Learn To Speak and Chant the Havdalah Blessings and Perform the Saturday Evening Ritual Ceremony Stand outside on Saturday night awaiting the darkness and three stars to shine in the sky. It’s the moment Shabbat ends and Havdalah begins, the ceremony which separates (Havdalah means separation in Hebrew) the holy day from the rest of …
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Hebrew Review Ideas for Your Kids This Summer Repetition is key when learning how to read Hebrew and chant Bar and Bat Mitzvah blessings. If you don’t memorize the letters and vowels in the Hebrew alphabet, you simply will not be able to read Hebrew. During the school year when your child is attending religious …
Learn the Hebrew Letters with Hebrew Alphabet Flashcards Using Hebrew flashcards are hands down the best way to learn the Hebrew alphabet. In order to even begin to read Hebrew, you will need to memorize the Hebrew letters and vowels. Flashcards utilize a repetition strategy that will significantly help with the learning process. This post …
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Hebrew Learning Games Your Students Will Love As teachers or parents, we want to make the process of learning Hebrew as fun as we can for our students and children. These five Hebrew learning games attempt to do just that. From practicing reading Hebrew with outdoor scavenger hunts to guessing the correct Hebrew letters in …
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Listen to Three Beautiful Renditions of the Jewish Prayer for Healing, Mi Shebeirach Mi Shebeirach, the Jewish prayer for healing, is one of the most meaningful prayers in Judaism. We pray for healing and strength for not only those who are looking for a physical cure for their illness, but those who need spiritual healing …
Brush Up on Your Passover Prayers and Blow Away the Seder Guests With Your Mad Hebrew Skills Are you leading the seder and want to brush up on the Passover prayers and blessings you will be in charge of reciting? Or, are you attending a seder for the first time and want to have an …
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Learn How to Say Proper Greetings for Passover There are a variety of ways to let someone know that you are thinking of them during Passover. And the best part is that you can choose to wish someone a Happy Passover in three different languages: English, Hebrew or Yiddish! Whichever one of the Passover greetings …
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How to Say/Sing Happy Birthday in Hebrew The most common way to sing or say Happy Birthday in Hebrew is with the literal translation from Hebrew into English: Yom Huledet Sameach. We read Hebrew from right to left. So, Yom means ‘day’, Huledet means ‘of birth’, and Sameach means ‘happy’. As is the case with …
Which Of These Israeli TV Shows Tops Your List? What is it about Israeli TV that is so appealing to a global audience? In the past two years, several highly rated Israeli shows – most of which originally aired in Israel a few years ago – have made the top 10 on Netflix, Hulu, and …
Hebrew Boy Names and Meanings for Jewish Babies There are a couple of reasons why you might be looking to choose a Hebrew boy name for your baby. You might like his given name to be a Hebrew name. If so, there are some beautiful Hebrew boy names and meaning below to consider. Or, you …
