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The rabbi is Guy Alaluf, an Orthodox Jewish thinker. The cardinal is Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.

I enjoyed the friendly exchange of ideas and was greatly impressed by the Italian-born cardinal's command of Hebrew. He only ever struggled somewhat when discussing quite complex theological issues, which is understandable.

רב וקרדינל קתולי מהבכירים בעולם בשיחה מרתקת על יהדות ונצרות! | הרב גיא אלאלוף והקרדינל פיצבאלה

Does sufganiyot refer only to filled doughnuts or all kinds? If it’s only filled, is there a Hebrew word for regular doughnuts? Wikipedia says that at one point there were 9 Dunkin Donuts in Israel, so people must call them something. I’m half expecting to be told that the word is donut, pronounced with an Israeli accent.

As the title suggests. I wanna learn conversational Hebrew for fun, and to impress my soon to be in laws (إنشاءلله). Any tips for learning/common phrases I should learn?

I’m currently learning Biblical Hebrew and have noticed that some curriculums and instructional materials are designed by Christian scholars while others are created by Jews (usually rabbis). I’m curious about the differences in how each group approaches and teaches the language.

Is Biblical Hebrew teaching pretty similar across the board, or do these different religions and cultures influence the way it's taught and studied significantly?

Like everyone else in Hebrew school I learned the Sephardic way of speaking Hebrew. ת is a "T" sound.

But my family is made up of Ashkenazi immigrants and my congregation growing up had many as well. I learned prayers with ת having an "S" sound. Yisgadal. Talis. Shabbos.

So I speak modern Hebrew pronouncing ת as T but as S in most prayers.

Anyone else do this?

Quick question - I hear people say Chag Sameach for most Jewish holidays, but I'm pretty sure that's not appropriate for Yom Kippur, since it's a solemn day focused on fasting and atonement. It feels like that greeting that celebrates might be out of place. Wanted to confirm this.

I doubt there's an actual reason for this other than "that's just how it is" but this was really confusing when I first learned cursive. If there's some linguistic or societal reason this happened that would be cool to know

And here's a bonus question Is ז pronounced the same as זין?

Hello, I am looking for entry level online classes for Hebrew. Preferably as affordable as possible.

אני פתוחה למשוב

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Can someone help with the translation of בערך in this song chorus by Hadag Nahash/Yehudit Ravitz? I can understand pretty much everthing except בערך

'ללכת ישר עד הסוף
בלי אולי בלי אבל בלי בערך
אלך על הדרך הזו'

Thanks in advance!!

שלוש ארבע ו...

"Shalosh arbah v...."

So I know "chag (חג)" technically comes from a root related to pilgrimage festivals (like hajj in Arabic), but I’m wondering if it still has that specific meaning in modern Hebrew. Like, is it still mostly referring to pilgrimage holidays (Pesach, Shavuot, Sukkot), or has it become a more general term? Is it totally normal to say "chag sameach" for non-pilgrimage holidays like Hanukkah or Purim?

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I'm studying a bit more of adjectives, and came across these ones being the female equivalent of "free". Is there a specific case where I use each of them or is it interchangable? Thanks in advance.

I had seen Igal before (Igal Hendel for instance an economist at Northwestern University) but recently learned that the guy who killed Yitzhak Rabin was Yigal Amir. Are Yigal and Igual both transliterations of the same name? Also where does the accent go. Is it i-GAL or I-gal. תודה.

Bizarre appeared late in Spanish/French without Latin origin. Is it reasonable it was taken from the Sephardic community?

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English has some delightfully kid-friendly ways to insult. You can tell someone (best to a young teenager) "Beat it, twerp", "buzz off, dweeb", "scram, dummy" and the list goes on.

In Hebrew, I'm currently limited to calling someone a בן זונה and it doesn't match my mild annoyance.

I'm looking for some lukewarm insults for low stakes scenarios

Thanks 🙏

this tomb is located in trnava slovakia, her name was Julie (Netti?) Fleischhacker

I've been using this site called Pealim to learn Hebrew but whenever I come across a verb like אָמַר, there's always a bunch of different forms of the same word for different tense and genders, which isn't too much of an issue except some of these i come across are apparently not used very often. What tensed and gendered versions of words should I try to learn and what should I discard? Or how can I remember these tense easier?