having trouble seeing the print? מוּטָב מְאֻחָר מֵאֲשֶׁר לְעוֹלָם לֹא Learn to Speak Hebrew…With Us Yesterday my great-uncle had his בַּר מִצְוָה ( ) – Bar Mitzvah. Yes, my great uncle. He’s 82. Because when he was 13, he was in Auschwitz, where they didn’t do בר מצווה ceremonies. En route, I told…
having trouble seeing the print? בְּיַחַד Learn to Speak Hebrew…With Us Today is ט”וּ בְּאָב ( ) – the 15th of the Jewish month of Av – which is the Jewish day of love. The Hebrew word for together is בְּיַחַד ( ) (alternatively and more formally, יַחַד ( )). For example: טִיַּלְנוּ בְּיַחַד בַּמִּזְרָח….
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having trouble seeing the print? אֲגַם Learn to Speak Hebrew… With Us In the northern hemisphere, people are seeking refuge from the heat of the summer by splashing in the water. Among various natural bodies of water are: יָם – sea; יָמִים – seas נָהָר – river; נְהָרוֹת – rivers …
having trouble seeing the print? לָצוּם Learn to Speak Hebrew… With Us Today, many Jews the world over are fasting in observance of תִּשְׁעָה בְּאָב ( )– the Ninth of Av (here’s an article with information about the day). The Hebrew word for to fast is לָצוּם ( ), an active-simple פָּעַל verb of the root צ.ו.מ (ts.w.m). Since…
having trouble seeing the print? פְּשָׁרָה Learn to Speak Hebrew…With Us An important tool for conflict resolution is compromise. The Hebrew word for a compromise is פְּשָׁרָה ( ), while to compromise is the reflexive-intensive הִתְפַּעֵל verb, לְהִתְפַּשֵּׁר ( ). (To compromise in the sense of compromising safety is לְסַכֵּן ( ) – also to endanger.) The root of these…
having trouble seeing the print? לְהַסְכִּים Learn to Speak Hebrew… With Us They say that the second Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed as a result of senseless hatred. Somehow, these days marking the anniversary of that and other Jewish calamities has a way of getting people in Israel quite edgy. Something that…
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having trouble seeing the print? אָמָּנִיּוֹת לְחִימָה highly recommended reference for further vocabulary growth The English word martial has to do with war and battle, as in the terms martial law and martial arts. The Hebrew term for martial arts is אָמָּנִיּוֹת לְחִימָה ( ). אמניות ( ) is the plural form of the word for…
having trouble seeing the print? לְאַיֵּשׁ highly recommended reference for further vocabulary growth If you read the title of this post and didn’t quite understand what I’m getting it, you’re probably not the only one. The word לְאַיֵּשׁ ( ) doesn’t really have a direct translation into English. The best I could come up with is to man and to staff,…
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…