Before making aliyah, Adin(Ed) Tevet asked one of neighbors in California for some hints on learning a new language.

A few months later Sandi and I were in an El Al airplane flying to Tel Aviv. Sandi was sitting on my right. On my left was sitting a little girl, about four years old, and further to the left sat her parents. After a while the little girl and I fell into conversation. We spoke in English, of course, but I noticed that whenever she talked to her parents she would speak to them in Hebrew. I started thinking, “This little girl knows Hebrew. I don’t have to wait to get to Israel before I start learning the language. I can start right here. I can learn the Hebrew words for eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and maybe even more. I’ll start by learning the Hebrew word for nose.” I pointed to my nose and asked 'Mah zeh?' and the little girl answered etsbah [finger]. And that’s how I began to learn the Hebrew language.