It is so interesting teaching beginners to read Hebrew. So many try and read Hebrew like they are reading English. (99% of my pupils come from an English-speaking background). They want to learn to read Hebrew fast. Inevitably they make mistakes. To try and prove my point about why they need to slow down, I […]
Easy Hebrew Reading
Learn how to read Hebrew
I recently received a letter the other day from a prospective student. Here is a part of what was written: Dear Yael, My friend recommend that I contact you. I am in my 50s and have been wanting to learn how to read Hebrew ever since I was 15 years old. Even though I am […]
Reading in Hebrew
I often receive phone calls or emails from parents or adult student requesting help to help their child to start reading in Hebrew. The conversation often starts off like this Hi my name is xxx. My child is start Bar or Bat Mitzvah lessons and needs help reading in Hebrew. I received your name from […]
How to read in Hebrew
One of the ways I teach people to how to read in Hebrew is that I first teach them the Aleph Bet and vowels. I teach the characters by using mnemonics. For example, the letter gimmel has a gap. This letter looks very similar to the letter noon. The way how I teach student to […]
How to learn in Hebrew
How to learn in Hebrew As a little girl I grew with Hebrew all around me. My father was working as rabbi when I was growing up, so Hebrew was everywhere. However, I cannot say that I knew how to learn in Hebrew. I attended an English-speaking primary school and high school. So, whilst I […]
How to read Hebrew fast
How to read Hebrew fast Everyone wants to know how to read Hebrew fast. People seem to think that just because they can read in their mother-tongue fluently, they should know how to read Hebrew fast too. This is not the case. The students who I teach are between 12 years old and 75 years […]
When and how is Hebrew read?
When is Hebrew read? Many people have questions about reading Hebrew, and would like to have more information. One such question is“When is Hebrew read?” This is a great question! Let’s have a go at answering this, because it may just answer your question. It really depends on who you ask, because people have very […]
Learn to read Hebrew online
As we all know, the world has experienced unprecedented times. People having to work from home, not being able to go to restaurants, movies, sporting events. The world essentially shut down. However, there was a flip side to the closure. People were forced to stay home. As a result of staying home, many people started […]
How to read Hebrew
How to read Hebrew It’s an interesting phenomena people wonder about: how to read Hebrew. The first thing that comes to mind, is it is read from right to left, not left to right like Latin languages. However, there is a lot more to it than knowing the direction of how Hebrew is read. How […]
Easy Learn Hebrew
Easy Learn Hebrew About 12 years ago I was sitting on a park bench enjoying the sunshine. I had my eye closed and I was dreaming. I was dreaming about how to make a face to face Hebrew reading program online. The face to face Hebrew reading program is so easy for beginnings. As I […]