achshav

Now, immediately

ad me'ah v'esrim

[may you/he/she live] "until a hundred and twenty" -- often used as a birthday wish for long life, or when mentioning a person who is getting on in years.

aruchat boker

breakfast

ayzeh bahsa

What a misfortune, how unfortunate, bummer

beineinu

between us

beit cafe

coffee house

boker or

literally, "morning light". said in response to "boker tov."

boker tov

"good morning"

Breslover

A follower of the Hasidic branch of Judaism that adheres to the teachings of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, the great-grandson of the Baal Shem Tov.

chalomot paz

Sweet dreams, literally "Golden dreams"

chanichim

campers; members of youth movement, as in Hashomer Hatzair

disciples (in a classroom)

chatich

a sexy man

chaval

a shame; a waste; "too bad!"

chaval al hazman

Wow! Expression of emphasis from Israeli slang. Original meaning is also used: "waste of time"

chozer b'teshuva

a returnee to the faith

dos

A derogatory term for ultra-Orthodox/Haredi Jews, common in Israel.

dugma ishit

role model, personal example

dugree

Direct, unvarnished, uneuphemistic

eidah

group, cohort; session/unit

ein

None; we / I / you don't have any; there is none.

erev tov

good evening

gam ani

"me, too"

ichsa

an expression of disgust

kadima

a center-left political party in Israel

forward; onward; hurry up, quickly

kelev

dude

dog

ken

Yes

Kinneret

the Sea of Galilee

kitah aleph

level one; 1st. grade in primary school

kol b'seder

"Everything's fine."

kova

hat

kumkum

hot water urn

laila tov

"good night"

lamah lo?

"why not?"; "there's no reason not to.

lo matim

Inappropriate

lo matim

Inappropriate

m'dor l'dor

from generation to generation

ma

What

ma la'asot

"what can you do?"

maapilim

Jews who immigrated illegally to Palestine during British control in the 1930s and 1940s - Aliyah Bet

Biblical: the group of the Children of Israel that went, unauthorized, to the Land of Israel after the episode with the spies

mabrouk

an expression of joyous congratulation used by Sephardi Jews equivalent to "Mazal tov!"

machal

a volunteer from outside Israel serving in the Israeli army

mah nishmah?

how are you?

mahtomer / matomeret

What are you saying? or What did you say? or Really??

malshin

noun: One who slanders, especially one who turns over a Jew to non-Jewish authorities; informer, stool pigeon, snitch

verb: To slander, malign, speak loshon hara about somebody.

maspik

enough

mayim step

a dance move used in Israeli dance (also known as 'the grapevine')

menucha

Rest or rest time

Mizrachi

adj. or noun describing a person or practice (including music and ritual) of Middle Eastern Jewish origin. Lit. "Eastern," "Oriental."

nalashevet

Please sit.

petek

note

plata

electric hotplate used on the Sabbath

sababa

Awesome. Cool.

shana alef

the post-high school gap year that young men and women spend studying at yeshivot and seminaries in Israel

shawarma

Thinly cut meat (usually lamb, but may be chicken, beef, or other meat) cooked on a vertical rotating spit. Often served on a laffa (large pita type bread, but flat like a pizza dough and without a pocket) and with French fries ("chips" in Israel). Sometimes served on pita.

shilshul

diarrhea

sivuv

noun: a go-around, walk-around, lap, especially one done in order to double-check something

tekes

ceremony, usually surrounding something identified as Israeli or Jewish

tov

"good", "okay"

yala

"let's go"

yeladim

children

yofi

nice, good (used as an interjection, not adjective)

yom yam

beach day; a sunny, warm day to skip school and hang out at the beach

zatar

an Israeli spice mixture made from oregano, basil, thyme, and savory

zehu

"That's all!" "That's final!" "And that's the end of it!" "That's it."