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Listening to songs in Hebrew and reading the lyrics can help you better 'inhale' new words and idioms in a fun way, and understand Israeli culture. Listen to some of my favourite songs, and read the lyrics. After you grab a dictionary or a googletranslate or even better Morfix, and understand the words, listen to the song again and again and again. The new words will miraculously make it into your cervello, like they say in Italian.

Listen to a playlist of these songs, one after the other.

Hava Alberstein and Arik Sinai sing שוב, Shuv, lyrics by Daphna Ever-Hadani and music by Shmulik Kraus.

And to another famous duet: Shmulik Kraus sings נתפייסה, Nitpayesa, with Jozy Katz. Lyrics by Miriam Yelan-Shtekelis, Music by Shmulik Kraus.

Matti Caspi sings שיר ערש, Shir Eres. Amazing music by Sasha Argov, lyrics by Natan Alterman. 

Astar Shamir, עברתי רק כדי לראות, Avarti rak kedei lir'ot, lyrics by Astar Shamir, music by Ephraim Shamir.

Miri Aloni sings הבלדה על חדווה ושלומיק, Ha-balada al Hedva u-shlomik. Lyrics by Yonatan Geffen, music by Yair Rosenblum. If you want to see Miri Aloni sing, go to the entrance of Nahalat Binyamin Art Market in Tel Aviv, on Tuesday and Friday, as she's busking there. Don't even try to take a photo of her without throwing in a few shekels, as she will take out a sign saying  לא שילמתָ - לא צילמתָ.

Yael Levy is a household name in Israel, especially in the afternoon, for her song תמונה, Tmuna, or as it is widely known Daba daba da, is played every day after the 4 o'clock news on Galey Tsahal, the IDF radio. It marks the beginning of ארבע אחר הצהריים, Arba achar ha-tsohorayim, an hour of all Israeli songs we all know and cherish. Don't work too hard on the lyrics! I mentioned it in my podcast.

Yoni Rechter and Ali Mohar sing כל עוד, Kol Od, lyrics by Ali Mohar, music by Yoni Rechter. 

Yoni Rechter also composed נמה יפו, Nama Yafo, and the lyrics are by Yaakov Sharett and Yosef Milo. Singing: Mazi Cohen, Shemtov Levy, Dafna Armoni, Efrayim Shamir.

Shoshana Damari, the diva of the old Israel, sings צריך לצלצל פעמיים, Tsarich letsaltsel pa'amayim. Music by Moshe Vilenski, lyrics by Natan Alterman. Press play and imagine Tel Aviv in the 30's. The song was composed in 1939.

Shuki ve-Dorit sing גן נעול, Gan Na'ul, lyrics by Rachel Blumstein, music by Shuki Shuki

We are ending this page with Hava Alberstein, who sings לו ידעת, Lu Yadata, lyrics by Rachel Shapira, music by Nahum Heiman.

Yehudit Ravits sings שיר ללא שם, Shir lelo shem. Lyrics and music by Shalom Chanoch.

Gali Atari brings an end to this page, with עוד יום, Od Yom. Lyrics by Rachel Shapira, music by Matti Caspi.