#446 Early Retirement
Streetwise Hebrew
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๐๏ธ 20 January 2026
โฑ๏ธ 9 minutes
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Summary
The Hebrew word ืคืจืืฉื means retirement, and these days ืคืจืืฉื ืืืืงืืืช is on everyone's mind. Guy explains ืคืจืืฉื and other words from its root ืคืจืฉ.
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New Words and Expressions:
Prisha me-ha-avoda โ Retiring from work โ ืคืจืืฉื ืืืขืืืื
Prisha me-ha-avoda, Yetsi'ah le-pensia โ Retiring from work โ ืคืจืืฉื ืืืขืืืื
"Kshe-at tets'ee le-pensya, mi yid'ag lach?" โ When you retire, who will look after you? โ ืืฉืืช ืชืฆืื ืืคื ืกืื, ืื ืืืื ืื
Retirement age โ Gil ha-prisha โ ืืื ืืคืจืืฉื
"Halom ha-prisha ha-mukdemet ha-mele'ah nimtsa rak be-heseg yadam shel israelim me'atim" โย The dream of full early retirement is within reach for only a few Israelis โ ืืืื ืืคืจืืฉื ืืืืงืืืช ืืืืื ื ืืฆื ืจืง ืืืืฉื ืืื ืฉื ืืฉืจืืืื ืืขืืื
Prisha mukdemet mele'ah โ Full early retirement โ ืคืจืืฉื ืืืงืืืช ืืืื
Prisha mukdemet / pensia mukdemet โ Early retirement โ ืคืจืืฉื ืืืงืืืช / ืคื ืกืื ืืืงืืืช
"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 ืื ืื ืคืจืฉื ืืืขืืืื, ืืื ืื ืื ืคืจืฉื ืืืืจืืฅ ืืขืืืจืื
Prisha me-ha-hayim ha-politiyim โ Retiring from political life โ ืคืจืืฉื ืืืืืื ืืคืืืืืืื
Lifrosh me-ha-hayim ha-politiyim โ To withdraw from political life โ ืืคืจืืฉ ืืืืืื ืืคืืืืืืื
Lifrosh ba-si โ To quit at your peak โ ืืคืจืืฉ ืืฉืื
Yalla, ani poresh โ Ok, I am heading out โ ืืืืื, ืื ื ืคืืจืฉ
Pensioner / pensionerit, gimlai / gimla'eet โ Pensioner โ ืคื ืกืืื ืจ / ืคื ืกืืื ืจืืช, ืืืืื /ืืืืืืช
Gimla'eem โ Pensioners โ ืืืืืื
Gimla โ Pension โ ืืืื
Hem lo mafrishim ksafim la-pensya โ They are not setting aside funds for their pension โ ืื ืื ืืคืจืืฉืื ืืกืคืื ืืคื ืกืื
Lehafrish โ To set aside โ ืืืคืจืืฉ
Hafrashat ksafim โ Setting money aside โ ืืคืจืฉืช ืืกืคืื
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Playlist and Clips:
Ministry of Finance โ Kshe-tets'ee le-pensya
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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