{"id":98,"date":"2014-05-17T20:07:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-17T20:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.dminlgp.com\/?p=98"},"modified":"2014-08-11T21:37:50","modified_gmt":"2014-08-11T21:37:50","slug":"land-mines-and-hebrew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/land-mines-and-hebrew\/","title":{"rendered":"Land Mines and Hebrew"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In May of 2008 I was able to take my first tour of Israel, I was hooked.\u00a0 From the biblical sites to the modern culture, I loved everything about traveling and experiencing the Middle East.\u00a0 Not long into the trip I realized there was much to learn.\u00a0 Culture, contexts, foods and most of all the language.\u00a0 I remember saying to myself, \u201cI need to learn Hebrew.\u201d\u00a0 Well, six years later and multiple trips under my belt I have still not learned Hebrew.\u00a0 I know a few words but overall am still fairly ignorant of the language.\u00a0 This past week while traveling through the Galilee, I decided to learn 20 new words in Hebrew in accordance to The First 20 Hours by Josh Kaufman.\u00a0 The First word I learned was land mine<\/strong>, as you can see.<\/p>\n

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Throughout the following day I was able to learn 20 new words in Hebrew.\u00a0 Here is a list of the words I learned and am now using in Jerusalem.\u00a0 Rosetta Stone will be next\u2026<\/p>\n

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  1. afikomen\u2026 a small piece of matzo that is hidden by adults and hunted by children at the Passover seder.<\/li>\n
  2. aliyah\u2026 the Jewish word used for the act of returning or making immigration to the land of Israel.<\/li>\n
  3. arabah\u2026desert region in the Rift Valley between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Elath\/Aqaba.<\/li>\n
  4. bas mitzvah\u2026 ceremony that ushers a Jewish girl into adult religious responsibilities.<\/li>\n
  5. beer\u2026 well or cistern.<\/li>\n
  6. beth\u2026 house or temple.<\/li>\n
  7. boker tov\u2026 good morning.<\/li>\n
  8. challah\u2026 braided, sweet bread served on the Sabbath and some festivals.<\/li>\n
  9. diaspora\u2026 the Jews living outside the land of Israel, especially applied to those scattered after the exile.<\/li>\n
  10. har\u2026 mount, or mountain.<\/li>\n
  11. havdala\u2026 the short but meaningful service that brings Sabbath to a close.<\/li>\n
  12. kefar\u2026 village.<\/li>\n
  13. kreplach\u2026 a pastry pocket stuffed with meat.<\/li>\n
  14. lox\u2026 smoked salmon.<\/li>\n
  15. narthex\u2026 a hall in the church which leads to the naive.<\/li>\n
  16. pesach\u2026 the term used for the festival of the passover.<\/li>\n
  17. sabra\u2026 the word for the fruit of the prickly pear.<\/li>\n
  18. shouk\u2026 the Jewish marketplace.<\/li>\n
  19. sukkot\u2026 word for the one week Feast of the Tabernacles.<\/li>\n
  20. todah\u2026 thanks.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Since using these words, I have found even more connection to the special people of Israel and more specifically Jerusalem.\u00a0 Here is a picture of me sitting under our bus, having tea with our Jewish bus driver Nissan.\u00a0 Three cups of tea and an hour later, I am now more nimble in the Hebrew language.<\/p>\n

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