#68 The Choice Is Yours (Rerun)

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 > 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)