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having trouble seeing the print? לִגְמוֹא מֶרְחָק Extra discount on Fall 2012 Courses through August 14 SIGN UP NOW! A couple of months ago I introduced the Hebrew word for distance – מֶרְחָק (mehr-KHAHK). With the Olympics in full swing, now’s the time to introduce an expression that means to go the distance or to run…
having trouble seeing the print? בַּגְרוּת Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! Yesterday I introduced the common Hebrew word for relationships or couplehood – זוּגִיּוּת (zoo-ghee-YOOT). An important element in healthy such relationships is maturity. The Hebrew word for maturity is the same as…
having trouble seeing the print? זוּגִיּוּת Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! The Hebrew word זוּגִיּוּת (zoo-ghee-YOOT) refers to the existence of couples as well as all the issues that come with them – couplehood, for lack of a better term…
having trouble seeing the print? מִזְרָחָה Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! The Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world features the plea of Moses to be allowed to lead the People of Israel into their…
having trouble seeing the print? יַלְדּוּתִי The Hebrew word for child – probably related to the English word – is יֶלֶד (YEH-led) for a male and יַלְדָּה (yahl-DAH). Words that in English have -hood, -ism, etc, at the end of the word, in Hebrew typically have an וּת– (oot) ending. So childhood is יַלְדּוּת (yahl-DOOT). Childish,…
having trouble seeing the print? מֶדַלְיָה Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! Whereas metal is a substance, a medal is an award. The Hebrew word for metal is מַתֶּכֶת (mah-TEH-khet), explained in yesterday’s posting. מתכת comes from an authentic Hebrew root. But the Hebrew word…
having trouble seeing the print? מַתֶּכֶת Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! The Hebrew word for metal – such as iron, gold and aluminum – is מַתֶּכֶת (mah-TEH-khet). It stems from the root נ.ת.כ (n.t.kh), meaning pouring or melting – since most forms…
having trouble seeing the print? לְלַמֵּד לֶקַח Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! The Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world opens the book of דְּבָרִים – Deuteronomy, or literally, words (deh-vah-REEM), where words in this context refer…
having trouble seeing the print? אִמּוּן אִישִׁי Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! In recent decades the helping professions received a new, now-popular member that arrived from the business world: life coaching. The Hebrew expression for this practice that helps people…
having trouble seeing the print? דְּאָגָה Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! If you’ve taken our Level 3 course, you know the phrases, אַל תִּדְאָג – don’t worry (ahl teed-AHG) in the masculine, and אַל תִּדְאָגִי (ahl teed-ah-GHEE) in the feminine. לִדְאוֹג, the active-simple פָּעַל…
having trouble seeing the print? פְּסִיכוֹלוֹגִיָה חִיּוּבִית Discount Deadline today to register for our Level 2 class in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv! טָל בֶּן שַׁחַר Tal Ben Shahar Israeli scholar Tal Ben Shachar and others, including Shawn Achor in this excellent Ted.com video, are proponents of a relatively new movement in psychology that focuses, rather than on repairing damage, on building strength and resiliency. Positive…