Biblical Hebrew Course 101 – Learning to Read Biblical Hebrew
Link: Weekly Parasha Readings
Link: Biblical Hebrew Courses
- IMPORTANT SCRIPTURES to learn & to apply to your daily walk:
- Ps 51:10 – Lev Tahor (Pure Heart) – Create in me a clean heart – 01-16-2026
- Jer 17:7 – Blessed is the man who trusts in YHVH–Rabbi Berman at Trump inaugeration 2025
- Ps 89:52 – Blessed be YHVH forever more – Ps 89:52
- Lev 10:10 – You are to disnguish between the holy & the common
- Ps 119:105 – You Word is a light unto my feet
- Ex 19:7-8a – All that YHVH has spoken we will do
- 7 BLESSINGS – listed all on one sheet
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- Ps 89:52 // Josh 1:6 // Ps 119:1 // Ex 29:8 // Ps 118:26 // Ps 119:105 // Lev 10:10
Resources:
ORIENTATION – Learning to Read Bib Hebrew – 3-14-26– click to read
Please bring the following to class:
- 3-ring binder with lined paper & dividers
- Helpful dividers for your binder: Dividers for Binder
- Dry erase markers & erasers
Order:
- Hebrew Aleph Bet Placemat — this mat is a great tool for helping the student learn to print in Hebrew. Or may order by phone: Toll-Free: 1.888.841.3456 – Hebrew Placemat # 039335
Homework log – 101, 102, 103 – 12-10-2024 – please fill in daily
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Lesson 1
- Lesson 1 – aleph-hay + Gen 1-1. Pgs 1-5 — 01-07-2026
- Listen & Learn – Lesson 1
- Lesson 1, part 1:
- Lesson 1, continued:
- Lesson 1 supplement & review
Lesson 2
- Lesson 2 — vav-yod –gen 1-1. Pgs 6-11 — 01-07-2026
- Listen & Learn – Lesson 2
- Lesson 2, part 1:
- Lesson 2, continued:
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- Recommended reading – click on title to order book: Tongue of the Prophets by Robert St. John. (This is a fascinating account of Eliezer Ben Yehuda who is referred to as the Father of Modern Hebrew.)
- Lesson 2 supplement
Lesson 3
- Lesson 3-5 more letters, 4 vowels, 3 sofits-pg 12-16 — 01-07-2026
- Listen & Learn – Lesson 3
- Lesson 3, part 1
- Lesson 3, part 2 – Read Actual Hebrew Words
- Lesson 3 supplement
Lesson 4
- Lesson 4 — ayin-tav- chirek -Gen 1-2 — Pg 17-22 — — 01-07-2026
- Lesson 4 supplement
Developing our understanding of the Hebrew Aleph Bet (Lessons 5-10)
Lesson 5
Lesson 6
- Lesson 6–look a likes -BeGeD KeFeT – kal-chazak–Pg 30-35 — -2-28-2026
- Listen & Learn – Lesson 6
- Lesson 6, part 1: ‘O’ & ‘OO’ vowels:
- Lesson 6, part 2: BeGeD KeFeT letters, Dagesh Kal, & Psalm 133:1:
- Lesson 6 supplement
Lesson 7
- Lesson-7-BeGeD-Diphthongs-Syllables-Sh’vas–pg-36-43–03-12-2026
- Listen & Learn
- Lesson 7, part 1: Diphthongs & Long & Short Vowels — March 6, 2026:
- The next 2 recordings are slightly different from the current Lesson 7 — listening & repeating these are a good way to have extra practice:
- Lesson 7, part 1: Diphthongs — Feb 10, 2026:
- Lesson 7, part 2: Dagesh Kal & Sh’vas — Feb 10, 2026:
Lesson 8
Lesson 9
- Lesson 9 — Dageshes & Vocal Sh’vas — pg 45-51–10-22-2025
- Lesson 9 supplement
Lesson 10
- Lesson 10 – review lessons 1-9 PGS 52-62–06-13-2023
- Lesson 10 supplement — FINAL LESSON for Biblical Hebrew Course 101!
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!! Practice reading these verses: Scriptures from Bib Heb 101 & other great verses
!!Preamble (or introduction to YHVH’s festivals) – Lev 23:1-2 — 03-19-2026
- Parsing:
- Listen & Learn (classroom Hebrew reading by Les’a):
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- Lev 23:1–2022
- Lev 23:2 — 2022
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- Shabbat/Festival Blessings
- Candlelight Blessing (blessing when lighting the candles)
- Listen & Learn:
- Kiddush Blessing (blessings for the grape juice/wine)
- Listen & Learn:
- Motzi Blessings (blessing for the bread/food)
- Lissten & Learn:
- Candlelight Blessing (blessing when lighting the candles)