I am currently coming back on the train from picking up a special certificate for a Barmitzvah pupil of mine. I taught him Hebrew reading for about 6 months. For him, learning to read Hebrew was a challenge as it wasn’t part of his life until he started preparing for his Barmitzvah. The certificate I […]
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Reflecting on my last post, it seemed like I was complaining about being the daughter of a Rabbi. That wasn’t how I wanted it to come across; it was just a different upbringing to my friends. After all, which of my friends started to learn to how to read Hebrew from a young age? How […]
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Life as a daughter of a Rabbi was anything but “normal” (well, at least in my opinion!) We weren’t allowed to watch television on Friday evenings or Saturdays, because it was the Jewish Sabbath (Shabbat). Every Friday evening I had to accompany my father to the Synagogue, where everything was read in Hebrew! I suppose […]
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As I mentioned before, my Hebrew reading journey started from day 1! I mentioned that I was born on Sukkot, and once I came home from the hospital, I can only imagine that we would have had quite a few visitors to wish my parents well. It is very common amongst Jewish people to use […]
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I really have no memory of my life as a baby and as a young child, but what I do know, with my father working as Rabbi, he didn’t leave his work at the office; it was brought home with him every night. Of course, being a rabbi, Hebrew was integral to his work. He […]
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I made mention of God in my last post. It is interesting, because there is not a name for God in Hebrew. In fact, when one starts to read Hebrew, it is not obvious how to pronounce God’s name. Reading Hebrew is relatively straight forward (once you know the how to read Hebrew, consonants, vowels […]
Learn To Read Hebrew
My Hebrew reading journey started approximately 45 years ago. My father is a rabbi, so one of the first phrases I must have heard would have been in Hebrew. He must have been reading Hebrew from a prayer book, as I was born on Sukkot (a Jewish festival), and Jewish people definitely read Hebrew during […]