77 - Bereshit

BERESHIT  AN EASY-HEBREW NEWSPAPER FOR BEGINNERS Bi-Weekly Newspaper for Learning Hebrew * Issue No. 77 * 6.11.2011 * "

3

Everyone is Copying the Israeli Protest

P.P . 1669

'  * 77

*

-



FROM THE EDITOR

released, freed (f) -  shich rera many - harbeh -

5

terrorists - mechablim  in order -

kdei

-

All Israel is Responsible for One Another

this is -  ze'hu  price -

mechir  -

.

 high -  gavo' ha -

.

 very - meh'od  however - ulam -

.

we gained - hirvachnu -

 :



,

.

value - erech -  one - echad  -



 ,

important - chashuv -

[email protected]

 strengthens - mechazek  -



issue -  gilay on you wrote (pl) - ktavtem -

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

about - al  scientist - mad'an thinks - choshev aliens  dangerous (pl) -

chaizarim

-

mesukanim

-

6

Professors Also Talk Nonsense

Earth - kadur  ha'aretz  -

.

are not - ein at all - bichlal  -

76

.

sometimes - lif'amim respected (pl) -

mechubadim

.

-

. ,

like - kmo son -

ben

-

every one - kol  echad  of us - meh'itanu five - chamesh -

 We All Want to Hug Gilad

 years -  shanim -

.

we worked, acted -  pa'aln u for him -

bishvilo

.

-

now - achshav -

,

Dear Readers,

Do you have comments, ideas or suggestions for the editors at Bereshit? Send us an email to tell us about them. Perhaps you’d like to write an article in simple Hebrew? We’d love to receive those as well. Maybe we’ll print your article in an upcoming edition of Bereshit. Send an email directly to the editor at [email protected]    T    E      E   B

   H   H    T    P    E    L    A

T   a   v

 S  h   i    n

R  e   s  h  

K  o f   

T  z  a   d   i   

P   e  h  

A '      y i    n

 S   a  m  e   c  h  

 N  u n

M  e  m

L   a  m  e   d  

K  a  f   

Y  o  d  

T   e   t  

 C  h    e   t  

Z   a    y i    n

 V  a   v

H  e  h  

D  a  l     e   t  

 G i    m  e  l   

B  e   t  

2

A l     e  f   

NEWS IN BRIEF Bi-Weekly Hebrew Newspaper

7

with updates from Israel and the World

Tenth Nobel Prize for Israel

www.hebrewtoday.com Editor-in-Chief 

Yigal Tzadka [email protected]

.

Hebrew Language Editor

Orly Kihaly Graphic Design

Kav U'chtav

.

Marketing Manager

 :

Ilan Tzadka Publisher

Good Times Ltd. +972-2-643-7153 Toll Free: 1-866-800-5602 52 Hechalutz Street Jerusalem 96269

:

8

Meteorologists: This Winter will be Rainy

Subscription Department

Tzviya Vinner  [email protected]

. ,

Website

www.hebrewtoday.com

.

Photos

Reuters © All rights reserved.

.

Copying material from this publication without written permission is strictly forbidden.

forecast - tachazit  -

Attention BERESHIT Audio CD subscribers: The symbol (with a number) next to each article represents the track number of that article on the BERESHIT Audio CD. This allows you to choose the track you want to listen to easily.    S    X    I    R    F    E    F    T    U    T    S    E    L

3

When these letters come at the end of a word, they change their appearance. They usually are not punctuated ( Nikud). The suffix letters were created with the evolution of writing.

their -  sheh'l ahem according - le this year - hashana than - meh'ha ... - ...

won, awarded -  zacha  chemistry - kimya in the picture - ba'tmuna his wife -

ishto

-

regular - ragil  farmers -

chakla'im

-

:

at the beginning of - bitchilat  -

hope (pl) - mekavim  this (f) correct (f) -

every - kol  -

ha'zoat  -

nechona

year -  shana -

 publicize (pl) -

=

, =

mefarsemim

, = , =

-

, =

"

":

everyone - kulam  pleased (pl) - merutzim deal - eeskah soldiers - chayalim asked (pl) - bikshu government - memshala if - eem will kidnap (pl) -  yacht efu leave (pl) - tash'eeru we - anachnu  agree (pl) - maskeemeem exchange - hachlafa for - beh only - bilvad  -

"

": Soldiers: Leave Us in Captivity

9

.

