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Streetwise Hebrew

#446 Early Retirement

Streetwise Hebrew

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Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 20 January 2026

โฑ๏ธ 9 minutes

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Summary

The Hebrew word ืคืจื™ืฉื” means retirement, and these days ืคืจื™ืฉื” ื”ืžื•ืงื“ืžืช is on everyone's mind. Guy explains ืคืจื™ืฉื” and other words from its root ืคืจืฉ.

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New Words and Expressions:

Prisha me-ha-avoda โ€“ Retiring from work โ€“ ืคืจื™ืฉื” ืžื”ืขื‘ื•ื“ื”

Prisha me-ha-avoda, Yetsi'ah le-pensia โ€“ Retiring from work โ€“ ืคืจื™ืฉื” ืžื”ืขื‘ื•ื“ื”

"Kshe-at tets'ee le-pensya, mi yid'ag lach?" โ€“ When you retire, who will look after you? โ€“ ื›ืฉืืช ืชืฆืื™ ืœืคื ืกื™ื”, ืžื™ ื™ื“ืื’ ืœืš

Retirement age โ€“ Gil ha-prisha โ€“ ื’ื™ืœ ื”ืคืจื™ืฉื”

"Halom ha-prisha ha-mukdemet ha-mele'ah nimtsa rak be-heseg yadam shel israelim me'atim" โ€“ย  The dream of full early retirement is within reach for only a few Israelis โ€“ ื—ืœื•ื ื”ืคืจื™ืฉื” ื”ืžื•ืงื“ืžืช ื”ืžืœืื” ื ืžืฆื ืจืง ื‘ื”ื™ืฉื’ ื™ื“ื ืฉืœ ื™ืฉืจืืœื™ื ืžืขื˜ื™ื

Prisha mukdemet mele'ah โ€“ Full early retirement โ€“ ืคืจื™ืฉื” ืžื•ืงื“ืžืช ืžืœืื”

Prisha mukdemet / pensia mukdemet โ€“ Early retirement โ€“ ืคืจื™ืฉื” ืžื•ืงื“ืžืช / ืคื ืกื™ื” ืžื•ืงื“ืžืช

"Hem lo parshu me-ha-avoda, aval hem ken parshu mi-merotz ha-achbarim" โ€“ They didn't retire from work, but they did step awayย  from the rat race โ€“ ื”ื ืœื ืคืจืฉื• ืžื”ืขื‘ื•ื“ื”, ืื‘ืœ ื”ื ื›ืŸ ืคืจืฉื• ืžืžื™ืจื•ืฅ ื”ืขื›ื‘ืจื™ื

Prisha me-ha-hayim ha-politiyim โ€“ Retiring from political life โ€“ ืคืจื™ืฉื” ืžื”ื—ื™ื™ื ื”ืคื•ืœื™ื˜ื™ื™ื

Lifrosh me-ha-hayim ha-politiyim โ€“ To withdraw from political life โ€“ ืœืคืจื•ืฉ ืžื”ื—ื™ื™ื ื”ืคื•ืœื™ื˜ื™ื™ื

Lifrosh ba-si โ€“ To quit at your peak โ€“ ืœืคืจื•ืฉ ื‘ืฉื™ื

Yalla, ani poresh โ€“ Ok, I am heading out โ€“ ื™ืืœืœื”, ืื ื™ ืคื•ืจืฉ

Pensioner / pensionerit, gimlai / gimla'eet โ€“ Pensioner โ€“ ืคื ืกื™ื•ื ืจ / ืคื ืกื™ื•ื ืจื™ืช, ื’ืžืœืื™ /ื’ืžืœืื™ืช

Gimla'eem โ€“ Pensioners โ€“ ื’ืžืœืื™ื

Gimla โ€“ Pension โ€“ ื’ืžืœื”

Hem lo mafrishim ksafim la-pensya โ€“ They are not setting aside funds for their pension โ€“ ื”ื ืœื ืžืคืจื™ืฉื™ื ื›ืกืคื™ื ืœืคื ืกื™ื”

Lehafrish โ€“ To set aside โ€“ ืœื”ืคืจื™ืฉ

Hafrashat ksafim โ€“ Setting money aside โ€“ ื”ืคืจืฉืช ื›ืกืคื™ื

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Playlist and Clips:

Ministry of Finance โ€“ Kshe-tets'ee le-pensya

KAN TV โ€“ Prisha mukdemet

Knesset TV โ€“ Ehud Barak poresh

Gimla'eem โ€“ Pensioners

Ma HaBeaya โ€“ Shabak Samech

Ep. no. 327 about mukdam, early HEB

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is TLV1.

0:10.4

Shalom.

0:13.8

It's me, Guy who is Streetwise Hebrew.

0:15.7

Today we'll talk about

0:16.7

Prisha Me Avodha, retiring from work,

0:19.7

The idea came to me during an online Hebrew lesson with Kevin from New York,

0:26.0

one of our patrons who, through the Patreon platform,

0:29.6

studies with me once a month from his Manhattan apartment.

0:33.4

Tudda, Kevin.

0:35.0

Prisha Me Avoda is retiring from work.

0:37.4

We also call it Yitzia to pension. Let's say it, And so, it's o'athe. And before 10 years, he gasham, a home of adulthood, and fatached, a shawl. You always doaget that the people are murruths and even moreover,. Because the asex your smear,

0:54.9

every year.

0:55.8

But in other several years,

0:56.5

when you'll be

0:57.8

a deathe last.

0:59.6

This is a general information

1:01.1

2018 campaign

1:02.4

by the Ministry of Finance.

1:04.3

The campaign is directed

1:05.4

towards self-employed people

1:07.4

and the narrator asks

1:10.1

when you retire, when you retire,

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