת (EH-rev shah-BAHT) – the eve of Sabbath. How do you say west in Hebrew? מַעֲרָב (mah-ah-RAHV). If you look closely, you’ll see that it’s got the…
having trouble seeing the print? פִּתּוּי Conversational Hebrew Starting Soon… REGISTER NOW! The Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world tells the story of Joseph, who is sold by his brothers and eventually is given a job as caretaker in the home of a minister of Egypt… whose wife…
having trouble seeing the print? בִּשּׁוּל When the Children of Israel left Egypt thousands of years ago, they didn’t have time to bake bread or cook anything, for that matter. Today’s Children of Israel, however, clean and cook to make the festival clean from physical and spiritual clutter… and joyous. Class starts right after Passover…
having trouble seeing the print? לַעֲבוֹר דִּירָה In English, we talk about moving residence from one place to another. The Hebrew word for residence is דִּירָה ( ) – which is also the word for apartment or flat. But to move is literally, לָזוּז ( ), and that’s not what we say in Hebrew. The Hebrew expression…
מותש, גמור I’ve had one of those weeks that has at once flown by and seemed like an eternity. Know what I’m talking about? Lots of events, requiring me to be fully engaged in each… so the time flies really fast, but I also look back at last week and it seems as if…