 

 ,

":

."

 won (pl) - nitzchu  competition - tacharut   cooking - bishul   kitchen/ cuisine - mitbach  rich - ashir   very - meh'od   made up - banui  foods, dishes - ma'achalim  ethnic groups - edot   many (f, pl) - rabot  are, found (f, pl) - nimtza'ot   here - kan due to, thanks to - bizchut  we won - nitzachnu -

.

10

 Success for Israeli Chefs

.

.

 .

" ," ."

"

The verbs in the articles on this page are highlighted. Write their translations in the spaces below.

________________ .1 ________________ .2 ________________ .3 ________________ .4 ________________ .5  Answers on page 15

   D    U    K    I    N

   N    O    I    T    C    I    D

OO OO

OH OH EH EH EH

EE

EE

O

A

A

A 4

Aerial Surprise in Tel-Aviv 

11

Practice reading Hebrew without  punctuation! First read the article

19-

on the right. Then turn to page 11

-

and read it without the nikud .

! .

. ,

.

-

 people -

anashim

were  promenade -

-

hayu

tayelet  -

saw (pl) -

ra'u

-

above them - meh'aleihem flyover - matass airplanes - metosim civilian (pl) - ezrachi'yim displayed (pl) - hitzigu advertisement -  pirso met   performed - hofia also -  gam Turkey - turkiya Jordan -  yarden -

: "

asking (f) - mevakeshet  missiles - tilim we -

anachnu

-

: "

want (pl) - rotzeem quiet, peace -  shek et  -

12

Israel to the U.N.: Stop the Shooting From Gaza

security - bitachon say (pl) -

omrim

-

" . "

Give the gift of Hebrew! BERESHIT Newspapers make an

,"

excellent gift for family or friends who want to learn Hebrew.

.    N    I    N    I    S    H   D    S    N

   A

5

When the dot is on the left hand side of the ' , it is pronounced s. When the dot is on the right side, it is pronounced sh.

SU - SHU

,

SO - SHO

, S - SH

, -  , SEH - SHEH

SEH - SHEH

, SI - SHI

, SA - SHA

, SA - SHA

ministry, office - misrad  -

13

treasury - otzar  say (pl) -

omrim

Private Plane for the Prime Minister

-

should, need - tzarich - 

.

to buy - liknot  usually - bederech klal  -



 ,"

rent (pl) -  sochri m -

 ."

team - tzevet  -

"

".

cheaper -  zol  yoter  -

In the articles on pages 6-7, some of the words appear in the singular form, and some appear in the plural form. Write the singular form of the words, as they are written in the articles.

________ 

.1

________ 

.2

________ 

.3

________ 

.4

________ 

.5

________ 

.6

________ 

.7

,

Hebrew You Already Know...  Many words in the

Write the plural form of the words, as they are written in the articles.

________ 

.8

________ 

.9

________  ________ 

-1

volt

 Hebrew language are

Jerusalem

 yeru shalay im

languages.

stereotype

 steh'reh 'otee p

 Here are some words in

minimum

mee'nee'mum

helium

helyum

 pliers

 ply'y er 

watt

vat 

ventilator 

venti'la'tor 

actually based on other

 Hebrew, that are words that you already know.

.10

 Many of these words,  particularly the ones with

.11

volt 

modern meanings, come  from English.

 Answers on page 15

   H

   E   S    H   E    T   G    A    D

The dagesh changes the  pronunciation of the letters: , , .

