{"id":2437,"date":"2019-03-04T07:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/?p=2437"},"modified":"2019-02-27T14:44:01","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T19:44:01","slug":"hebrew-weekend-vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/hebrew-weekend-vocabulary\/","title":{"rendered":"Hebrew Weekend Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2438\" style=\"width: 531px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2438\" class=\" wp-image-2438\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2019\/02\/weekend1-350x243.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"521\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2019\/02\/weekend1-350x243.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2019\/02\/weekend1-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2019\/02\/weekend1-1024x712.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saturday morning in Tel-Aviv beach (photo by Ayana)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A special feeling accompanies the weekends in Israel. After a long week of work and duties, the Israeli weekend is all about rest and fun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shabbat (\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea)<\/strong> is a holy day in Judaism. \u201fAnd on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made&#8230; And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because that in it he had rested from all his work\u201d (Genesis, chapter 2, verses 2-3). The Jews are commanded to observe the Shabbat, as it says in the Fourth Commandment: \u05d6\u05b8\u05db\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d4\u05b7\u05e9\u05b7\u05bc\u05c1\u05d1\u05b8\u05bc\u05ea \u05dc\u05b0\u05e7\u05b7\u05d3\u05b0\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9 (<em>Remember the Shabbat day to keep it holy<\/em>). Nowadays, keeping the Shabbat means no driving, no using electricity, no cooking, no purchasing, no writing, no using the telephone. It\u2019s a day dedicated to rest; no work or errands are allowed. Orthodox Jews spend the Shabbat praying, eating good food, and singing religious songs.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the Israeli Jews are secular and don\u2019t keep the Shabbat. But Shabbat is still a national <strong>day of rest (\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05de\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc\u05d7\u05b8\u05d4)<\/strong>. Offices and many companies, shopping centers, kosher restaurants, public transportation, are all closed on Saturday. Most Israelis do not work on Saturday and spend the day with family and friends. Entertainment places like bars, cinemas, coffee shops, and comedy clubs are open and enjoy a great crowed over the weekends.<\/p>\n<p>\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea \u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05b0\u05bc\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc\u05d7\u05b8\u05d4.<\/p>\n<p>Shabbat is the day of rest.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>weekend (\u05e1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e3 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b7)<\/strong> includes not only Saturday, but Friday as well. The Jewish calendar defines its days from sunset to sunset. Shabbat, therefore, starts on Friday evening and ends on Saturday evening. Stickers of the Fourth Commandment are often posted in cities with an orthodox community, to publish the exact hours of the Shabbat starting and ending. Like this one from Jerusalem:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2445\" style=\"width: 459px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2445\" class=\"wp-image-2445 \" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2019\/03\/shabbat-350x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2019\/03\/shabbat-350x162.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2019\/03\/shabbat-768x356.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2019\/03\/shabbat-1024x474.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Ayana)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u05de\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05ba\u05db\u05b0\u05e0\u05c5\u05d9\u05bc\u05d5\u05ba\u05ea \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05dc\u05bc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05dc\u05b7\u05e1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e3 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b7?<\/p>\n<p>What are your plans for the weekend?<\/p>\n<p>\u05dc\u05c5\u05db\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05ba\u05d3 \u05d9\u05d5\u05ba\u05dd \u05d4\u05b7\u05e0\u05c5\u05bc\u05d9\u05e9\u05c2\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0\u05c5\u05d9\u05df \u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05dc\u05b8\u05bc\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05c5\u05d9 \u05d4\u05c5\u05e4\u05b0\u05ea\u05c5\u05d9\u05e2\u05b7 \u05d0\u05d5\u05ba\u05ea\u05c5\u05d9 \u05e2\u05c5\u05dd \u05e1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e3 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b7 \u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05ba\u05da\u05b0 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05d6.<\/p>\n<p>For our anniversary my husband surprised me with a long weekend in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Friday is what we called a <strong>short day (\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e7\u05b8\u05e6\u05b8\u05e8)<\/strong>. Many offices are closed, and it is a day off from work for many Israelis. Businesses that do work on Friday close their doors early \u2013 between 1 to 3 pm. Public transportation stops around 3-4 pm. The streets slowly become empty. Orthodox Jews hurry home to get ready and to prepare everything before the Shabbat commences. Secular Jews enjoy the short day to rest and make plans for the evening. Many will gather for a family dinner called \u05d0\u05b2\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05d7\u05b7\u05ea \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9 (Friday dinner). The common greeting to greet someone on Friday is: \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05d9\u05bc\u05c5\u05d4\u05b2\u05d9\u05b6\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05e1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e3 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b7 \u05e0\u05b8\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd (have a nice weekend).