Read in Hebrew Why is it that a person wants to read in Hebrew? How will they use this skill? How long does it take to learn to read in Hebrew? All these questions, and more are asked by people all around the world who come across Hebrew reading students. For some people, who have […]
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Learning Hebrew Reading
Just recently I have started teaching my youngest son to start learning Hebrew reading. It is his Bar Mitzvah in 18 months’ time, and he needs to learn to read Hebrew before then. Interestingly enough he was really resisting my attempts to engage him in learning Hebrew reading. I have a feeling it is because […]
A quirky phrase: Hebrew read
It’s an odd phrase “Hebrew read”. It doesn’t quite make sense. It is almost like it is referring to two words of interest: Hebrew and read. Whether a person is saying read Hebrew or Hebrew read. Either way, it doesn’t read matter, as the gist is the same. Both phrases shows that the person appear […]
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 […]
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 […]