There are many different ways to go about learning Hebrew, but when you use the Bible as a learning tool, you are going to find that it has a whole new meaning. Reading the Bible means that you are going to be learning about the Christian history and the way things should be. However, you are also going to find that even if you have read it before, there is going to be a brand new way of looking at the good book and the understanding that you are going to have of its meaning.
If you have never even read the language before, you will find that you should take a few steps first. The alphabet should be learned and since it is a small list, this should not take you long. Next will come the vowels and then you will need to know the pronunciation of them combined. Once you have this down, learning Hebrew from reading the Bible will be much easier and it will take you less time to get through the words. You don’t want to get frustrated while trying to read.
As you begin reading, you may find that you feel as though you are back in school sounding out the words to make sure that you get them right. After you get through a few of the pages your reading will become more fluent and you will start to feel more comfortable as well. You will find that as you are learning Hebrew from the Bible, the wording is shorter as it takes fewer words to say the meaning than it does when you are using the English translation. If you find yourself stuck on a word you can use an English/Hebrew translation dictionary to help.
There are many online resources that you can use for learning Hebrew this way. With all of the technology and online help that you can receive, there are videos and even audio recording that you can listen to that will help you to translate the wording. But once you have learned how to break down the words and sound them out, reading the Bible will become easy and less frustrating. But again, it is important to get the basics down with the alphabet and the vowel system. This will help you in knowing how to pronounce the words so you have a better understanding.
As you get better at reading the language you are going to see that it is very smooth and what once sounded like something strange and foreign to you will become beautiful and harmonic. The meaning behind the words is very deep and fulfilling and in learning Hebrew from the Bible you will be able to get a true sense of that meaning. Not only is it educational but you may even find that a whole new light will be shed on the book that you once thought you understood inside and out. It is a great way to not only learn the language but to have a deeper understanding of who you are.
JST_HB Workshoppers,
The paper for Sam Brody’s workshop is now available for download HERE.
The workshop paper is entitled From Political Theology to Theo-Politics: Martin Buber’s Anarchistic Inversion of Carl Schmitt and will take place on Monday, Nov. 28th, @12pm in Swift Hall, rm 200.
See you all there!
Ohel is proud to present photos from the sold out, “The Music We Love” Annual Benefit Concert. All of the attached photos were taken by Ken Brown. The concert featured Lipa Schmeltzer, Yishai Lapidot, Benny Friedman, Shloime Gertner, 8th Day, Eli Schwebel, Rivie Schwebel, Shalsheles Junior, Eitan Katz, Shloime Dachs, & Michoel Pruzansky! Produced by Sheer Productions (Avram Zamist) & NYFF Events, with musical direction by Avremi G. Read the full recap by Kol Isha over here.
For those of you who are not familiar with the collection here is an article that briefly describes it. While we were always aware that the collection contained a significant number of rare books and bibliographies, in recent years we have become aware of the important provenance of many of the Brisman items. The ownership stamps, personal and organizational, provide another window into the history of these works.
A photograph from the Special Collections exhibit of ephemera found in some of the books (a dry cleaners advertisement, a receipt of a donation to a Jewish soup kitchen) and of ownership and governmental stamps on some books.
Acquiring the grant was accomplished by the efforts of individuals in the Development Office, Cataloging Unit, and Special Collections. The grant will be used to hire a part-time cataloger to create full records for those materials with only provisional ones. This will help us to know more fully the extent of the collection and to prioritize volumes for digitization and preservation.
Dear parents,
My name is Irit Karavani and I’m glad be your child’s Hebrew teacher in 1st Grade.
I moved last year to
The first grade students will learn Hebrew through the Tal Am curriculum. This wonderful program contains many songs and stories and all in Hebrew (“Ivrit b’Ivrit”). I’ve been trained to teach the program and have been teaching Tal Am in first Grade for 9 years. I participated in Tal Am conferences in the past and recently this summer.
As a teacher, as well as a mother, I strongly believe in open communication between teachers to parents. To reach this goal I invite you to check my blog at morahirit.blogspot.com, email me with any questions to: iritkaravani@hotmail.com or just call me at home at:
(614)338-0308 and leave me a message if I’m not home.
You will also receive Emails from me, as well as reminder emails before assignments, and First grade weekly letter.
Please respond to this e-mail to confirm that I have the correct e-mail address for you. For some families, I have an e-mail address for both parents. Please let me know if you want me to leave it that way.
Looking forward to a wonderful year.
Sincerely,
Morah Irit Karavani
Baruch Levine is back with an all new album, featuring 11 amazing songs composed by Baruch. The CD is produced by Yochi Briskman of Project Productions. The arrangements on the album are by Baruch as well as Yanky Briskman. Aside from 10 brand new songs there is the completely redone “Refuah” first sung at last the smash hit Caesaria II CD/DVD. It’s another jam packed, musical explosion featuring exciting new songs and fresh arrangements.
For the first time, as a bonus, Aderet Music and Project Productions are offering an instant download of the album with every purchase of the hard CD. The album will be available online through MostlyMusic.com and distributed by Aderet Music.
A new album form Negunei Chasidi Satmar Asiruseiri, Music and chior by Naftali Schnitzler, Studio by MK Studio, Featuring beautiful chior, Solos by Yisochor Gutman, Chaim Bloomrnfed and Volvi Adler. Beautiful and heartwarming. Available everywhere Jewish
Preview here: download sampler here.
Shabbat Shalom everyone.
My eight year old daughter has been visiting her grandparents all week. I’ve been missing her a lot. sigh. So for my ‘get in the Shabbat grove” video, I thought I’d share this great video of the kids at Camp Ramah Philly, led by Rosh Shira Jimmy Costello, singing Not By Might, Heiveinu Shalom, and the Machaneh Ramah Yomi song in perfect 50 part cacophony. Great job, kids.
