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Chayim, life, is a word that has a huge career in Hebrew, in Israeli slang and even across oceans and seas. What happened to it in the shteytels of Eastern Europe and when it came back here, to new Israeli slang, and how do we use it to beg someone to change TV channel? Words and expressions discussed: Im ele ha-chayim – אִם אֵלֶה הַחַיִים Hachayim Shelcha Nifl’aim – הַחַיִים שֶלךָ נִפְלָאִים Tni li lageshet el chayaich –תְּנִי לִי לָגֶשֶת אֶל חַיָיִךְ Chaya’ich – חַיָיִךְ Chayecha –חַיֵיךָ Be-chaye-cha – בְּחַיֵיךָ Be-chayecha ta’avir arutz – בְּחַיֵיךָ תַּעֲבִיר עָרוּץ Be-chayaich –בְּחַיָיִךְ Be-chayechem –בְּחָיֵיכֶם Ba-chayim lo pagashti oto – בַּחַיִים לֹא פָּגַשְתִּי אוֹתוֹ Shatita? Ba-chayim al tinhag – שָתִיתָ? בַּחַיִים אַל תִּנְהַג Ba-chayim – בַּחַיִים Le-chayim – לְחַיִים Ani chay –אֲנִי חַי At chaya – אַת חָיָה Anachnu chayim –אֲנַחְנוּ חַיִים Mitnadvim osim chayim –מִתְנַדְּבִים עוֹשִֹים חַיִים Ta’ase/ta’asi/ta’asu chayim – תַּעֲשֶֹה/ תַּעֲשִֹי/ תַּעֲשֹוּ חַיִים Eich ha-chayim –אֵיךְ הַחַיִים Chayim sheli –חַיִים שֶׁלִי Chayey kelev – חַיֵי כֶּלֶב Tse li me-ha-chayim –צֵא לִי מֵהַחַיִים Harasta li et ha-chayim –הָרַסְתָּ לִי אֶת הַחַיִים Chayim tovim – חַיִים טוֹבִים Playlist: Keren Peles - Im Ele Ha-chayim (Lyrics) Sarit Hadad - Hachayim Shelcha Nifl’aim (Lyrics) George Abu Shkara – Lageshet El Chayaich (Lyrics) Ba-chayim lo pagashti oto (Enigma TV series clip) Shatita? Ba-chayim al tinhag (Or Yarok clip) Fiddler on the Roof - To Life, Lechayim (Lyrics) Barry Sisters - Lechayim (Lyrics on YouTube link) Lahakat Hel Ha-yam – Rak Be-Israel (Lyrics)