Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah
Jews celebrate Shemini Atzeret on the 22nd day of Tishrei. Shemini Atzeret, the eighth day of Sukkot, serves as a dual religious holiday....
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HEBREW VERBS with Rut Avni
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Sep 28, 20232 min read
Shake the lulav!
What comes to your mind when you think of Sukkot? If I had asked you what verb do you associate with Sukkot, which would you have come up...
Rut
Sep 23, 20231 min read
Hilarious Yom Kippur video with translation
I need to share this with you. This video, that I discovered on a YouTube channel, is HILARIOUS! Below you will find my transcription and...
Rut
Sep 21, 20231 min read
Yom Kippur = fast, pray, forgive
Yom Kippur is a day of repentance, fasting, prayer, and seeking forgiveness, and these verbs and concepts are central to the observance...
Rut
Sep 9, 20233 min read
Embracing a Fresh Start: Rosh Hashanah - The Jewish New Year
In this post, we will explore the significance of Rosh Hashanah and the customs that make it a special time for Jews.
Rut
Aug 12, 20233 min read
Transitive verbs & the direct object marker "et"
In my last blog post, I explained, what is a direct object. Now that you know, we can go to step 2: what is a transitive verb. Also here,...
Rut
Aug 8, 20232 min read
What is a direct object & why it matters in Hebrew
There are 2 (in words: TWO) main reasons why getting familiar with the direct object is important to your Hebrew studies:
Rut
Jul 2, 20231 min read
Which Binyan to Use for 'to Grow'?"
Are you struggling to understand the different Hebrew verb conjugation patterns for the root "גדל"? In this informative video, Rut will...
Rut
Jun 19, 20232 min read
Piel & hitpael: קבל & special expressions (PDF)
Many students are familiar with the above-mentioned root; mainly because we use it for the verb לקבל - to receive, which is a regular...
Rut
May 27, 20231 min read
Paal present tense with mem & nun
After the last video some students asked me "but what happens when the first letter is a mem or a nun how can we distinguish these...
Rut
May 14, 20231 min read
How to recognize PAAL verbs
Once you understand the formula to turn roots into infinitives, present tense, past tense, etc. you will finally believe that Hebrew...
Rut
Apr 25, 20232 min read
Gamur or nigmar? גָּמוּר vs. נִגְמַר
Many students of the Hebrew language cannot help but think of an adult activity when they come across the root גמר . But this is not...
Rut
Apr 2, 20231 min read
Goodbye, hitpael?
Wow, did you ever pay attention to the word "lehitraot" when people say goodbye? You are not the only one who did NOT. It is actually a...
Rut
Mar 29, 20231 min read
"to see" & the other binyanim in that root
Around the root ראה we have a total of 4 verbs with their own infinitives. All of them have something to do with "to see", but as you...
Rut
Feb 26, 20231 min read
Grammar in plain English/ Grammatik auf gut Deutsch
If you think you’re too old to learn a foreign language, it’s time to think again. Anybody with enough motivation can learn new things....
Rut
Jan 21, 20231 min read
in a ... way
Adverbs are difficult in every language. With this post, I want to give you a list of 10 adverbs that could be translated into English...
Rut
Dec 23, 20221 min read
"to be educated" - pual vs. hitpael
Finally, I added a "nerd version". Which binyan is used to express "to b educated"? You might remember what I said in the 2 previous...
Rut
Dec 19, 20221 min read
A root not only for Hanukkah 2/2
So, here is the second video on the root חנכ ... and we speak about EDUCATION. All the tenses of piel and pual you find fully conjugated...
Rut
Dec 18, 20221 min read
A root not only for Hanukkah! 1/2
Happy Hanukkah! But as the title says, this root is not only for Hanukkah: חנכ As you have seen in the video, we can do much more with...
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