having trouble seeing the print? נֵס brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and the world This one’s for JJ. Forty five years ago three major Arab powers in the Middle East threatened to destroy the Jewish State and bring upon a second Holocaust. The people of Israel began to dig graves…
having trouble seeing the print? הַכְּלָלִים brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and the world The Torah portion(s) to be read tomorrow by Jews the world over (in Israel, בְּחֻקֹּתַי – beh-khoo-koh-TAH-ee, and abroad בְּהַר-בְּחֻקֹּתַי – beh-HAHR-beh-khoo-koh-TAH-ee) feature various rules given to the People of Israel to be kept as they enter their promised land, as well as the consequences that…
having trouble seeing the print? תַּדְמִית brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and the world In English, there’s the image of something physical or that which is formed in the mind (a mental image using the imagination), and there’s the psychological image that a person perceives of him/herself and projects to the world, as well as other definitions. The Hebrew…
having trouble seeing the print? תְּמוּנָה brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and the world The word image has several meanings in English. There’s the image of something physical or that which is formed in the mind (a mental image using the imagination), there’s the psychological image that a person perceives of him/herself and projects to the world, as…
having trouble seeing the print? קוֹרוֹת חַיִּים brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and the world A résumé or a curriculum vitae (CV) is a document that details a person’s professional and life accomplishments, usually for a prospective employer. One might describe a résumé as a list of the deliberate happenings or events of life, which…
having trouble seeing the print? תּוֹשָׁב brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and the world The Torah portion to be read this Shabbat in Israel and next Shabbat abroad presents the Biblical laws of real estate as well as the laws of citizenship. A key term in civics is a resident –…
לֶהָבָה The common Hebrew word for fire is אֵשׁ (esh). A flame, however, is a לְהָבָה (leh-hah-VAH). by Capture Queen ™ Perhaps the most well-known Biblical example of this word can be found in the psalm recited in synagogues Friday night before the לְכָה דּוֹדִי (leh-KHAH doh-DEE) liturgical poem: קוֹל (הַשֵּׁם) חֹצֵב לַהֲבוֹת אֵשׁ…
having trouble seeing the print? לִרְתּוֹחַ, לְהַרְתִּיחַ Brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan The Hebrew word for hot is חָם (khahm), an adjective. But the Hebrew word for boiling is רוֹתֵחַ (roh-TEH-ahkh), both an adjective and a verb. For example, you could describe the water as boiling in the phrase, the boiling water – הַמַּיִם הָרוֹתְחִים (hah-MAH-yeem hah-roh-teh-KHEEM), where ה)רותחים)…
having trouble seeing the print? מַצִּית Brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan Correction to last entry: Jews in Israel read the Torah portion אֱמֹר (eh-MOHR) this past week, but Jews in the rest of the world read a different portion. Today’s dose: Smokers in English-speaking countries might ask a passerby, got a light? or do you have…
having trouble seeing the print? מִשְׁחָה Brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan The Torah portion to be read tomorrow by Jews around the world mentions the high priest upon whose head the anointment oil has been poured – אֲשֶׁר יוּצַק עַל רֹאשׁוֹ שֶׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה (ah-SHEHR yoo-TSAHK ahl roh-SHOH SHEH-men hah-meesh-KHAH). by li-penny The word משחה means anointment, cream which is…
having trouble seeing the print? דְּפוּס הִתְנַהֲגוּת Check out our spring and summer courses in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Raanana, Efrat, Ramat Beit Shemesh and Tzfat The other day, we saw that the Modern Hebrew word for printing is דְּפוּס (deh-FOOS), which also can mean pattern. Yesterday, we saw that behavior, in Hebrew, is הִתְנַהֲגוּת (heet-nah-hah-GOOT). by Roby Ferrari A pattern of…