#114 How to Keep Your Hebrew Kosher

Streetwise Hebrew

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🗓️ 12 January 2016

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

You probably know that אוכל כשר means kosher food. But did you know that כשר also means fit, valid, or reliable? And what does the verb להכשיר mean, and how is it all related to talent? Guy explains.

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New Words and Expressions:

Kasher – Kosher, fit, valid, reliable – כשר

Mashehu po lo kasher – Something is a bit dodgy here – משהו פה לא כשר

Kashrut – Kosherness – כשרות

Teudat kashrut – Kosher(ness) certificate – תעודת כשרות

Mashgiach kashrut – Kosher(ness) inspector – משגיח כשרות

Kosher – Fitness, ability, capability – כושר

Madrichat kosher – Fitness instructor – מדריכת כושר

Chadar/Machon kosher – Fitness center – חדר/מכון כושר

Kosher bituy – Articulation – כושר ביטוי

Mishehu im kosher bituy – An articulate person – מישהו עם כושר ביטוי

Kosher gufani – Fitness – כושר גופני

Kosher sichli – Mental ability – כושר שכלי

Kashir – Capable – כשיר

Kashir la-avoda – Fit to work – כשיר לעבודה

Haya li kisharon gadol – I had a big talent – היה לי כישרון גדול

Kishurim – Qualifications – כישורים

Pitu'ach kishurim chevratyim – Developing social skills – פיתוח כישורים חברתיים

Kishurim – Links – קישורים

Lehachshir – To render something kosher, to train, to prepare, to authorize – להכשיר

Lehachshir mivne she-kvar nivna – To "kosherize" a building that has already been built – להכשיר מבנה שכבר נבנה

Hechsher – "Kosherizing," authorization – הכשר

Hachshara – "Kosherizing" meat; training – הכשרה

Hachshara miktso'it – Vocational training – הכשרה מקצועית

Huchshar – It was kosherized, authorized; he was trained – הוכשר

Ha-basar muchshar be-rega ze – The meat is being kosherized right now – הבשר מוכשר ברגע זה

Anna muchsheret, hamon potentsial – Anna is talented, (she's got) a lot of potential – אנה מוכשרת, המון פוטנציאל

Muchshar, muchesheret – Talented – מוכשר, מוכשרת

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Playlist and Clips:

Imun kosher male (full fitness workout session)

Yossi Banay – Ahava Bat Esrim (Lyrics)

Pituach kishurim hevratiyim

Ha'im efshar lehachshir mivne

MK Shelly Yechimovitch on hachshara miktso'it

Mashina – Anna (Lyrics)

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is TELV1.
0:10.0	Street-wise.
0:11.0	H-W-Hibro.
0:12.0	Shalom, it's me Guy from Street-wise Hebrew. Shalom, it's me Guy from Street-wise Hebrew.
0:15.0	John Simpson from Melbourne, Australia wrote me a nice message and asked me to talk about
0:20.3	Kacher, kosher, and this showish kaf shen,
0:25.0	Joffijon, achla raiont, d'Arba.
0:28.0	Kacherr means kosher, but also fit, valid, reliable. So,
0:33.4	Machu
0:33.6	so Machu soo so
0:35.1	Machupo loca share means something here is a bit dodgy a bit iffy.
0:39.7	You can say it when you're offered a flight ticket but it's way too cheap.
0:44.0	Kaff Xin Resh is a show that has done a huge career not only in Hebrew.
0:49.0	The word kosher in English actually came from the Yiddish pronunciation, so the kamats a is also koeshel became kosher in English.
0:59.7	By the way keshir connection written Kufe-shin-Resh has nothing to do with Kacheh which is written with a
1:07.4	kacheh, with the Ute noun suffix is the noun so t-udat kashrut, co-sher-ness certificate, which means a
1:17.3	mashgir kashrut, a kosherness inspector, comes to your restaurant or
1:22.2	wedding hall and makes sure the place is
1:24.2	cachell, kosher, that they don't mix dairy and meat nor using pork, etc.
1:29.5	Koshel is fitness, again as we said fit for something, like here.
1:35.0	Hi, Anidor, Madher K
1:37.0	Koesher musmehut me in the sports studio.
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