The Making Prayer Real Course
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Overcoming The Hebrew Barrier
National Jewish Outreach Program
An independent, non-profit organization dedicated to “providing, through educational courses and experiential programs, a basic Jewish education for every Jew in America.” It offers free classes in learning to read Hebrew letters (“Read Hebrew America” and “Hebrew Crash Courses”). Share …
URJ Hebrew Primers by Linda Motzkin
Rabbi Linda Motzkin has participated in the writing of prayer book Hebrew primers three times in the last two decades. While all are good, she considers her latest effort from the URJ Press the most effective for busy adults. It …
The First Hebrew Primer: The Adult Beginner’s Path to Biblical Hebrew by Simon Resnikoff and Linda Motzkin. Oakland, Calif.: EKS Publishing Co., 1992.
A comprehensive biblical Hebrew grammar, used in some colleges and seminaries as a year-long introduction to classical Hebrew. While it requires time and dedication, it is a good resource for those who want to learn more than select pieces of …
Your Jewish Lexicon: Some Words and Phrases in Jewish Life and Thought in Hebrew and in English by Edith Samuel. New York: URJ Press, 2006.
Edith Samuel’s book, an excellent companion to the work of Linda Motzkin, brings together on one page the many words derived from the same Hebrew root that you will encounter in Torah and the Siddur. Share on Facebook