Some people believe that Jesus is the Messiah, well, I cant say I do, but that’s beside the point. I still would like to teach you how to say Jesus in Hebrew: The name Jesus in Hebrew is “Yeshua”. Here is how you write it in Hebrew: ישוע Alternatively, the name is also written like: ישו Here is how you write Jesus in Hebrew with Niqqud (Hebrew Vowels): יֵשׁוּעַ And here is the other alternative: יֵשׁוּ In case you don’t know the Hebrew alphabet, here is a list of the lett...

Early in November (2012), three Syrian tanks entered the demilitarized zone in the Golan heights. This, understandably, got Israel really  mad. The area has been demilitarized since 1974. Israel, who officially sent a complaint to the UN peacekeepers, has felt since late 2011 that Bashar Al-Assad is trying to take the eyes of the world off the revolution which turned into a civil war in Syria, something that the latter of course denies and calls “Zionist claims” Done with politics an...

The Niqqud (sometimes referred to as Nikkud, with k instead) is the Hebrew vowels system. Around the 7th and 8th centuries CE, when the use of Hebrew in everyday life became very limited, some pronunciation guidance was badly needed. And Niqqud was just what the doctor ordered! The niqquds are dashes, dots and signs located on, under or inside Hebrew letters. They show us exactly what vowel we should pronounce, a, e, o, u, or something else… Here is a list of the Hebrew vowels (also known ...

Yiddish and Hebrew greeting for Hanukkah Hanukkah (better spelled as Chanukah) is a Jewish festival that dates back, way back, to the Macabees’ Revolution. Hanukkah is also known as “the Festival of Light”, the story behind it is very touching and the traditions are very interesting, but that’s not what we’re here for, right? Let’s get right into the point. Hebrew Greeting for Hanukkah Though the Yiddish greeting for Hanukkah is more popular, you still can gre...