{"id":304,"date":"2020-05-24T22:15:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T19:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehebrewcafe.com\/main\/?p=304"},"modified":"2020-06-12T03:48:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T00:48:38","slug":"hafuch-and-social-distancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehebrewcafe.com\/main\/2020\/05\/hafuch-and-social-distancing\/","title":{"rendered":"Hafuch and Social Distancing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<p class=\"\">The Israeli version of a cappuccino (or latte) is called <span class=\"he\">\u05d4\u05b8\u05e4\u05d5\u05bc\u05da\u05b0<\/span> <em>hafuch<\/em>. This is the word used in the tagline of this website, since we use the idea of a coffee house as the basis for our online learning environment. <span class=\"he\">\u05d4\u05b8\u05e4\u05d5\u05bc\u05da\u05b0<\/span> literally means \u201cturned over\u201d or \u201cupside down,\u201d perhaps due to the way that it was originally made in Israel, by adding the espresso on top of the milk in an upside down fashion (though the meaning of <span class=\"he\">\u05d4\u05b8\u05e4\u05d5\u05bc\u05da\u05b0<\/span> in this context is debated). Either way, this is the most popular way to serve coffee in Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I know that not everyone drinks coffee, and it took me a while to get used to it. It is, after all, an acquired taste. Either way, as we await the end of the Coronavirus, or at least an improvement in our ability to deal with it, many of us have a lot of time on our hands. It\u2019s my hope that you will take what time you have to sit down with a nice cup o\u2019 Joe and pick up some Hebrew in your spare time!<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Let\u2019s consider some words and phrases that are relevant to coffee houses in Hebrew and things you might order or eat there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The place itself is called a <span class=\"he\">\u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9\u05ea \u05e7\u05b8\u05e4\u05b6\u05d4<\/span>, literally a \u201chouse of coffee.\u201d When you sit down, a <span class=\"he\">\u05de\u05b6\u05dc\u05b0\u05e6\u05b8\u05e8<\/span> \u201cwaiter\u201d or <span class=\"he\">\u05de\u05b6\u05dc\u05b0\u05e6\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea<\/span> \u201cwaitress\u201d (or, better yet, a <span class=\"he\">\u05de\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7<\/span> \u201chost\u201d or <span class=\"he\">\u05de\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b7\u05ab\u05d7\u05b7\u05ea<\/span> \u201chostess,\u201d who has probably just seated you) will bring you a <span class=\"he\">\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05d8<\/span> \u201cmenu.\u201d While you are <span class=\"he\">\u05e8\u05b7\u05e7 \u05de\u05b4\u05e1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05db\u05bc\u05b5\u05dc<\/span> or <span class=\"he\">\u05e8\u05b7\u05e7 \u05de\u05b4\u05e1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05db\u05bc\u05b6\u05ab\u05dc\u05b6\u05ea<\/span> \u201cjust looking,\u201d they might offer to bring you a <span class=\"he\">\u05db\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e1 \u05de\u05b7\u05ab\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd<\/span> \u201ccup of water\u201d (but that is unlikely in Israel).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Once you\u2019ve decided what you want to eat, you <span class=\"he\">\u05e7\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b5\u05d0(\u05ea) \u05dc\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b6\u05dc\u05b0\u05e6\u05b8\u05e8<\/span> \u201ccall the waiter\u201d and say, \u201c<span class=\"he\">\u05d4\u05b6\u05d7\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u05ab\u05d8\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc<\/span> \u2018we have decided\u2019\u201d and \u201c<span class=\"he\">\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b7\u05ab\u05d7\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05e8\u05d5\u05b9\u05e6\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05d6\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05df, \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05e7\u05bc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d4<\/span> \u2018we would like to order, please.\u2019\u201d You and your friend then order your <span class=\"he\">\u05e7\u05b8\u05e4\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b8\u05e4\u05d5\u05bc\u05da\u05b0<\/span> \u201cupside-down coffee,\u201d making sure to mention that you want it <span class=\"he\">\u05e4\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05de\u05b7\u05ab\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd<\/span> \u201ctwice\u201d so that your friend doesn\u2019t get left out! Oh, and you want yours <span class=\"he\">\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e1\u05d5\u05bc\u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8<\/span> \u201cwithout sugar,\u201d while she will have hers <span class=\"he\">\u05e2\u05b4\u05dd<\/span> \u201cwith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy your coffee, and don\u2019t forget to maintain social distancing even when you get back to that coffee house!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Israeli version of a cappuccino (or latte) is called \u05d4\u05b8\u05e4\u05d5\u05bc\u05da\u05b0 hafuch. This is the word used in the tagline of this website, since we use the idea of a coffee house as the basis for our online learning environment. \u05d4\u05b8\u05e4\u05d5\u05bc\u05da\u05b0 literally means \u201cturned over\u201d or \u201cupside down,\u201d perhaps due to the way that it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"index","bgseo_robots_follow":"follow","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,8],"class_list":["post-304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-categories","tag-modern","tag-vocab"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehebrewcafe.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehebrewcafe.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehebrewcafe.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehebrewcafe.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehebrewcafe.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehebrewcafe.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehebrewcafe.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions\/317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehebrewcafe.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehebrewcafe.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehebrewcafe.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}