- , - , - , - , - , - , - , - , FEH-PEH

CHEH-KEH

VEH-BEH

FEE-PEE

CHI-KI

VI-BI

FA-PA

CHA-KA

VA-BA

6

.

,

15

-

.

.

!

 ,

,"

"

Israeli Won Australian Photo Competition

14

Pay Attention! You Are Being Photographed!

. .

. .

"

"

.

 :

 photographer - tzalam month - chodesh -

The articles above both mention photography. In this activity, we'll use words with the root letters - - . Complete the following sentences with words found in the vocabulary box at the bottom.

last, that passed -  sheh' avar   place -

makom

.

-

 bat - atalef  -

.

drinking -  shoteh while, at the time -

mayim

bizman

__________ 

-

2. I bought myself a new ____________________.

-

.

flying - af  !

.1

1. I saw a pretty ____________________ in the book.

first -  rishon -

water -

__________ 

these - eleh -

  __________  .3

3. The ____________________ brought a new picture to the editor.

,

days -  yamim -

.

__________ 

.4

4. I have many ____________________ in the album.

.__________

going around (f, pl) - mistovevot  -

cars - mechoniyot  -

.2

.5

5. There were many ____________________ in the store.

streets - rehovot  -

.

country - medina these are - eleh company (of) -

 photographing - tzilumim started (pl) - hitchilu -

.6

6. All the ____________________ had cameras.

chevrat  -

international (f) - olamit  -

7

__________ 

 Answers on page 15

 * photographs  * cameras -

* photographer   *  photograph  -

 * camera -

* photographers -

* *

ges are printed with partial punctuation. This is to help prepare you for reading without any vowels. Please keep in mind the following pronunciation y " " is pronounced "ee"; a letter followed by " " is pronounced "oh" or "oo". Words ending with " " end with the sound "ah" or "eh".

?...

?

Did you know...?

16

 How Much of an Allowance Do Rich Parents Give?

 Blood Money?

 

In the article to the right, we mention

.

children’s allowance. See the expression

(dmei kis). What



does it mean? The second word,

.

, means pocket. The connection

"

,"

is easy enough - one usually puts money in their pocket, and allowance is sometimes called ‘pocket money.’ But what does the first word,

,

mean? The word is in fact a conjuction form of the plural word

 (damim),

which means blood.  But what is the connection to money? The use of the word is this meaning appears in the Bible and metaphorically speaking, earning money can be as painful as  blood letting. One often sheds sweat

Read the "Did You Know?" on this page and complete the sentences with the correct money-related expressions  based o n what you learned.

.

_________  1. The thugs wanted me to pay ___________  for my stall. .

_________ 2. Since I'm unemployed, I receive ___________ . .

 _________ 

._________ 

Please note that in Modern Hebrew we don’t usually use the word

.4

4. The bank charges us large sums of money as ___________ .

.

_________  5. The agent received a ___________  for his work.

 to mean money, unless it’s in conjunction with another word. Here are some examples: (dmei minui) subscription fee (dmei knissa) entrance fee (dmei tivuch) commission (dmei nihul ) management fee

.5

.

  _________  .6 6. The witness was paid _________  to remain silent about what he saw. _________     7. This year you don't need to pay ___________  to Israel's parks. ._________ 

(dmei kdima) deposit (dmei avtala) unemployment  benefit

.7

,

 .8

8. To subscribe to the Bereshit paper, we paid a ___________ .

 .

_________  9. The children got ___________  from their grandparents.

(dmei chasut ) protection money (dmei Chanukah) Chanukah gelt

it and is not pronounced as a ‘y’ sound. In the word

.9

 Answers on page 15

These letters have a double role: as consonants and as part of the nikud  symbols (as vowels). For example: In punctuated Hebrew, the letters



.

(dmei shtika) hush money

   S    R    E   E    H   T    T   T    E    L

.2

.3 3. We signed the purchase agreement and gave the sellers a _________ .

and blood to earn money.



