Palabra Yiddish de la semana: Automóvil
Pisó el acelerador, comenzó a conducir e inmediatamente reventó una llanta. Vaya día que ha sido…
Pisó el acelerador, comenzó a conducir e inmediatamente reventó una llanta. Vaya día que ha sido…
When she’s upset, she likes to walk over to the library, pick out a random book, sit down in the reading room and just relax. ווען זי ווערט אויפֿגערעגט האָט …
I thought I saw an apparition levitating, but it must have just been my imagination.
The nursing mother was so happy when her husband started to feed the baby with a bottle. די זייגערין האָט זיך אַזוי דערפֿרייט ווען איר מאַן האָט אָנגעהויבן געבן דעם …
We hope and pray for a speedy end to the war and bloodshed in Ukraine. מיר האָפֿן און בעטן אויף אַ גיכן סוף צו מלחמה און בלוט־פֿאַרגיסונג אין אוקראַיִנע. [MIR …
Moyshe went out into the street and noticed a lot of traffic. He also noticed that his car was somehow not in the spot where he had parked it yesterday. …
Out with the old, in with the new! We wish you all a good year, a happy year, and – most importantly – a healthy year! פֿון אַלטן אַוועק, צום …
The title of this 5-session series of Shmues comes from the classic College Yiddish study book. For many of us, it was the first text ever read in Yiddish. In …
The best time to speak with a financial advisor and make a plan for the future is when things are going well and you have work; later, when you retire …
צווישן דעם אָפּפֿלייץ און דעם צופֿלייץ שטופּט זיך יעדע כוואַליע אַלץ העכער און העכער; דערנאָך, ווען דער צופֿלייץ גייט אָפּ, גייט אויך דער כּוח אָפּ מיט יעדער כוואַליע. די כוואַליעס זענען סײַ פּרעכטיק שיין, סײַ זיי היפּנאָטיזירן אַזש דעם צוקוקער.
[TSVIShN DEM ÓPFLEYTS UN DEM TSÚFLEYTS ShTUPT ZIKh YÉDE KhVÁLYE ALTS HÉKhER UN HÉKhER; DERNÓKh, VEN DER TSÚFLEYTS GEYT OP, GEYT OYKh DER KÓYEKh OP MIT YÉDER KhVÁLYE. DI KhVÁLYES ZÉNEN SÁY PRÉKhTIK ShEYN SÁY ZEY HIPNOTIZÍRN AZh DEM TSÚKUKER.]
Between low and high tide, each wave pushes higher and higher; when high tide recedes, the power in the waves also recedes with each wave. The waves are beautiful and practically hypnotize the onlooker.