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August 12, 2025 10 mins

The Hebrew word גירוש means expulsion and deportation, but the most commonly used word we get from this root is entirely different. Guy explains.

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New Words and Expressions:

Legaresh – To expel, to deport – לגרש

Gerush – Expulsion, deportation – גירוש

“Mishpacha she-higiah le-loov achrei gerush sfarad” – A family which arrived to Lybia after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain – משפחה שהגיעה ללוב אחרי גירוש ספרד

Gerush sfarad – The expulsion of the Jews from Spain – גירוש ספרד

Gerush shedim – Exorcism – גירוש שדים

“Gershu et ha-mishpacha sheli” – My family was expelled – גירשו את המשפחה שלי

“Shir megaresh et ha-hoshech ba-laila” – A song expels the darkness at night – שיר מגרש את החושך בלילה

“Le-yehudim she-hem tse’etsa’im shel megorshei sfarad, kal yachasit lehotsi oto” – For Jews who are descendants of the deportees from Spain, it’s relatively easy to issue it – ליהודים שהם צאצאים של מגורשי ספרד, קל יחסית להוציא אותו

Megorash – Deportee – מגורש

Megorshei sfarad – The Jews expelled from Spain – מגורשי ספרד

“Ha-horim sheli hitgarshu” – My parents got divorced – ההורים שלי התגרשו

Lehitgaresh – To get divorced – להתגרש

Gerooshin/gerooshim – A divorce – גירושין, גירושים

“Ha-im haredim mitgarshim? – Do the ultra orthodox get divorced? – האם חרדים מתגרשים

Horim grooshim – Divorced parents – הורים גרושים

Yeladim lehorim grooshim – Kids of divorced parents – ילדים להורים גרושים

 

Playlist and Clips:

Gerush Sfarad

Hava Alberstein – Shir Megaresh et Ha-hoshech (lyrics)

Ha-horim sheli hitgarshu

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