The Month of Sivan
Daily Derja May 17, 2026
A short Shami Arabic reflection on the Jewish month of Sivan, the holiday of Shavuot, and a teaching from the Chida.
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The TTS Chronicles: Making Arabic Audio Work in Haki
Dew of Your Youth May 13, 2026
How Haki’s Arabic audio went from browser text-to-speech to generated MP3s, dialect-specific fallbacks, and a still-imperfect pronunciation system.
How Hard Is Face Detection?
Dew of Your Youth April 28, 2026
I wanted to see how hard face detection is in 2026. I tested Haar cascades, MediaPipe’s BlazeFace, and YOLO on real images. The short answer: it depends entirely on whether your subject is …
A Funeral on Har Hamenuchot
Daily Derja April 24, 2026
Attending a funeral for a dear friend of the family.
Sam Shore's 82 Yahrzeit: A Tale of a Spear and Emigration
Dew of Your Youth April 23, 2026
A story about Shmariahu (Sam) Shore, his father, and a spear kept for self-defense in the Pale of Settlement.
The Saranduk / Shore Family: An Overview
Dew of Your Youth April 21, 2026
A findings-focused guide to three years of Saranduk / Shore family research — what we now know, what was newly discovered, and what remains open.
Categorically Wrong
Dew of Your Youth April 15, 2026
A jog up Tel Yarmut sparks a reflection on the tension between halachic categories and the lived reality of Jewish destiny.
Arabic in Israel is Hard
Daily Derja April 14, 2026
A short note on why learning Arabic in Israel feels harder than it should.
Passives, Possessives, and Consonant Mutations
Türk Defter April 12, 2026
A practical guide to Turkish passive forms, possessive suffixes, and consonant mutation, with rules and examples for choosing the right endings.
The Dative Case
Türk Defter March 30, 2026
A practical guide to the Turkish dative case, showing when to use a, e, ya, and ye with a simple rules table and examples.
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