Hebrew Culture, Stories and Curiosities

Tweet Once David, before crowned as king, was sitting in the garden and watched a wasp paralyzing a spider. Amazed by the scene, David who was in a constant dialogue with God asked his creator why he created these useless creatures. … Continue reading →

Tweet Rabban Gamli-el’s daughter got married. She came to him and asked for blessings: “Father, father, please pray for me and bless me!” she weeped. Rabban Gamli-el looked at her raising his right eyebrow and said: “I hope and pray that … Continue reading →

Tweet Today, when I was passing through the supermarket, I noticed a yellow canned corn and a Hebrew title below that caught my eye,”אמונה גדולה יכין” meaning, ‘great belief Yachin’. When I saw this title I was so happy, thinking … Continue reading →

Tweet Adarianus Caesar used to walk in Tiberias alleys, when suddenly he noticed an old man digging in the ground making pits to plant trees. Adrianus was highly impressed and said:”Grandpa, grandpa, if you woke up in your youth, you probably would … Continue reading →

Tweet We are happy to serve our readers a collection of Jewish Legends, Lore & Lullabies From The Treasure Trove Of Hebrew Tales [EBOOK], which is a collaborative publication (read more about how it came into being, here). The stories were … Continue reading →

Tweet When Sara died in the city of Hevron חֶבְרוֹן, Avraham, her husband, wanted to bury her. Since the Hittites בְּנֵי-חֵת were the landlords, Avraham bought from them the field that had in its corner a cave that later became known as Cave … Continue reading →

Tweet While looking for sources that support a an assumption to the name Yarden ירדן Jordan River, I found a charming book called “תבואות הארץ” (grains of the land [Israel]) that was written by ByRabbi Joseph Schwarz, 1850. It was translated to … Continue reading →

Tweet We started the Hebrew Learnoutlive blog one year ago as a little hobby, that gives a scent of the Hebrew language. During this year the blog got its own life and developed to a Hebrew culture blog, which unfolds stories from the … Continue reading →

Tweet This week while walking on the beach I noticed a respected crow that was minding its own business, so engaged and self confident it was, that it didn’t even blink when I approached. Our friend, the crow on the shore, … Continue reading →

Tweet Once upon a time there was a sad wealthy man and next to him lived a happy poor man. As wealthy as the rich man was, as great was his envy at the poor man’s happy life. Sukkot came, and … Continue reading →