having trouble seeing the print? הַחְלָטָה לְשָׁנָה חֲדָשָׁה This fall, we’re offering opportunities to learn to speak Hebrew, in many Anglo communities in Israel and online. Check out our fall classes, keeping in mind that the deadlines to save 200 shekels fall towards the end of September. Those of you who received yesterday’s marketing email know…
having trouble seeing the print? לְחַנֵּךְ This fall, we’re offering opportunities to learn to speak Hebrew, in many Anglo communities in Israel and online. Check out our fall classes, keeping in mind that the deadlines to save 200 shekels fall towards the end of September. One might argue…
having trouble seeing the print? לְהִשְׁתַּלֵּב Feeling out of the loop with your kids going back to (Israeli) school? This video can help. While you’re at it, check out our fall classes offered throughout Israel and online, as well as the deadlines by which you can save money. It is basic human nature to…
having trouble seeing the print? מַחְשְׁבוֹן Feeling out of the loop with your kids going back to (Israeli) school? This video can help. While you’re at it, check out our fall classes offered throughout Israel and online, as well as the deadlines by which you can save money. זוֹכְרִים אֶת אֵלֶּה? remember…
having trouble seeing the print? קְרֹא וּכְתֹב Time to learn Hebrew? We offer an unparalleled learning experience. Check out our fall classes offered throughout Israel and online, as well as the deadlines by which you can save money. The literal way of saying reading and writing uses the abstract-noun forms, קְרִיאָה וּכְתִיבָה (keh-ree-AH…
having trouble seeing the print? חֲזָרָה לְבֵית הַסֵּפֶר In English, we have to come back and to return. Both phrases describe the same situation, but while the former describes a day-to-day return, the latter describes a more dramatic one. Likewise in Hebrew, there are two words that mean to return to a place: לַחְזוֹר (lahkh-ZOHR) and…
having trouble seeing the print? גְּבוּל register for fall classes with Ulpan La-Inyan! The Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world falls smack in the middle of the fifth of Five Books of Moses, סֵפֶר דְּבָרִים (SEH-fehr deh-vah-REEM) – The Book of Deuteronomy, or literally, The Book of Words. ספר דברים and…
having trouble seeing the print? נְטוּל קָפֶאִין register for fall classes with Ulpan La-Inyan The basic Hebrew word for to take is לָקַחַת (lah-KAH-khaht), an active-simple פָּעַל verb. Another more elegant word for to take is לִנְטוֹל (leen-TOHL) or לִטּוֹל (lee-TOHL) of the root נ.ט.ל (n.t.l), also a פָּעַל verb. But as happens with more elegant words, this…
having trouble seeing the print? בִּלְעָדִי Oftentimes the developers of Modern Hebrew are faced with the challenge of creating a new word for a concept that didn’t quite exist in Biblical and Mishnaic times. One such concept is exclusivity. As presented in yesterday’s entry, one of the Hebrew words meaning without is בִּלְעָדַי (beel-ah-DAH-ee), used…
having trouble seeing the print? בְּלִי, בִּלְעֲדֵי, לְלֹא extra large discount ENDS TODAY! Last chance – SIGN UP NOW! While the common Hebrew preposition for with is עִם (eem), the one for without is בְּלִי (beh-LEE). But just like עם doesn’t get declined with suffixes to mean with me, with us, etc, and we use אֶת (et) instead,…
having trouble seeing the print? עִם, אֶת extra large discount ENDS TOMORROW – AUGUST 20 SIGN UP NOW! עִם (eem) is the very common Hebrew preposition meaning with. But perhaps you’ve found it strange that when the word is declined, the letters ע (a) and מ (m) disappear, and instead we get: with me –…