רְגִישׁוּת listen to and repeat this word We need your input! Let us know what kind of Hebrew fall course schedule we might offer you! Part of loving means being sensitive – רָגִיש (rah-GHEESH) for a male, and רְגִישָׁה (reh-ghee-SHAH) – to the needs and feelings of others. Sensitivity is רְגִישׁוּת (reh-ghee-SHOOT). …
Special radio show (your daily dose follows) Another way to increase your Hebrew knowledge is to get to know Hebrew music and lyrics. Today (Wednesday), I’m doing a special radio show about Hebrew music pertinent to the Jewish traditional mourning period called “the three weeks.” Some songs…
לְשַׁכֵּךְ listen to and repeat this word We need your input! Let us know what kind of Hebrew fall course schedule we might offer you! If you’ve been to a Megillah reading (or read it yourself), you may recall the phrase, וַחֲמַת הַמֶּלֶךְ שָׁכָכָה –…
אִכְפַּתִּיּוּת listen to and repeat this word We need your feedback! Let us know what kind of Hebrew fall course schedule we might offer you! I first came across this word when I was among a group of 120 fourteen-year-olds learning to march with flags in Raanana. We were the largest group of…
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…