 .1

 - the letter ‘ is part of the chirik  preceding

, the ‘ functions as a consonant and is pronounced yeh.

, , , which do not contain nikud  symbols, are not pronounced as consonants. They are silent.

8

?

research -

Hebrew for advanced readers

mechkar  -

The articles on these p tips: a letter followed b

discovered, found -  gila children -  yelad im their (pl) -  sheh' lahem want (pl) - rotzim to educate, teach - lechanech - 

17

First Car Racing in Israel

spoiled (pl) - mefunakim researchers -

chokrim

-

.

. .

will take place -  yitka yem country - aretz  only, just - rak  recently - le'achrona authorized, permitted (f) - ishra  -

Israeli parliament - knesset  -

Knesset member - chaver knesset  -

checking - bodek   possibility - efsharut  new (f)  pupils -

chadasha

talmidim

-

-

will receive (pl) -  yeka blu this way - kacha won't carry (pl) - lo  yisch avu -

,

-

 

 back -  gav schoolbags -  yalku tim heavy (pl) - kevedim -

18

Computers Instead of Books

REVIEW THE STORIES 1. Which parents don't give a big allowance to their kids?

,

2. Where will Israel’s first car racing

.

competition take place? 3. Why should pupils get tablet

.(tablet )

computers?

"

4. Explain the expression

 

(dmei shtika).

,"

5. Explain the expression (dmei avtala).

.

 Answers on page 15

  e   s   v   n    i   s   u   s   o   e   n   s   s   o   r   o   P    P

9

THEIR/S

 THEIR/S

HER/S

HIS

YOUR/S

- YOUR/S

-

 -

YOUR/S YOUR/S

 OUR/S

MY

Daily Conversations

surely, must be - betach side - tzad   bride -

-

 Every issue of Bereshit features a typical everyday conversation.

-

kala

cousin (f) - bat  doda -

At the Wedding 

connection - kesher  friend - chaver  -

.

19

good - tov -

,

?

we learned - lamadnu together - beyachad  -

 .

,

.

school - beit  sefer  -

:

?

!

until - ad  -

,

.

also -  gam -

.

we served -  sherat nu -

 ?

.

.

understand (f) - mevina -

 

very - meh'od  -

:

?

time -  pa'am -

: ...

first (f) -  rishona live (f) -  gara -

.

-

-

  ' .

,

,

 : .

-

.

to send - lishloach -

?

that's why - lachen -

,

.

hear (f) -  shoma 'at  -

.

loud (f) - chazaka -

'

 ,

 : . '

kvar  -

we asked - bikashnu -



?8

 , .

)

THEY

,

THEY

SHE

HE

YOU

YOU

 .

 YOU

YOU

 : .

?

 but - aval  -

: :

'

to lower - lehanmich - 

: :

.

mitz'ta'eret  -

hardly - bekoshi -

   E    R    T   N    O    S    S    O    M    R    I    R   D    F    E    P    N    A

.

.

know -  yodeh 'a -

: :

.

invitations - hazmanot  -

(

,

?

I helped - azarti -

already -

 ...

up to date - me'udkan -

sorry (f) -

:

,

correct, right - nachon -

: :



grandmother -  savta etzlah

 : ,

.

.

so - az  -

,

, .

here - lechan -

 by her -

:

.

now - achshav -

harbeh

:  :

army - tzava -

a lot -

:

.

now - achshav -

ba'ah

:

.

elementary -  yesod i -

come (f) -

:

 : .

