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Blessings Be Upon You (2) Posted by Sean Young on Dec 27, 2012
In part two of our look at Jewish blessings, we’re going to look at the blessings recited before reading Torah and after reading Torah. During Shabbat, anyone could be chosen to read a passage from the Torah (usually the reader will be chosen in advance and advised of this privilege so as to prepare.). The…
Blessings be upon you Posted by Sean Young on Dec 26, 2012
In this post and the next, we’ll take a brief look at blessings used in Judaism. In this part we’ll look at the general blessing. In part two, we’ll look at the blessings when reading Torah. And as before, hover your cursor over the Hebrew word or sentence to look at the pronunciation. What do…
High Tech Hebrew – The Fakatsot Posted by Sean Young on Dec 25, 2012
Hey everyone! ^=? The Internet has become the breeding ground for new words, new knowledge. You may have seen and used things like LOL, OMG, BRB, TMI, ROFLMAO and so on. Hebrew is not immune to these changes. There is a slang that is growing fast online known as פקצית "fakatsit" and used mainly by…
Celebrating Hanukkah Posted by Sean Young on Dec 10, 2012
חֲנֻכָּה, the Jewish festival of rededication, also known as the festival of lights, is an eight day festival beginning on the 25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev. Vocabulary חֲנֻכָּה – Hanukkah חֲנֻכִּיָּה – Hanukkah menorah סְבִיבוֹן – dreidel לְבִיבוֹת – Latkes (potato pancakes) כִּסְלֵו – Kislev (9th month) שַׁמָשׁ – shamash candle יְרוּשָׁלַיִם…
Where are you from? Posted by Sean Young on Nov 24, 2012
Take a look at this sentence: שמי שון יאנג ואני מישראל. מתל אביב. You may see a familiar word there: שמי. If you read my last post you would see it means… (sorry, you’ll have to read the post to find out.). Next we’re going to talk about where you (or someone else) is from…
What is your name? Posted by Sean Young on Nov 23, 2012
Have you been remembering to hover your mouse cursor over the Hebrew words? In your life, you’re going to find that you’ll be asked for some personal information, such as your name, address, phone number, etc. So I’ll be going through a few lessons to help you learn how to give out this information and…
Looking for a Job? Posted by Sean Young on Nov 20, 2012
If I was paid to look for a job when I graduated back in the 1980’s I’d be a very rich man. looking for a job is a full time job in itself. The first place to look would be the עיתון in the מודעות דרושׁים . Some things to look for in an ad…