We're now at the last of the posts on the PaRDeS words, and we'll be discussing the word sod סוד. Unlike remez which doesn't a...

The next word in our series of PaRDeS words is derash דרש -'interpretation" or "exegesis". The root דרש is unlike the pr...

Back in December, I started a series of words, but never finished them. Do you remember the series? I'll give you a hint ... I was dis...

I'd like to add some sort of logo or graphic to Balashon, that I could use to represent the site, and use to dress up the site a bit. I ...

(This post is explaining why this site is not written in Hebrew). לפעמים שואלים אותי, "אם אתה כותב על לשון העברית, למה האתר לא בעבר...

Degel דגל is an interesting word. Ask any Israeli - or any Hebrew speaker for that matter - and they will tell you that it means "flag...

Israel celebrates its Independence Day this week - Yom HaAtzamaut. And in recent years, one of the most widespread symbols of the day, perha...

This week Israel observes Yom HaShoah - יום השואה, whose full name is Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laGvura יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה. This is ...

One of the columnists who inspired this site is Philologos of The Forward . He writes about Jewish words and phrases, and specifically has ...

Since I started this site, I've found that Shir HaShirim שיר השירים (which we'll be reading tomorrow, the seventh day of Pesach) ha...

One of the first words people often learn in Hebrew is ken כן - "yes". However, that meaning only began in the Middle Ages. In th...

I had thought of writing a post on mesubin over two years ago - when I started this site. We are all familiar with the fourth question at t...