#modernHebrewtips
I am not sure if there is a group or somewhere special to post this but I always love when I find some hebrew tips to help with my learning. If there is somewhere special to post this, would you please do so if it is appropriate.
I would have written the beh as such but the author write be.

‎Orel Fichman‎

Be? Ba? Be... Ha?
Let's talk about one of the most important things. Location, location, location.
It's a little tricky, but let's dive into it.
Be/Ba are both written the same without nikkud, it's just a ב which hops along to the beginning of the word.
Where are you? I'm in class
Now... this can be both Be and Ba, why? Because it depends on what class we're talking about?
If it's just a classroom, not the regular one you usually go to, it'll be "Be" (אני בכיתה - ani bekita)
If you're both speaking about the class you both go to - it's Ba (אני בכיתה - Ani bakita)
Ba is the conjucation of "be ha", which means "in the" (and be ha is not a correct form)
Where are you? אני בסופר - Ani basuper - I'm at *the* super market
אני בחדר - ani bacheder - I'm in *the* room
אני בחדר - ani becheder - I'm in *a* room
When we have 2 words, for example the word for school בית ספר (beyt sefer), ba becomes be & ha, be stays at the beginning of the first word while ha goes to the beginning of the second word - אני בבית הספר - ani bebeyt hasefer (some kids write "ביצפר" as a slang word (betsefer)
Some people say "abi babet sefer" but it's not the correct form
Ba can also indicate some sort of posession - הייתי בבית - hayiti babayit - I was at (my) home
When you're at somone's place it gets a little weird.
I'm at Moshe's - אני אצל משה - ani etsel Moshe
I'm at Moshe's house - אני בבית של משה - ani babayit shel Moshe
I'm at his' - אני אצלו - ani etslo
I'm at her's - אני אצלה - ani etsla
I'm at theirs (Male) - אני אצלם - ani estlam (Some people say "etsla'em" but it's wrong)
I'm at theirs (Female) - אני אצלן - ani etslan (Some people say "etsla'en" but it's wrong), pay attention, don't mispronouce it as "atslan" because that the singular male form for lazy (עצלן), which is also the hebrew name for the animal Sloth.
That's all for today, I hope you read everything and it wasn't too long, I get a little carried away sometimes.
Tomorrow we'll talk about to and from

@sima-siegel what an outstanding class today. I took 2 pages of notes and this was only an introduction. Ha ha. You are a great teacher, Sima and I believe all of us will be blessed immensely By your teaching. I can't wait till next week!

Good morning! Class#2 will be a visual kashering by example. I'm sensitive to those who need to see it to understand. Time permitting, we'll follow that with setting up the kosher jjkitchen,being mindful l of limited space and budget. No need to worry because we have options! Kashering many items in your home, buying from a thrift store, The Dollar Tree. They have discounted flat rate shipping for the holiday as well. You are awesome! See you then, Sima

I have 2 hours to do something wonderful... cleaning, later; ummm dinner, later; write a blog... um... no, I want to crochet!

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I promised several gals I would post the recipe for Jalapeno Cranberry Sauce:
12 ounces cranberries (fresh or frozen), 1 cup of water, 1 cup of white sugar, 3 jalapeno peppers seeded and minced, 2 tsp. lemon juice, 1/2 cup cooking sherry.
Rinse berries in cold water and drain.
In a saucepan, mix water and sugar; ;stir to dissolve sugar. Bring to a boil. Add cranberries, Jalapeno peppers, and lemon juice and return to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer gently for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add sherry and stir will. Remove from heat and let cool completely at room temperature.
Refrigerate in a glass container with a cover. Serve with turkey or chicken.
Enjoy!@

#sephardichistory
Origins of Sephardic Jewry Dr. Henry Abramson

This article really spoke to me regarding all the religious versus spirituality we observe. I don't know which category it could go under, #hanukah or #rituals maybe #religion, how about #connectingwithhashem. No matter what category it would go under it may be an eye opener. It is for me. Especially now that I understand what it means to be a light, a vassal and kelipot.

#verseoftheday
Psalms 32:1-2
A song of David to teach wisdom. Happy is he whose sin is forgiven and his transgressions covered over. Happy is the man whose wrong-doing G-d will not hold against him, because he has truly repented and he has no intention of deceiving either G-d or man.

Boker tov everyone! It's a fun-filled day! 12:30 pm EST is Hebrew; 1:00 pm EST is Basic in keeping a Kosher Kitchen with Rebbetzin Sima Siegel ; then 7:30 pm EST is Basic Talmud with Rabbi Jeffrey Siegel.

Don't forget, every morning except Shabbat is Learning to pray in Hebrew. 8:00 am EST. I find that the Shachrit each morning starts my engines so I can fly thru the day.

Have a wonderful and blessed day.

#verseoftheday
Psalms 32: 3-4
As long as I kept silent and did not confess my sins before you, I became worn down in my very essence, groaning all day in fear of the L-rd. Because day and night Your hand was heavy upon me, my vitality turned as dry as the parchedness of the summer. Selah

The message here gives me hope. HaShem cares about the smallest of details, like a sciatic nerve. That G-d loved Yaacov so much that when the evil Angel of Esav touched his hip, HaShem prohibited anyone from eating that part of an animal. It is just so awesome. Well enough of what I think. This is from Azmut.com, Rabbi Alon Anava.

It’s Not Petty When It’s Your Child

“….Therefore, the bnei Yisrael may not eat the Gid Hanasheh, which is on the socket of the hip, until this day, for he touched the socket of Yaakov’s hip, in the tendon which became displaced….” – Bereishit 32:33
״…על כן לא יאכלו בני ישראל את גיד הנשה אשר על כף הירך עד היום הזה כי נגע בכף ירך יעקב בגיד הנשה…״ – בראשית לב, לג

This mitzvah is to serve as a reminder to the Jewish people that though they will suffer many hardships in their exiles, at the hands of the nations and at the hands of the children of Eisav, they will be confident that they will never be lost. —Sefer HaChinuch, Mitzvah 3

Vayishlach
It is remarkable that such a crucial aspect of Jewish faith, our eternal hope of survival, is commemorated with a law so narrow in scope. The prohibition of eating the sciatic nerve seems to be a mere technicality in the laws of Kosher, applicable only to the precise nerve that the angel wounded in Yaakov, which is in and of itself only a minor detail in the story of Yaakov’s miraculous salvation!

The emphasis on detail in this mitzvah is extremely significant. It highlights that G-d’s intimate concern extends even to the most negligible details in the life of a Jew!

Truly, the Baal Shem Tov taught that every single aspect of creation is governed by Divine Providence, and serves a specific role in the Divine plan for the universe. Nevertheless, in the rest of creation, the significance of the role played by each blade of grass is still minor in comparison to that played by the sun or the clouds, or by animals and humans.

Not so in the details which transpire in (and effect) the life of the individual Jew; the health of even a nerve in his hip is as important and cherished by G-d as is the whole of the entire universe and even more so. Each Jew is uniquely chosen by G-d to be a part of His treasured nation, each member of which He loves like His very own biological child. Therefore, even the seemingly trivial details of a Jew’s life are of infinite and essential importance to Him and are His most pressing issue and concern.

—Likutei Sichos vol. 30, pp. 148-154