Festivals is the eighty-third skill in the language tree for Hebrew. It has four lessons that teach vocabulary related to a variety of Jewish festivals and traditions. Feel free to look up the festivals themselves if you want to know more about them; some of the sentences in this skill give some basic information about them as well.
Lessons[]
Lesson 1[]
- מצה = matza (unleavened bread) (f)
- שבועות = Shavuot (m)
- חג = holiday (m) (khag)
- ליל הסדר = Passover Seder (m) (leil haseder)
- לחגוג = to celebrate (lakhgog)
- יציאת מצרים = Exodus (f) (yetsiat mitsrayim)
- פסח = Passover (m) (pesach)
Lesson 2[]
- שמחת תורה = Simchat Torah (f)
- ראש השנה = Rosh Hashanah (m)
- הימים הנוראים = the High Holy Days (m pl) (hayamim hanora'im)
- יום כיפור = Yom Kippur (m)
- סוכות = Sukkot (m)
- סוכה = sukka (the tents where Sukkot is celebrated) (f)
- תשעה באב = Tisha Be'Av
- צום = fast (m) (tsom)
Lesson 3[]
- משלוח מנות = mishloach manot (Purim gift basket) (m)
- סביבון = dreidel (m) (svivon)
- חנוכה = Chanukah (m)
- חנוכייה = Chanukiyah (the special menorah lit during Chanukah) (f)
- פורים = Purim (m)
- אוזן המן = hamantaschen (triangle pastry served on Purim) (f) (ozen haman)
- סופגניה = sufganiya (round doughnuts served during Chanukah) (f)
Lesson 4[]
- ט׳׳ו בשבט = Tu Bishvat
References[]
Duolingo Lesson: www.duolingo.com/skill/he/Jewish-Festivals