New weekly update

Hey everyone,

I'm going to try to start a new weekly update called 'the coolest thing I learned this week.'

For this first update, there will be more than one thing, but each week after this will be one thing each week that I am really glad that I learned.

In Hebrew, I learned that the term טיפש-עשרי (tipesh esrei), which literally means silly tens, is the term in Hebrew for teenager.

In grammar (which is where most of the cool things I learn will probably come from), we have been learning how to put the correct vowels in each word. When we started learning about משקל (meeshkal), was when I knew it was an amazing class. Hebrew words that have similar vowels and syllables, have related meanings. For example, colors: כחול, אדום, ירוק, ורוד (kachol, adom, yarok, varod). All of those are color words, and they all have the same vowel patterns (a - 0). That is the most basic משקל, but there are others as well.

In Zionist history, the Scotland national anthem was originally written for a rugby match. That has nothing to with Israel really, but it was a fun fact that we learned.

That's all for now, keep a look out each week around Shabbat for a new lesson that I learned!

Shavua Tov