חִזּוּק חִיּוּבִי listen to and repeat this Hebrew phrase The other day I had the pleasure of spending quality time with the dean of my alma mater, Yeshiva College (part of Yeshiva University), who treated me to lunch on bustling Emek Refaim Street in Jerusalem. Dean Norman Adler, currently attending the Level 4 course of Ulpan…
נְשִׁימָה עֲמֻקָּה listen to and repeat this phrase We need your feedback! Let us know what kind of Hebrew fall course schedule we might offer you! When in love or out of love, it’s important to remember to breathe – because sometimes we forget. Well, at least we…
אִשּׁוּר listen to this word pronounced We need your feedback! Let us know what kind of Hebrew fall course schedule we might offer you! I took a life coaching course with Leah Gniwesch a couple of years ago, just before I opened Ulpan La-Inyan. Leah sent me the link this…
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הִתְפַּתְּחוּת listen to this word pronounced We need your feedback! Let us know what kind of Hebrew fall course schedule we might offer you! Yesterday’s dose of Hebrew introduced the word for opening up – לְהִפָּתַח (leh-hee-pah-TAHKH). It’s a verb that falls into the נפעל (neef-AHL) pattern, which means…
לְהִפָּתַח listen to this word pronounced We need your feedback! Let us know what kind of Hebrew fall course schedule we might offer you! This one’s for my Level 2 intensive class at AACI Jerusalem, as today we reviewed examples of the נפעל (neef-AHL) verb pattern. Today’s word does, in…
צְמִיחָה listen to this word pronounced We need your feedback! Let us know what kind of Hebrew fall course schedule we might offer you! Perhaps you’re familiar with the Hebrew word for plant – the kind you might find in your garden: צֶמַח (TSEH-mahkh). The growth of such a plant is called…
פָּגִיעַ listen to this word pronounced We need your feedback! Let us know what kind of Hebrew fall course schedule we might offer you! Brené Brown, in a video that I (you too, undoubtedly) can relate to so well, says that at the core of being able to love is the willingness…
הַרְמוֹנְיָה listen to this word pronounced We need your feedback! Let us know what kind of Hebrew fall course schedule we might offer you! Some words just don’t yet exist in proper Hebrew. When I run out of time on a Friday afternoon before Shabbat, I might be wont to…
לְתַקֵּן listen to this word pronounced We need your feedback! Let us know what kind of Hebrew fall course schedule we might offer you! Today I introduced a song by Ehud Banai to my Level 2 intensive class in Jerusalem. Two of the lines in the song go like this: אָז תַּאֲמִין שֶׁאִם קִלְקַלְת –…
קָשּׁוּב listen to this word pronounced We need your feedback! Let us know what kind of Hebrew fall course schedule we might offer you! As I’ve continued reading the chapter on attachment in Daniel J. Siegel’s book, The Developing Mind, I’ve seen that infants learn their place the world by how much sensitivity…