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Learn Hebrew Today: Alef-Bet for Adults | 
| Author: Howard I. Bogot
Publisher: Urj Press
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
Buy New: $10.36
You Save: $2.59 (20%)
Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 54404
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 61
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.5 x 0.3
ISBN: 0807404837
Dewey Decimal Number: 492.482421
EAN: 9780807404836
Publication Date: September 1, 1992
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Product Description
This popular approach to learning Hebrew is designed for adults who want to use Hebrew when celebrating Judaism at home and in the synagogue. Students will learn how to pronounce the Hebrew letters and vowels, enabling them to read more than 30 essential Hebrew blessings and prayers. For classroom and individualized instruction.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 22 more reviews...
 What a buy! July 17, 2000
92 out of 93 found this review helpful
I have been struggling with the Hebrew letters for years. All the standard grammars introduce you to the letters and then whoosh! You are looking at pages of unfamiliar symbols that make your head ache and your heart sink. This book is a godsend. It takes you slowly but surely through the letters and you put them together in small words at first and being rewarded with quick results, you end up doing more than you would have done without this feeling of achievement. The text is not patronising at all and just one week after purchasing this book I can read the Hebrew Bible making the correct sounds; I might not know what I am reading but I can now get on with that stage! If you are struggling at the same stage as me (proto-beginner) invest in a few bucks and get going with your Hebrew!
The best adult introduction to the Aleph-bet I've found. October 1, 2000
91 out of 92 found this review helpful
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.
Easy to understand and follow. September 17, 1999
31 out of 32 found this review helpful
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.
How can a book this short be this good?! February 6, 2001
25 out of 27 found this review helpful
I kept racking my brain for something negative to say about this book ... but I failed. It does its job well. It is complete and concise (heck, it's even on acid-free paper, and only costs $8.95!). The letters are large and clear (so you won't confuse vav with zayin, or chet with tav). It is filled with exercises, culminating in excerpts from the siddur (it feels great to be able to actually read something REAL and not designed for 'beginners'). My advice? Buy this book!
 Interesting concept August 26, 1999
22 out of 23 found this review helpful
The book teaches the Hebrew alphabet (Alef Bet) by going through blessings. What's good about the book is that it teaches consonants and vowel points at the same time so that you're making sounds right away. What's not so good is that it doesn't teach you grammar. So, you can learn the words in the book, but can't make your own sentences or figure out the meaning of related words.
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