Learn Hebrew Today: Alef-Bet for Adults

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Summary: Exellent learning xperiance.
Review: This book has given me an edjucation of the basik hebrew ABC's. you really neeed it!!! Although not clear on how to make the gutteral sound of the chaf, I highly reccomend this book for beginners. it made me smart?

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Summary: Excellent.
Review: This book is a truly effective method of learning Hebrew letters. It has the repetition needed when learning a foriegn language. In studying it, you are able to recognize letters many pages after you learned them. I recommend this book to anyone needing to learn to read Hebrew.

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Summary: A good foundational Alef-bet tool
Review: This book is good in that it teaches consonants and vowel points simultaneously. Instead of teaching the letters alphabetically, it teaches them as they appear in several brachot, first the blessing over wine and then the blessing over candles. So, you're learning to read by reading written Hebrew. You're learning nikkudot at the same time you learn the alef bet, so you can pronounce anything in the siddur by the time you're finished. As a plus, it also instructs you on how to pronounce the Name when reading a prayer. We've been using this with a class of adults for several years and now even those who didn't have a Hebrew education as children can read from the siddur. This book is not meant to teach vocabulary or grammar.

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Summary: You're gonna like it....
Review: This book is great for complete beginners, or for people who learned Hebrew when they were little and need a total review. When you are done with this book, you will be able to read Hebrew...not to *understand* all you read, but you will be able to read it.

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Summary: Easy to understand and follow.
Review: This book was exactly what I was looking for. It is for those who attend synagogue services and hear the blessings but can't read the prayer book. I can now follow along in the prayer book and I am working on my first Aliyah in Hebrew.

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Summary: Not Helpful At All
Review: This book will teach you to read Hebrew. I bought this book as my first step in learning Hebrew so that I can read the Old Testament in the original Hebrew. After reading this book, I feel confident in my ability to read Hebrew words, and feel ready to begin my study of vocabulary and grammar. This book is absolutely amazing. The author uses repetition, and builds on what you have learned each lesson, so that by the time you reach the 10th lesson, you have no problem remembering the previous 9. My only complaint about this book is the authors use of Jewish terms to define the sounds of characters. This is fine of course for the Jewish student, but as a non-Jew, not knowing how to pronounce the words he is using causes some minor problems. Aside from that, this book is absolutely perfect.

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Summary: Simply amazing
Review: This book will teach you to read Hebrew. I bought this book as my first step in learning Hebrew so that I can read the Old Testament in the original Hebrew. After reading this book, I feel confident in my ability to read Hebrew words, and feel ready to begin my study of vocabulary and grammar. This book is absolutely amazing. The author uses repetition, and builds on what you have learned each lesson, so that by the time you reach the 10th lesson, you have no problem remembering the previous 9. My only complaint about this book is the authors use of Jewish terms to define the sounds of characters. This is fine of course for the Jewish student, but as a non-Jew, not knowing how to pronounce the words he is using causes some minor problems. Aside from that, this book is absolutely perfect.

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Summary: The best adult introduction to the Aleph-bet I've found.
Review: This is, without doubt, the best introduction to the aleph-bet that I've encountered. I am a 40+ year old Jew-by-choice, and I wanted to learn Hebrew, but live in an area where such courses are difficult to find. I had tried repeatedly with other standard texts but, without a teacher or course to guide me, I was finding it slow going. I encountered this book as I was struggling to read the basic Hebrew prayers and blessings. Less than a month of study later, I could at least pronounce the prayers passably and I had acquired the entire aleph-bet and vowel points. It helped to turn what initially appeared to be an impossible task for a rapidly calcifying brain into a smooth introduction to Hebrew writing and pronounciation.

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Summary: Exellent learning xperiance.
Review: This was my first introduction to Hebrew and I enjoyed it very much. The problem with the book is it is a very basic introduction which doesn't offer much in the way of explanation. Some of the words used were not translated to English and the pronunciation guide could use expanding to aid the student in understanding.

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Summary: A good primer but needs work
Review: This was my first introduction to Hebrew and I enjoyed it very much. The problem with the book is it is a very basic introduction which doesn't offer much in the way of explanation. Some of the words used were not translated to English and the pronunciation guide could use expanding to aid the student in understanding.