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10 Words for Aliyah
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1. תעודת זהות – ID card
In Israel, knowing your מספר תעודת זהות – ID card number – is more important than knowing your phone number: you’ll use it all the time, from visiting the doctor to logging into your online bank.
People typically shorten the expression, cutting out מספר – number, even though they’re asking for an ID number. For example:
אפשר תעודת זהות, בבקשה?
Can I have your ID card (number), please?
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2. דיור – housing
While בית means house, דירה means both apartment as well as dwelling.
Likewise, דיור means housing, as in:
יש פה מצוקת דיור.
There’s a housing shortage here.
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3. מסגרת חינוכית – educational framework
The word מסגרת means frame or framework. Its root is ס.ג.ר meaning closed: a frame encloses something.
מסגרת חינוכית is an educational framework, such as בית ספר – school, גן – nursery school, מעון – nursery school for very young children, and קייטנה – summer camp.
People shorten מסגרת חינוכית to simply מסגרת, as in:
אתקשר אחרי שאשים את הילדים במסגרות.
I’ll call after I put the kids in the (their) frameworks (drop them off).
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4. קורות חיים – resume, CV
For those looking for a job in Israel, the first point of contact with a potential employer is sending קורות חיים – a resume, or literally, a curriculum vitae (life events).
For example:
שלחתי קורות חיים – קיבלתם?
I sent my (a) resume – have you guys received (it)?
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5. לקבוע תור – to make an appointment
An appointment, in Hebrew, is תור. To set is לקבוע, so to set / to make an appointment is לקבוע תור.
For example:
אני רוצה לקבוע תור אצל הרופא.
I want to make an appointment at the doctor.
תור also means a line or a queue.
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6. קופת חולים – HMO
Here’s another super-important Israel term: קופת חולים means Health Management Organization – literally, office for the sick. Every citizen has to belong to one of these government-funded organizations in order to receive their socialized health care.
For example:
יש ארבע קופות חולים בישראל: לאומית, מאוחדת, כללית ומכבי.
There are four HMO’s in Israel: Leumit, Meuhedet, Klalit and Maccabi.
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7. זכויות – rights
New immigrants to Israel are entitled to זכויות – rights, where a single right is זכות.
For example:
בין הזכויות של עולים חדשים יש לימוד עברית על חשבון המדינה.
Among the rights of new immigrants is Hebrew study at the State’s expense.
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8. אולפן – Ulpan
The word אולפן didn’t always refer to a Hebrew-language school. In the original Aramaic, אולפן meant study, which leads to its modern usage as studio.
For example:
איפה אפשר לשכור אולפן הקלטה לשעה?
Where can I rent a recording studio for an hour?
For new olim though, אולפן means primarily Hebrew school.
For example:
איפה למדתם לדבר עברית כל כך טוב? באולפן לעניין!
Where did you learn to speak Hebrew so well? At Ulpan La-Inyan!
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9. משרד הקליטה – the Ministry of (Immigrant) Absorption
The Hebrew word for office or government ministry is משרד, so that we have משרד האוצר – the Ministry of Finance (of the Treasury), משרד החוץ – the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and משרד הקליטה – the Ministry of (Immigrant) Absorption.
For example:
אפשר לפנות למשרד הקליטה עם כל שאלה.
You can turn to the Ministry of Absorption with any question
קליטה also means reception, such as קליטה סלולרית – cellular (phone) reception.
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10. סבלנות – patience
Patience is a virtue, and it’s a great asset when trying to navigate Israel’s bureaucracy, markets and transportation system.
The Hebrew word for patience is סבלנות, as in:
החיים בישראל דורשים הרבה סבלנות – אבל הם שווים את זה.
Life in Israel requires a lot of patience – but it’s worth it.
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