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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/במרחק-נגיעה-#.m4a” /]בְּמֶרְחַק נְגִיעָה This expression means that something is very close by: במרחק נגיעה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/במרחק-נגיעה-#.m4a” /] – a touch away, or literally, in touching distance. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/במרחק-נגיעה-#.m4a” /]הם גרים כבר שנים במרחק נגיעה מאיתנו, ולא ידענו! They’ve been living for years already a touch away from us, and we didn’t know! Here’s the expression…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/תורי-#.m4a” /]תּוֹרִי The word תור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/תורי-#.m4a” /] means place in line or appointment (it also means turtledove, which may or not be related). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/תורי-#.m4a” /]יש לי תור אצל הרופא. I have an appointment at the doctor’s. To say it’s my appointment or my place in line / my turn, the word is תורי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/תורי-#.m4a” /] – which is…

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep.      To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/משרפה-#.m4a” /]מִשְׂרָפָה Today is יום השואה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/משרפה-#.m4a” /] – Holocaust (Memorial) Day, as observed in Israel. Today’s video includes a personal note, while this written post is about the Hebrew word for crematorium – משרפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/משרפה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/משרפה-#.m4a” /]באושוויץ היו חמש משרפות. At Auschwitz there were five crematoria. The official pronunciation…