Artifact 2

[Lily Hazelton]

I watched a clip of sesame street that was entirely in Hebrew. In Israel Sesame Street is also known as Shalom Sesame. What I understood from this episode was that grover was trying to learn how you are supposed to greet different people base on various factors such as age, time of day, and formality. I did not understand every word in this episode, but I found it easy to pick up the general gist of it. While listening I recognized the phrase בוקר טוב (Boker tov) which means 'good morning', but at some point people started responding בוקר אור (Boker or). I had never heard this second phrase before, so I decided to look it up. When some one say Boker Tove, or good morning, to you, you can either respond with the same phrase, or you can respond with Boker Or which directly translates to 'Morning (of) Light'. When you respond Boker Or you are in essence saying something along the lines of 'may you have a day of light' and such. To me this seems like it would be a way to greet someone you know well or care about greatly, because rather than just saying good morning back, you are saying that but also wishing them a light filled day.