:

,

:

WE

I, ME

10

?

government - memshala did (f) -

asta

21

-

? How Much Money is Spent on Food?

survey -  seke r  about, in the subject - be'noseh -

.

found, discovered (f) -  gilta most - rov -

 .

they - hem -

1,800.

fruit (pl) -  peirot  vegetables -  yera kot  -

C D Su bscr i bers:

 your  Don' t  f or get to li sten to hear the audio C D ,  so  you can o perl y.  H ebre w articulated pr

For the Advanced Reader  Article and dictionary from the YANSHUF Newspapers - Hebrew Newspapers for Advanced Readers

Dead Sea -

22

when expression mean (pl) -

,

"

"

 

structure -

.

expensive superfluous, unnecessary describes -

. .

,

negative however -

.

specificially, in fact made salt  part -

,

 exhibition sculptures -

.

taking place -

,

chunks, lumps (of) heavy (pl) giant (pl) special (f) -

.

   G    N    I    T    I    R    W    D    N    A    H

12

ingredients - markivim cups - kosot   preparation - hachana quick, fast (f) - me'hira tablespoons - kapot  olive oil -  sheme n zay it  water - mayim hot (pl) - chamim teaspoon - kapit  salt - melach soup - marak  carrots -  gzarim  peeled (pl) - klufim sliced (pl) - chatuchim  cubes - kubiyot   potatoes - tapuchei adama zucchinis - kishu'eem onions - beh'tzaleem  pumpkin - dla'at  sweet potato - batata stalks (of) -  givol ei cabbage - kruv white - lavan kernels (of) -  gargerei soaked (pl) - mushrim  sweet (f) - metuka  turmeric - kurkum allspice -  pilpel angli coarse -  gaas leaves (of) - alei  bay (leaves) - dafna method, manner (of) - ofen mix (pl) - me'arbevim  bowl - ke'ara seal (pl) - otmim minutes - dakot  crumble (pl) - meforerim gently - ba'adinut  using/with the aid of - be'ezrat  fork - mazleg  cook (pl) - mevashlim soften (pl) - mitrakchim  boil (pl) - martichim add (pl) - mosifim flame -  lehava medium (f) - beinonit  taste (pl) - toamim spices - tavlinim according to - le taste - ta'am serve (pl) - magishim  vegetables -  yerak ot  13

 23

The Israeli Kitchen: The Monthly Recipe

Couscous is a basic North African dish and is very popul ar in the Israeli kitchen. It was brought over by Moroccan and Tunisian immigrants. Couscous is usually served with a main course, or with soup as we suggest here.

Couscous : 3-

2-

-

2:

 

¼-

2-

2-

3-

¼-

3-

¼-

2-

½-

800 -

1-

1-

 5 -

2: .1 .

20-

.

.2 :

.

.1

.

 , .

,

8

,

,

,

.2 .3

.

.4

,

.5 .

.

, . .

!

.6 .7 .8

HEBREW-ENGLISH CROSSWORD # 77

Complete this crossword by translating the English clues into Hebrew.

The definitions marked with asterisks are taken from the conversation on pages 10-11 and the recipe on page 13.

Horizontal:

2. view, landscape

1. wedding*

3. also*

4. sun

4. oil*

6. peeled (pl)*

5. garlic

9. years

7. to forgive

11. pumpkin*

8. there is

13. hook 

10. more

14. bridegroom*

11. aunt

16. pushed

12. give; jackal

18. poetry, singing

14. animal

19. many*

15. river 

3

5

2

4

8

10

6

9

12

15

11

14

13

18

17

17. mouth; here Vertical:

1

16

19

18. sit down; returned

1. strong

They all Begin With...

 What's the Phrase?

 Below is a list of definitions. The translation of each one is a word that

Translate the following words from the conve rsation on pages 10-11 and the recipe on page 13. The gray vertical column will spell out a term that appears there, too. (2 words)

begins with the same Hebrew letters. This time you have to find words that  start with the letters

.