<\/p>\n<p>The 2015 hit song by Eyal Golan \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05e6\u05b8\u05bc\u05d4\u05b3\u05e8\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd (<em>Friday noon<\/em>) describes well the feeling which prevails on the weekend: getting up late, enjoying a leisure Friday afternoon on the beach with music and beers. Lyrics in the video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u05d0\u05d9\u05d9\u05dc \u05d2\u05d5\u05dc\u05df \u05e9\u05d9\u05e9\u05d9 \u05d1\u05e6\u05d4\u05e8\u05d9\u05d9\u05dd Eyal Golan\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/05HUmYOjIPA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Shabbat ends on Saturday evening. Saturday night is called \u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e6\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea (mo-zta-ei shabbat). \u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e6\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9 comes from the word \u05dc\u05b8\u05e6\u05b6\u05d0\u05ea, meaning <em>to terminate<\/em>, and it refers to the rest of Saturday, after the holy Shabbat terminates. Religiously, \u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e6\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea is equal to any weekday night. The public transportation resumes, and some shops open their doors. \u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e6\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea is a good time to enjoy the rest of the weekend before getting back to work on Sunday. Since the phrase \u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e6\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea is a bit long to pronounce, many use the abbreviation \u05de\u05d5\u05ba\u05e6\u05b8&#8221;\u05e9\u05c1. The same goes with the abbreviation for \u05e1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e3 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b7: \u05e1\u05d5\u05ba\u05e4\u05b8&#8221;\u05e9\u05c1. For example:<\/p>\n<p>\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b2\u05d3\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8 \u05d0\u05c5\u05d9\u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05ba\u05e6\u05b8&#8221;\u05e9\u05c1.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll talk to you on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u05d4\u05b7\u05e1\u05bc\u05d5\u05ba\u05e4\u05b8&#8221;\u05e9\u05c1\u05c5\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05dc\u05bc\u05c5\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05dc \u05e2\u05b8\u05de\u05d5\u05bc\u05e1\u05c5\u05d9\u05dd.<\/p>\n<p>My weekends are usually busy.<\/p>\n<p>In spoken language, instead of \u05e1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e3 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b7, one can say \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9-\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea. For example:<\/p>\n<p>\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9-\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05d6\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b5\u05e6\u05b6\u05dc \u05d4\u05b7\u05d4\u05d5\u05ba\u05e8\u05c5\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05dc\u05bc\u05c5\u05d9.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend we\u2019ll be at my parents.<\/p>\n<p>\u05d4\u05c5\u05ea\u05b0\u05e7\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05bc\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05c5\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d1<strong>\u05bc\u05b0<\/strong>\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9-\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea \u05d0\u05b2\u05d1\u05b8\u05dc \u05dc\u05ba\u05d0 \u05e2\u05b8\u05e0\u05c5\u05d9\u05ea\u05b8.<\/p>\n<p>I called you on the weekend, but you didn\u2019t answer.<\/p>\n<p>The common greeting on Saturday night is a short two-words phrase: \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b7 \u05d8\u05d5\u05ba\u05d1 (have a good week). On Sunday, another week of work and chores begins. Have a good week everyone!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Text vocabulary<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Day = \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd<\/p>\n<p>Week = \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b7<\/p>\n<p>Saturday = \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea<\/p>\n<p>Day of rest = \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05de\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc\u05d7\u05b8\u05d4<\/p>\n<p>Weekend = \u05e1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e3 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b7, \u05e1\u05d5\u05ba\u05e4\u05b8&#8221;\u05e9\u05c1, \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9-\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea<\/p>\n<p>Short day = \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e7\u05b8\u05e6\u05b8\u05e8<\/p>\n<p>Nice weekend = \u05e1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e3 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b7 \u05e0\u05b8\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd<\/p>\n<p>Relaxed weekend = \u05e1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e3 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b7 \u05e8\u05b8\u05d2\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b7<strong>\u05b7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saturday night = \u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e6\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea, \u05de\u05d5\u05ba\u05e6\u05b8&#8221;\u05e9\u05c1<\/p>\n<p>Good week = \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b7 \u05d8\u05d5\u05ba\u05d1<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Keep Calm and Learn Hebrew!<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"243\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2019\/02\/weekend1-350x243.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2019\/02\/weekend1-350x243.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2019\/02\/weekend1-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2019\/02\/weekend1-1024x712.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>A special feeling accompanies the weekends in Israel. After a long week of work and duties, the Israeli weekend is all about rest and fun. Shabbat (\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea) is a holy day in Judaism. \u201fAnd on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made&#8230; And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/hebrew-weekend-vocabulary\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":2438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2437","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2437"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2447,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437\/revisions\/2447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}