Teach Yourself to Read Hebrew Paperback – July 1, 2008

This book teaches you how to read and write Hebrew letters along with the vowel points. I used it to teach others and they did great!

I just started studying this book today (Sunday, May 29, 2016)and I'm on chapter five already, which is a little over halfway through the alphabet. Thus far this book has made learning Hebrew far easier than I ever imagined by building on the aleph bet a few letters at a time. I will try to remember to update my review as I finish to give a full account of my learning experience. Thus far I'm extremely happy and very excited to be one step closer to learning a new language. THANK YOU!UPDATE, MAY 31, 2016:I finished this book last night and was able to transliterate the Kaddish prayer included at the end with almost no effort. If you want to learn how to read and pronounce Hebrew I cannot recommend this book enough! It does not teach any grammar beyond explaining why some of the marks are not pronounced because they are for grammatical purposes and not pronunciation. Though it is not a dictionary, it also teaches some popular words in Hebrew, such as camel, succot, shabbat, etc.It is very much worth the time, money and effort to use this book. The lessons build on each other as you learn, and do so well. I am purchasing these for other people to learn or refresh their own ability to read/speak this beautifully powerful language.Note : I devoted the majority of my time over two days learning this, which may not be feasible for people who do not have as much free time to devote to study as I do, so others may not necessarily be able to accomplish learning it that quickly, but I had a competition within myself to see if I could, as someone who was unable to read any Hebrew at all, learn to read it within 24-48 hours, and I did. Anyone else who is attentive, patient and diligent should be able to get through this book quickly.

This was easy to follow and understand. First step for me on my journey to learning the language of the Bible. A blessing! :)

This is an excellent book for self-study--the best I've seen. The instructions are clear and there is a lot of practice material. Each lesson includes material which has been covered, thus reinforcing learning. Printing the Hebrew characters is a part of this book. Exercises help fix the letters and words in your mind. Vocabulary contains prayers from the siddur (prayer book) There are answer keys in the back. The back cover unfolds to reveal a chart of all 22 letters (all of which are consonants), including final forms for the five letters that have them. Both print and cursive forms for each letter are shown. Vowel points are also a part of the chart.The last page of the book states that after finishing all the lessons, you can read any prayer in the siddur. It suggests other books that will further your study, e.g., prayer book Hebrew or Biblical Hebrew. Though the publisher doesn't have modern Hebrew, the page states that after completing this book, you are ready for Modern Hebrew; and that books can be obtained from other booksellers.However, I am disappointed. The book mentions accompanying tapes to ensure proper pronunciation. I checked, but the tapes are not available on the EKS web site BUT, what is available is another copy of this book with 3 accompanying CD's. If I'd known this before I ordered, I would have spent my money more wisely. I assumed that Amazon would have the latest edition.

A Ukrainian-Jewish scholar is tutoring a small group of English-speaking preteens and adults to read Biblical Hebrew with "Teach Yourself to Read Hebrew" as the required textbook. Each chapter in the booklet has basic information on how to pronounce and write Hebrew letters. Brief meanings of certain Hebrew words are given at the end of most chapters. Answers are provided for certain exercises in the back of the booklet. For additional information, the back cover foldout organizes in chart form the pronunciations, letter names, and written forms of the consonants and vowels as well as the numeric values associated with each consonant. Included in the book and CD set are three audio compact discs covering most of the written material chapter by chapter.With a competent tutor, the revised edition of "Teach Yourself to Read Hebrew" Book and CD Set is a recommended resource that enables students to read and write Hebrew without being bogged down with unnecessary technical information. Unfortunately, important information is missing. For example, in "Teach Yourself to Read Hebrew", the vowels Tsere and Segol are pronounced differently. However, many Israelis pronounce both vowels in the same way but with different sound lengths. That is why it is advantageous to have a tutor who knows Hebrew to fine tune the material being taught from the booklet and compact disc.Please note that the set is not geared for translating Hebrew or memorizing conversational Hebrew phrases and sentences.

I started to learn Hebrew with this little book. You move along at your own pace and it helped me to move on to learning script

this is a great learning tool for my class!

Suitable for self-study, although it does help to take a class..