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Hebrew: The Metric System of Languages Posted by Transparent Language on Mar 20, 2018
Guest Post by Bob Canter It was an off-hand comment from our rabbi, in response to a question I had posed to him, that triggered my investigation. I asked the rabbi if the Hebrew word for “Western, ” – מערבי – as in the Western Wall – derives from the same root as the word…
Hebrew Winter Clothing: How to Use the Hebrew Word for Scarf Posted by Ayana on Feb 19, 2018
Stylish winter clothing can illuminate any bleak cold day. Scarves, for instance, not only keep your neck warm, but also upgrade your outfit. An elegant way to wear a dull jacket or a simple cardigan, for example, is to wrap a chic scarf around your neck. On winter days or autumn evenings, Israeli boys and…
An Israeli Chocolate: “Cow Chocolate” שׁוֹקוֹלַד פָּרָה Posted by Ayana on Feb 5, 2018
In 1930, Eliahu Fromchenko owned a successful chocolate factory (מִפְעַל שׁוֹקוֹלָד) in Latvia. The factory employed around 500 workers, the sales were good, and the products were exported to Europe and the Middle East. But in 1933, after Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in Germany, Eliahu and his business partners decided to immigrate to Israel…
Hebrew Kitchen Vocabulary Posted by Ayana on Jan 22, 2018
In the Israeli culture kitchen is the heart of the house. The all family revolves around the kitchen. Jewish mothers feed their kids well: a good appetite is a sign of good health. Nowadays Israeli men also make magic in the kitchen as well. While they are cutting, rinsing, chopping, kneading and mixing, the children…
The Many Drivers of Israel’s Streets Posted by Ayana on Dec 25, 2017
There are 22 letters in the Hebrew aleph-bet. These 22 basic units are the material from which the Hebrew language forms its consonantal roots. Putting two, three or four letters together creates a root. For example, the root כ-ת-ב (k-t-v), is composed of the 11th letter with the 22th letter plus the 2nd letter of…
Say wow! How to use and read the letter ‘vav’ in Hebrew Posted by Transparent Language on Dec 19, 2017
Your first encounter with a Semitic language like Hebrew can bombard you with a lot of new concepts: the root system, new sounds, and a different script, are just a few of them. Once you get over the fact that Hebrew doesn’t usually write out vowels, you realize that some of the letters you painstakingly…
The Story of Hanukkah Posted by Ayana on Dec 11, 2017
During the Hellenistic period (323 BC–31 BC), Greek culture spread throughout the vast empire. The Greek arts, literature, architecture, music, mathematics, and science prevailed in the states under the regime of the Greeks. Among them was the Kingdom of Judah, and the Jews living in Judah were inspired as well by the Greek culture. They adopted Greek…