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EPISODE · Aug 12, 2025 · 10 MIN

#441 Expel Your Demons

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