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August 19, 2016
Welcome friends to our Tu B'Av edition of the Hebrew Podcasts Newsletter.
We are sending your way Chag Sameach greetings and Happy Tu B'Av.
Featured Holiday
Tu B'Av ט"ו באב (the fifteenth of the month of Av) is a holiday that was renewed in the modern-day Israel. It falls this year on Friday, August 19, 2016. It is celebrated as a holiday of love חג האהבה (Hag HaAhava) and as such is a very sought after date for romantic dates and Jewish weddings. The kibbutzim celebrate the grape harvest festival as Hag Hakeramim. It was celebrated in the Temple in Jerusalem when unmarried girls would dress in white and dance in the vineyards at the beginning of the grape harvest in the hope of finding a husband.
New Idioms
| With pleasure | Be-he-fets lev | בחפץ לב |
| With your hand on our heart | Eem yad al ha-lev | עם יד על הלב |
| I told what's eating me | A-mar-ti et a-sher al li-bi | אמרתי את אשר על ליבי |
| We said what we mean | Pi-noo ve-li-be-noo sha-vim | פינו וליבנו שווים |
New Words
Love A-ha-va אהבה
Fondness Hi-ba חיבה
Warmheartedness Le-va-vi-yoot לבביות
Admiration Ha-a-ra-tsa הערצה
Friendliness Ye-di-doot ידידות
Appreciation Ho-ka-ra הוקרה
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