Here in Israel, we are preparing for our upcoming local elections on Feb. 27th. So this week we are rerunning an episode about the Hebrew word בחירות – elections.     A בחירה is a ‘choice.’ Guy teaches us how to choose, elect, and select in Hebrew, just in time for our local elections on Feb 27th.    New Words and Expressions: Bacharti becha – בָּחַרְתִי בְּךָ Ki banu bacharta ve’otanu kidashta mikol ha’amim – כִּי בָּנוּ בָֹחַרְתָּ וְאוֹתָנוּ קִידַּשְׁתָ מִכֹּל הַעַמִּים Ve-otanu &gt; veoysano – וְאוֹתָנוּ Ha-am ha-nivchar – הַעַם הַנִּבְחָר Bachar, nivchar – בָּחַר, נִבְחַר Ha-sikuy shel peres le-hibacher gavar – הַסִּיכּוּי שֶׁל פֶּרֶס לְהִיבָּחֵר גָּבַר At lo nivchart ki at isha? – אָת לֹא נִבְחַרְתְ כִּי אָת אִישָׁה? Nivchar – נִבְחַר Nivchart –  נִבְחַרְתְ Nivcheret – נִבְחֶרֶת Ha-nivcheret ha-israelit – הַנִּבְחֶרֶת הַיִּשְרְאֵלִית Nivcheret kaduregel – נִבְחֶרֶת כַּדּוּרֶגֶל Mutsar chalav – מוּצַר חָלָב Nivcheret shel rechivim tzoonatiyim – נִבְחֶרֶת שֶׁל רְכִיבִים תְּזוּנָתִיִים Ha-bchirot shelach tamid nigmarot ba’enayim sheli – הַבְּחִירוֹת שֶׁלָךְ תָּמִיד נִגְמָרוֹת בָּעֵינַיִים שֶֹלִי   Playlist and Clips: Ayala Ingedashet – Bacharti becha (Lyrics) Kiddush (Ashkenazi version) (Text) Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach – Kiddush Who is the chosen people / Avi Becker – London & Kirschenbaum, TV10 Collette Avital – interview, Knesset TV Channel 1956 football game, USSR vs. Israel, The Nathan Axelrod Newsreel Collection Israeli Dairy Council commercial Noi Roithenberg – Ha-bchirot Shelach (lyrics)

#68 The Choice Is Yours (Rerun)

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