Time to go? Want to tell your Hebrew-speaking friend, family or lover goodbye in Hebrew? Here is how to do so: Goodbye in Hebrew is “lehitraot” which literally translates to “to see one another” in the sense of “till we see one another again”. This is how you write it: להתראות Audio pronunciation of Goodbye in Hebrew:

Who is the most influential woman in Israel? Arguably it would be Tsippi Livni, one of my favorite politicians. Livni fears that Benjamin Netanyahu (who is ironically one of my favorite politicians as well), is too strong to loose the coming elections, and she feels that there is just one man who could win over Bibi. Shimon Peres, the president of the State of Israel. So, Livni has been talking to Peres on the phone and held a meeting with him in his office on Hanassi Street in Jerusalem. They w...

A tiring afternoon here. But learning Hebrew is always fun. Today (and yesterday) I have been working on Lesson 11 of Pimsleur Hebrew Part 2. Here is the main conversation transcript: Yaakov is speaking with Aylah (or as Pimsleur has taught us already: Yaakov medaber im Aylah) יעקוב מדבר עם איילה יעקב: היי איילה איילה: שלום יעקב. מה נשמע?י יעקב: הכל בסדר. איילה. את רוצה ללכת איתי לקולנוע ביום שישי ?י איילה: ביום שישי אני לא יכולה. אבל אני יכולה ללכת איתך בשבת בערב יעקב: בשבת בערב אני לא יכול. אנ...

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 ...