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Over the years, the sun has been negatively portrayed most of the time as a dangerous thing that can cause skin cancer, such as melanoma, premature aging of the skin, wrinkles, freckles, and all kinds of other things. So we all know about the dangers of the sun, but what do we know about its benefits? קמפיין חכם בשמש חכם בשמש מילים סרטון על ים המלח 📚 ⁠ ⁠⁠ Get our FREE Hebrew ebook ⁠⁠⁠ Practical t...

Last week, a powerful earthquake struck Syria and Turkey. This earthquake was also felt in Israel. The last earthquake felt in Israel was not strong at all and did not cause any damage. Once every 100 years, there is a very strong earthquake in Israel, and the last one was 100 years ago. In today's podcast, we are going to talk about earthquakes. Why do earthquakes even happen? What should be...

My father was born in the 1950s in a kibbutz in Israel. In those years, there was no awareness of the harms of cigarettes. On one Purim holiday, my father, who was just a teenager, smoked so much and got nicotine poisoning. Since then, he can't stand cigarettes. Today on the podcast, we are going to talk about a country that decided to fight cigarettes: New Zealand. What does the new law say?...

What does the number minus 210 meters mean to you? In Israel this number is the Kinneret level. For years Israel was dependent on the Sea of Galilee, but today this is no longer the case. How does it make sense that in a country where most of its territory is desert, the population is only growing all the time, there is no longer a water problem קמפיין ישראל מתייבשת

In today's episode of the Piece of Hebrew podcast, a podcast for intermediate Hebrew learners who want to learn Hebrew in a natural and authentic way with interesting topics, we talk about the story of the 1970 World Cup - the only World Cup in which Israel participated. How did Israel get to the World Cup, what were its results, why is Israel playing in Europe instead of in Asia, and about th...

You will never live in this apartment because it was rented on Airbnb. We demand a solution to the crisis from the municipality because there is no city without us. This is a notice that was hung on the door of an apartment in the city. That notice then became a Facebook post that turned into a debate about Airbnb's presence in the city. In today's episode of the Piece of Hebrew podcast, a...

In 1999, two car bombs exploded in Israel. The end of daylight saving time saved many people's lives. Listen to the episode and find out how. In today's episode of the Piece of Hebrew podcast, a podcast for intermediate Hebrew learners who want to learn Hebrew in a natural and authentic way with interesting topics, we talk about the history of daylight saving time in Israel, the advantages...

Nitzan Horowitz, Israel's Minister of Health, is openly gay. It's hard to believe but until 1988 there was a law in Israel prohibiting sex between men. How did it happen that until recently being gay in Israel was illegal, until today's situation where an openly gay man is a minister in the Israeli government? In today's episode of the Piece of Hebrew podcast, a podcast for interme...

It's nighttime, I'm sitting around the fire with people I only met this week, but I feel like I've known them for years. All around, the silence of the desert. Tea is heating on the fire and when you lie on your back you can see a sky full of stars. When you talk to me about Shvil Israel, the Israel National Trail (INT), these are the things I remember. Doing the Israel National Trail...

Imagine you land in Israel on a Saturday. You get out of the airport and wait for the bus to go to the city center but the bus is not coming... So you go down and try your luck with the train and you wait and wait and wait... But the train will not come. It's Shabbat today and there is no public transportation on Shabbat in Israel.  Why is there no public transportation in Israel on Shabbat an...

Every year, usually in July, jellyfish - meduzot - invade Israel's beaches, making it very difficult to enter the water. But this was not always the case. So where did the jellyfish come from? What should you do and NOT do if you get stung by a jellyfish? And does the secret to eternal life lie in one small and mysterious species of jellyfish? In today's episode of the Piece of Hebrew podc...

How do you like your coffee? Can you imagine your life without coffee? Well, you may no longer be able to enjoy your cup of coffee in a few years due to climate change...  In today's episode of the Piece of Hebrew podcast, a podcast for intermediate Hebrew learners who want to learn Hebrew in a natural and authentic way with interesting topics, we'll talk about the coffee culture in Israel...

Welcome to the first episode of the Piece of Hebrew podcast, a podcast for intermediate Hebrew learners who want to learn Hebrew in a natural and authentic way with topics from everyday life.  Israel consistently ranks among the top countries on the World Happiness Report in front of countries like the United States, France or Germany. "Happy" is probably not the first thing that comes t...