 :bound or tied up .1

1. hear (f) 2. olive

 :coercion .2

3. wedding

 :flip flop .3  :frost .4

4. sitting (f) 5. medium (f)

 :button .5

6. very

 :double .6  :teaspoon .7

7. peeled (pl)

 :village .8

8. safe (box)

 :bent .9

9. going (f)

 :atonement or pardon .10

The answer is: ____________________   4

Magic Square In this magic square, the horizontal words are

3

2

1

1. together 

 2

 3

3. cut

identical to the vertical words. Simply translate the clues. Can you solve the magic square?

2. more

 4

4. stepped (f) 14

ANSWERS… ANSWERS… :

   6    7    #    D    R    O    W    S    S    O    R    C    H    S    I    L    G    N    E     W    E    R    B    E    H

: .2

.1

.3 .4

.5 .7

.5

.8

.6

.9

.9 .11

.10 .12

.14

.13

.15

.14

.16 .17

.17 .18

.19

.19

.21 .22

.20 .21

.24

.23

.26

.25

.27

.27

.28

.29

.30

.31

Page 4

They All Begin With... .6 .7 .8 .9 .10



 will kidnap (pl) -

.1

 leave (pl) -

.1 .2 .3 .4 .5

 .2

 agree (pl) -

.3

 won (pl) -

.4

says -

 .5 Page 6 .1 .2

 What's the Phrase? .5 .6 .7 .8

.3 .4

.1 .2 .3 .4

.5 .6 .7 .8 .9

The answer is :

.32

.10

Magic Square .3 .4

.11

.1 .2

Page 7  photograph -

 .1

camera -

.2

 photographer -

Get 2 FREE issues of your newspaper!

.3

 photographs -

 .4

cameras -

 .5

 photographers -

.6

How? Simple. All you have to do is to think of someone you know who will enjoy our newspapers just like you do, and introduce them to Bereshit or Yanshuf.

Page 8  protection money unemployment benefit -

.2

deposit -

.3

Then: 1. Fill in the following details so we can contact your friend:

.1

management fees commission - 

.4 .5

Friend’s Full Name: ________________________________________ 

hush money -

.6

Friend’s Phone Number: ________________________________________ 

entrance fees -

.7

subscription fee -

.8

Chanukah gelt -

.9

Friend’s E-mail: ____________________  Your Full Name: ________________________________________ Your Phone Number: ________________________________________ 

Page 9 1. Wealthy parents.

2. Fax this information to us at: +972-2-643-6094

2. In Eilat. 3. So their schoolbags will be lighter.

It’s as simple as that! Once they subscribe and start learning Hebrew every two

4. Hush money.

weeks, you’ll get 2 more issues of Yanshuf or Bereshit - Free!

5. Unemployment benefit.

Oh, and in addition, your friend will ALSO get 2 issues for free! So go ahead - be a good friend today! 15

!

 made, did - asa  within - betoch - 

24

four - arba -

.. .  Went Around the World...on a Bicycle!

 years -  shanim  to every -



lekol  -

 place -

makom

 I came -

higati

.

-

.

-

.

 flag - degel   trek, journey - masa -

...

,"

"

.

 finished, completed - siyem month - chodesh that passed, last -  sheh'ava r  Western Wall  - kotel  ma'aravi -

during, at the time - bizman city - ir  looks (f) - nir'et  like - kmo Middle Ages -  yemei habeina'yim international (pl) -

ben-le'umi'yim

-

-

municipality (of) - iriyat  only, just - rak  FROM PAGE 1 ...

:

many - rabim  coming (pl) -

ba'im

-

 house - bayit  -

25

Knights Return to Jerusalem

 to hug - lechabek  asking (f) - mevakeshet  -

.

 to allow, let - latet  -

.

to rest - lanuach  only -

,"

rak  -

 this way - kacha  will be able -  yucha l  -

."

-

" ".

 president (of) - nesi -

 places -

mekomot  -

different (pl) -  shonim world - olam begun (pl) - hitchilu  protests - mecha'ot  social (f, pl) -

chevratiyot  -

hope (pl) - mekavim to succeed - leha'tzliach like - kmo  protesters -

mafginim

16