Day 14 Clip 11 - Learning Jewish Slang with Yishai Fleisher

[@mekosuji_facemask]

The Romans most likely used classical odometers to accurately measure long distances. It was essentially a specific type of carriage with a mechanism attached to it, that would turn a cogwheel/gear every time the carriage wheels completed a full turn. The mechanism was calibrated in such a way that the cogwheel would complete a full turn when the carriage had travelled one Roman mile, and upon completing a full rotation, the mechanism would drop a small stone into a box. So they could just tell the measurement by counting the rocks. It was first described by Vitruvius, but there is no actual evidence that such a contraption existed at the time.

[@YobelPrize]

dang that's pretty fascinating if true. thanks for sharing!!

[@shmuelhecht2654]

Yishai really seems like a nice guy.

[@charles14153]

He’s a nice guy with some hardline beliefs. Plenty of nice people out there whose opinions I disagree with. What can’t be denied is that he’s a great host.

[@yehudaclinton6252]

Theres also a slang term pronounced exactly "why". its kind of like saying wow, wow

[@נטעחורב]

I think the closest thing to saying Jesus Christ in Hebrew is "heloyim yishmor" which means god will protect

[@benayakoren5045]

*Elohim, but yes

[@ליאבקורם]

"Hashem yishmor"

[@idanpeleg211294]

Yobel the closest to jesus christ we say is shma Israel , it means hear Israel. It's not a 1:1 but it captures most of the circumstances you'd use jesus christ in. Yishai is the last person to ask about slang , the guy's Hebrew still has a very strong american accent.

[@YobelPrize]

thanks for the insight! shma Israel which I learned means shma Jacob technically xD

[@idanpeleg211294]

It's even funnier if you were to hear it from the Israeli equivalent of Miami/LA bimbos. They pronounce it in funny way , I can't record myself but it's like : shmaissraelll. And the bimbos , another slang - we call chachlot ( ch like chacha dance )

[@avishaiedenburg1102]

"Shma Israel" is not super-common in slang usage, though. Perhaps among more religiously-minded people. Most of the slang words we would use in exasperation are Arabic. "Ya Allah" as Yishai said, but also "kos akhtok", "kos emek", "yinal rabak" (which can also be used disparagingly towards others), "ya rabi" etc. There's also "kibinimat" from Russian, but I feel like it's pretty dated.

[@stefano7740]

~ *talking for a few minutes about the worst things Palestinians did to Israelis, saying any life lost it's the end of the world, you can't rank atrocities etc* ~ (Lonerbox) "On the other hand, what do you think is worst thing Israelis ever did to the Palestinians?" (Destiny, joking) "Not being aggressive enough" (Yishai, not joking) "That's right, ok let's hop off" People in the comments: "wow Yishai is such a cool dude" This is very valuable content, you should listen carefully to what's being said

[@snapple4pple]

he's right though if isreal back then took over everything and still maintained a jewish majority there wouldn't be any aparteid conditions or blockades and starvation

[@byageel]

He said empowering Arafat.

[@stefano7740]

@@snapple4pple yeah because there would be no Palestine

[@stefano7740]

​​@@byageelare you saying he didn't say what I wrote? Come on

[@byageel]

@@stefano7740 you are emphasizing something out of its' context to make your point.