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Discovering Amharic music through an InterPals friendship — Teddy Afro felt too flashy, but Zeritu Kebede and Gigi hit different.

Learn the word for ’need’ or ‘reason’ in Shami Arabic (Da3i - داعي) with common daily life examples.

A friend of mine referred me to Eleven Labs. Maybe it will help handle a long-standing problem with haki.

Learn the word for ‘weak’ in Shami Arabic (Da3if - ضعيف) with examples for people, objects, and ideas.

I built a Telegram bot to catch my passing thoughts, then made it gentler — guided by a Talmudic line about being a reed, not a cedar.

A 5:30 wake-up in Shami Arabic — coffee, a walk to the synagogue, Jerusalem Talmud, morning prayers, then breakfast and the job hunt.

A short video in English comparing one Arabic word and one Hebrew word. New format — let me know what you think.

Two interviews, one rejection, one maybe — and the strange feeling that the world moved without asking permission.

A short Shami Arabic reflection on the Jewish month of Sivan, the holiday of Shavuot, and a teaching from the Chida.

Attending a funeral for a dear friend of the family.