Ruth goes on a date, Terrorism in Israel, and Ah, what a mechayeh!

Welcome to the Jew and Gentile Podcast.

 

From the Scriptures:

 

Chris and Steve return to Ruth 

Ruth 3

 

FOI Equip Classes:

 

Antisemistism: Past, Present, Future (PURIM)

March 10, 17, 24, 2022

7:30PM EST

gofoi.org/antisemitism

 

Spring Feasts of Israel

April 21, 28, 2022

7:30PM EST

foiequip.org

 

Live Passover

From the news surrounding Israel and the Jewish People:

Assailant kills 4 in stabbing attack in Beersheba, Israel

https://www.jta.org/2022/03/22/israel/assailant-kills-4-in-stabbing-attack-in-beersheba-israel

 

Within Our Lifetime is a Palestinian-led community organization that has been building the movement for Palestine in NYC since 2015.

https://wolpalestine.com/

96-year-old Holocaust survivor killed in Russian shelling of Kharkiv

https://www.timesofisrael.com/96-year-old-holocaust-survivor-killed-in-russian-shelling-of-kharkiv/

Yiddish Word of the Day!

 

Mechayeh

 

If you walk into an air-conditioned room, or taste iced water on a hot day, you might say Ah, what a mechayeh, meaning literally, something that has brought you back from death to life, and colloquially, something relieving or refreshing.

 

(One could think that the phrase reflects our penchant for dramatic self-expression, where others might simply say, that was nice.)

 

Mechayeh derives from the Hebrew, chai, meaning life (as in lchaim). In Yiddish, the word has numerous other uses. Something delicious, delightful or enjoyable is mechayehdik. If its extra delicious, you could say its mechayeh nefashos (reviving souls) or mechayeh nefashosdik.