Learn the words in Hebrew Learn the words in Hebrew to figure out the joke below:

egg – בֵּיצִים (בֵּיצָה)   

price – מְחִיר

cents – אֲגוֹרוֹת (אָגוּרָה) 

whole – שְׁלֵימָה (שָׁלֵם)                

broken – שְׁבוּרָה           

dozen – תְּרֵיסָר             

Solution:

Bazooka Joe asks, “What is the price of one egg?” The storekeeper answers, “One egg costs five cents and a broken egg costs two cents.” Without missing a beat, Bazooka Joe asks, “Please break a dozen eggs for me.”

Teacher’s Corner:

When I asked my class to copy the work on the board to study at home, one student performed poorly. I asked him to copy it again and show it to me in the morning. Instead of investing his time and doing the work, he made a photocopy of his friend’s work and handed it in.

I smiled and said to my student: How can you learn without investing yourself in the work? Copying the work is part of the process of learning. When you try to outsmart people you only outsmart yourself.

Maya Yehezkel is a Hebrew teacher at Yeshivat Noam middle school. For private tutoring, all levels, email: [email protected].