Proste Yiddish - Simple Yiddish

Author: Esther Diamond

A show just for Yiddish learners. Short episodes with simple Yiddish to help you build your listening skills and vocabulary. Every episode comes with a transcript and vocab list. Prost plain, common, simple , for the masses! We are also on Youtube Produced in Naarm (so-called melbourne) on the lands of the Wurundjeri People. * Proste Yiddish is a fully volunteer project - expect some unprofessionalism ;) *
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Chanukah חנוכּה
Episode 10
Friday, 12 December, 2025

Note: This episode was recorded and released 12th December before the horrors at Bondi. We are grieving, shocked and angry - there is far too much violence in this world. May we all work together towards a world where everyone can live in safety and dignity.Episode 10 // Season 6חנוכּהHow has it taken this long for us to have a Khanike/Chanukah/Hannukah episode?? Well here it is and just in time. I talk a little about where some of the customs of Chanukah might have come from, the story and how we celebrate it in my family. You can listen to Sholem Aleichem’s story Channukah Gelt here (and read along too).TranscriptThere is a full transcript for this episode here with a vocabulary list: https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS6E10. If you find the transcript too hard to understand, you can paste it into this wonderful tool from Refoyl Finkel and it will provide you with clickable definitions.Send us a recording!Send us a little story about yourself, a review, something on a favourite topic. Get in touch, I’m happy to help you edit a script. Follow the YiddishWe are on youtube, instagram and facebook. Check out the links here https://linktr.ee/prosteyiddishMusicAll the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.Support the ShowThanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Djiringanj people of the Yuin Nation (in so-called oystralie).