Al haRegel
I have some pictures, and then I'll tell my story of the day. :)
First, there was waiting with Randy to board the plane.
Then, there are the mushky-pushkies I'm staying with. The feet below are brought to you by my baby Yehuda. And I can claim him because I was his assistant Ima today.
So then I went to the Kotel.
I met Moishele for dinner and we did a little Old City rambling.
Chag sameach!
I went to visit my other Israeli cousins this afternoon. One of my cousins wasn't even talking the last time I was in Israel, but this time she is just at the age when she doesn't stop talking. She and I were sitting in her bedroom where she was flipping from bed to bed (it's a four bed pull out!) and I noticed the pretty light fixture.
"Rachel, I love your light! The butterfly is so pretty."
"It helps my chalomot."
"What does that mean?" (Temporary brain-lapse.)
"Dreamot. Chalomot is in English and dreamot is b'Ivrit."
"Haha, Rachel, I think it's the opposite."
"No, it's not."
"Okay. Y'know what? I don't know Ivrit, can you teach me some words?"
She taught me peh (mouth), af (nose), and aynayim (eyes).
"What's this?" I asked, lifting my foot.
"Rrrrrregel."
"Regel?"
I looked over at her, because all I heard was laughter, and saw that she was in a fit of hysteria.
"NO! Rrrrrregel!" She repeated, rolling her reish.
"Right, regel!"
Hysteria ensued.
"What?" I said, "I'm saying it right! Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrregel?"
At this point, of course, she couldn't stop laughing.
It took about 18 tries of me rolling the reish sound around on my tongue before I finally stopped because it was hopeless (although I'm pretty sure that I was doing it well). She was pretty adorable, though.
First, there was waiting with Randy to board the plane.
Then, there are the mushky-pushkies I'm staying with. The feet below are brought to you by my baby Yehuda. And I can claim him because I was his assistant Ima today. 
So then I went to the Kotel.
I met Moishele for dinner and we did a little Old City rambling.
Chag sameach!
I went to visit my other Israeli cousins this afternoon. One of my cousins wasn't even talking the last time I was in Israel, but this time she is just at the age when she doesn't stop talking. She and I were sitting in her bedroom where she was flipping from bed to bed (it's a four bed pull out!) and I noticed the pretty light fixture."Rachel, I love your light! The butterfly is so pretty."
"It helps my chalomot."
"What does that mean?" (Temporary brain-lapse.)
"Dreamot. Chalomot is in English and dreamot is b'Ivrit."
"Haha, Rachel, I think it's the opposite."
"No, it's not."
"Okay. Y'know what? I don't know Ivrit, can you teach me some words?"
She taught me peh (mouth), af (nose), and aynayim (eyes).
"What's this?" I asked, lifting my foot.
"Rrrrrregel."
"Regel?"
I looked over at her, because all I heard was laughter, and saw that she was in a fit of hysteria.
"NO! Rrrrrregel!" She repeated, rolling her reish.
"Right, regel!"
Hysteria ensued.
"What?" I said, "I'm saying it right! Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrregel?"
At this point, of course, she couldn't stop laughing.
It took about 18 tries of me rolling the reish sound around on my tongue before I finally stopped because it was hopeless (although I'm pretty sure that I was doing it well). She was pretty adorable, though.
posted by BrownsvilleGirl at 2:51 PM
do u remember when nechama and sara s. taught us head shoulders knees and toes in hebrew and yiddish? i guess it went straight over your head- but we all learn these valuable words sooner or later
Very funny, Sara. :) I knew those words...they were just the ones she chose to teach me. Numbers, on the other hand, numbers I need to know.
how 'bout try for...naked elbows?
What are mushky pushkies? How many babies do you plan on appropriating on this trip?
Mushy pushkies are blobs of fat shaped like miniature humans (aka babies).
:)
one, i love that picture of randy. so him. two, i hate how americans speak hebrew. it drives me up the wall with their american accents. but i hate it also when americans try and speak spanish. mainly because they can't roll the r... so get to practicing!