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The Talmud, in Shabbos 104a says “Make yourself simanim [signs – as study and memory aids] in the Torah and thereby acquire it. Among the best-known of such devices are: Gematraios, or numeric equivalents Rashei v’sofei teivot – acronyms and … Continue reading →

Mnemonics have been used by many students to help learn a complex list of items. For example, the first letters of “My Dear Aunt Sue” is can help a child learn the four basic arithmetic operations (Multiply Divide Add Subtract). … Continue reading →

When the Hebrew Torah is printed (by modern print or by scribes), there are seventeen occasions in which a letter is printed either larger or smaller than the surrounding letters. Hebrew doesn’t have upper or lower case letters, and this … Continue reading →

If you read an English translation of the Bible, you would never know about the Jewish custom of writing some letters larger or smaller than other letters. You would only see this in a Hebrew text or Torah scroll. 17 … Continue reading →

Starting to Learn Hebrew Any student of Hebrew must begin his or her adventure by learning the letters and vowels. This includes being able to sound out, or pronounce written words. Most students begin with the “printed” or “book” style … Continue reading →

Hebrew has 22 letters, all of which are considered consonants. In modern Israeli Hebrew, such as newspapers, vowels are not printed. The reader usually makes out each word without the vowels. Biblical Hebrew in Torah scrolls is also written without … Continue reading →

Have you been attracted to Hebrew, the original language of the Bible, but you thought it’s too difficult: the letters are strange, the language is strange, the language is read Right to Left instead of Left to Right? Well then, … Continue reading →