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Hebrew Words of Previous Weeks
- Balagan - בלאגן: chaos, fiasco, mess
- Ga'a'gu'a - געגוע: to miss (someone or something)
- Basa - באסה: (from Arabic) bummer, disappointment
- Marshmallow - מרשמלו (pronounced like in English)
- Douze points (French, pronounced 'dooz pwa') - דוז פואה: Twelve points, the highest score a country can give another in the Eurovision, in Israel: excellent, perfect, good job
- Mangal - מנגל & al ha'esh - על האש: barbecue
- Mimouna - מימונה: A Moroccan Jewish holiday celebrating the end of Passover and return to eating hametz.
- Oren - אורן: pine tree
- Tikvah - תקווה: hope
- Aveev - אביב: spring
- Adloyada - עדלאידע (lit. "Until one no longer knows"): Big procession/parade held in cities in Israel on Purim, tradition dating back to 1912 in Tel Aviv.
- Bool - בול: exactly, bingo!
- Paleet - פליט: refugee
- Budke (bood-keh) - בודקה: guardhouse (from Ukranian)
- Al HaPaneem – על הפנים: terrible, awful (literally "on the face")
- Hachala - הכלה: inclusion, acceptance
- Se'udat Yitro: Feast of Jethro, an ancient tradition celebrated by Tunisian Jews on the
Thursday before parashat Yitro. Click here for more information - Re'eedat adama - רעידת אדמה: earthquake
- Batzir - בציר: Picking of grapes
- Masik - מסיק: Picking of olives
- Gadid - גדיד: Picking of dates
- Ariyah - ארייה: Picking of figs
- Katif - קטיף: General picking of different fruits
- Lachtzab- לחצ"ב: anxious to go home (acronym of 'lachutz - לחוץ: anxious' and 'bayit - בית: home')
- Chazlash- חזל"ש: back to normal (acronym of 'chazara - חזרה: return' and 'shigra - שגרה: routine')
- Shvung - שוונג: momentum, on a roll
- Kur Gar'ini - כור גרעיני: nuclear reactor
- Mif'al textil - מפעל טקסטיל: textile factory
- Tayar - תייר/tayeret - תיירת: tourist; tayaroot - תיירות: tourism
- Shalechet - שלכת: fall foliage
- Meragel - מרגל/meragelet - מרגלת: spy
- Al ta'am ve'reyach ein lehitvache'ach - על טעם וריח אין להתווכח: agree to disagree, to each his own (literally: we mustn't argue about taste and smell)
- Sheleg - שלג: snow (in Arabic: thulj - ثلج)
- Chakalaka - צ'קלקה: police/ambulance siren
- Geshem meteorim - גשם מטאורים: meteor shower
- Dugri - דוגרי دغري : to be blunt and to the point
- Ashkara - אשכרה: totally, so true, really, actually
- Ochel/et seret – אוכל/ת סרט: to be very anxious or nervous about something (literally "eating a movie")
- Gis - גיס: brother-in-law
- Yoreh - יורה: first rain
- Davka - דווקא: precisely/spite/actually
- Magresah - מגרסה: shredder
Sun, March 30 2025
1 Nisan 5785
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