Monthly Archives: March 2011

New Nekudah Meets Mute Alef

Posted on March 24, 2011 by jewishspectacles

[continuing in our Hebrew language lesson…] When a doctor wants to see your tonsils well, he orders you to say AH And for that, you need to employ the Patach, as the vowel/ Nekudah And if ya’all Southern drawl, dahlings, … Continue reading →

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Introduction to Alef

Posted on March 11, 2011 by jewishspectacles

 [Hebrew Language – it becomes more fascinating the more you study it.  Osyos mean letters, but it also means signs, for there are deep meanings in each letter.  Nekudot are the vowels, but Nekudot also mean points, main ideas.  Even … Continue reading →

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Jerusalem Sunbeams, The Kindness of Strangers

Posted on March 2, 2011 by jewishspectacles

I was sitting rigidly on a stone bench, perfectly miserable in beautiful Nachlaot.   It should have been a great time for me, being in Israel and all that.  Yet, I had made the mistake of renting what had been touted … Continue reading →

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