#316 Canned Goods and the Preservation of Historic Buildings

Streetwise Hebrew

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Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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🗓️ 8 December 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

The Hebrew word שימור (shimur) is an interesting one. We use שימור to say canned goods, the preservation of historic buildings, and even customer retention. Guy explains.

Bonus: A rare Yemenite song for Hanukkah.

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New Words and Expressions:

Galut – Exile, diaspora – גלות

Shimur ha-tarbut ha-teimanit – Conservation of the Yemenite culture – שימור התרבות התימנית

Meshamer – Conserving – משמר

Meshamer et avodat ha-tsorfut ha-atika shel yehudei teiman – He conserves the ancient goldsmith craft of the Yemenite Jews – משמר את עבודת הצורפות העתיקה של יהודי תימן

Leshamer et ha-tarbut ha-teimanit – To conserve the Yemenite culture – לשמר את התרבות התימנית

Shimur mivnim – The conservation of historic buildings – שימור מבנים

Mivne le-shimur – A building for conservation – מבנה לשימור

Kufsaot shimurim ('Shimurim') – Canned food – קופסאות שימורים

"Shimurei nun, re'uyim le-emun" – "The Noon preserved foods deserve your trust" – שימורי נון, ראויים לאמון

Shimurei tiras – Canned corn – שימורי תירס

Kufsat shimurei tiras – A tin of preserved corn – קופסת שימורי תירס

Slicha, efo ha-shimurim? – Excuse me, where is the row with the preserved food? – ?סליחה, איפה השימורים

Homer meshamer – Preservative – חומר משמר

Lelo homer meshamer – Without preservatives – ללא חומר משמר

Shimur lakochot – Client retention – שימור לקוחות

Hem menasim leshamer lakochot be-chol mechir – They try to retain customers at all costs – הם מנסים לשמר לקוחות בכל מחיר

Playlist and Clips:

Zot Ha-moreshet Sheli – Yemen

Shimur mivnim in TLV

Pirsomet – Shimurim (1963)

Pirsomet – Le-lo homer meshamer

A Yemenite song for Hanukkah

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is T.L.B. 1.
0:07.0	Street-wise.
0:11.0	Chatham.
0:12.0	Shalom, it's me guy with Street. Street-wise Hebrew.
0:13.0	Shalom, it's me Guy with Streetwise Hebrew.
0:16.0	And shalon to Carmela Greenberg from Australia.
0:19.0	Hi Guy, this is Carmela from Melbourne, a story about how I got my name. So I was born in
0:26.0	1952 in Israel and my father wanted me to be named after his grandmother who lived in Poland. Her name was
0:35.2	Mala. My mother was very against it. She didn't want a name from the
0:40.0	Galut. She wanted me to have an Israeli name. So there was quite a standoff and finally I had a very
0:48.6	clever aunt here she looked for a peaceful solution and she suggested the name Carmela which had Mem Lamad Hay so they had the
0:57.9	mullah was in there and Carmela was after her Carmel, so very Israeli, so after that peace reined in the family.
1:08.0	And that's how I got my name.
1:11.0	Bye.
1:12.0	To Darabah Carmelah, Galut means exile. name. was frowned upon. It's surprisingly still an issue today. What's in a name? It's amazing
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