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Yarden Shiri,

AAC Shlicha (Israeli emissary)

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A message from Yarden

Shalom everyone!

It's hard to believe it has been over two months since I finished my Shlichut. I definitely miss you all, and I especially miss doing my Rega Yisraeli during services (or, as I like to call it, my weekly rant).

Email: yarden105@gmail.com

Yarden

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