The first step in learning the Hebrew language is to learn the names of the
letters. The sound of the letter is usually the beginning sound of
the letter's name.
About Pronounciation
There are different dialects of the Hebrew language. The two most common pronunciations are the Ashkenazic dialect,
used by European Jewry and their descendents, and the
Sefardic dialect, used by Jews from the Mediterranean and
Middle Eastern areas. Modern Hebrew uses the
Sefardic pronunciation, whereas the pronunciation of prayer or reading from the
Torah is dependent on one's descent. The first stage of this ulpan presents the Ashkenazic pronunciation.
woah, this is really amazing...this will really help me, i will go on this website all the time, thank you !!!
XOXOXOX
(2)Erly
2/22/2008 8:51:00 AM
This site is very good who ever invent it is a real educator.
(3)
Anonymous
2/18/2008 6:45:00 PM Nice tool
Hi This has helped me so far - thanks. One small suggestion is maybe have the word written as well? Really helps to see what you are saying - cannot complain since such a nice site.
(4)Blesson George
2/2/2008 6:42:00 AM Realy Amazing
This site is really Marvelous, it realy help me lot.
(5)jeff coley
1/22/2008 1:20:00 PM this neato
fun
(6)Carl Foley
1/6/2008 12:53:00 AM This is great
I am just beginning to learn Hebrew and this will help a great deal
(7)kash
12/11/2007 5:14:00 AM excellent site
this site is really amazing, Excellent work guys
(8)Colleen
12/9/2007 11:57:00 AM
This is great! I plan on converting to Judaism and this is helpful!
(9)Shikfa Seigel
12/5/2007 1:01:00 PM THANK YOU!
im going to live abroad in israel soon, and this is a perfect way for me to communicate in small ways!!!THANKS
(10)Paul
10/10/2007 7:51:00 PM Awesome!
This site is awesome. My son and I are trying to learn Hebrew together and this is a fun activity.
(11)Dina
9/30/2007 6:07:00 PM A great way to learn
I'm planning a trip to Isreal and this is a great way to learn and start my journey. Thank you.
(12)Alicia Purvis
6/29/2007 2:02:00 AM AWESOME!
I was just clicking around google and I found this site. It's really neat that it took me about 30 min to go through and really learn all the words. I loved it!
(13)Amy
3/27/2007 11:52:00 AM Helpful and Fun
I am trying to learn Hebrew and this helps a lot. My 2 1/2 year old son really enjoys it too!
(14)L Lawson
3/20/2007 3:27:00 PM Great
Thank you so much for the online hebrew lessons, they are so great.I have always wanted to learn hebrew and your begining lessons are a great help!
(15)Lis Chudnovsky
3/18/2007 8:02:00 PM great aid BUT
Great teaching aid, but would love to have vowels included! I'm no longer teaching, but still tutor a couple of kids who have learning disabilities. One of these students learns best visually and loves anything computer related. And this is so much more fun than my hoemmade flashcards!
(16)
Anonymous
11/15/2006 8:53:00 AM Great aleph-bet! Thank you!
I really found this format helpful. It is something I can refer to several times throughout the day that reinforces what I have learned. Thank you!
(17)
Anonymous
10/31/2006 7:23:00 AM
This was the best way of learning Hebrew on line I've seen yet! The entire format is PERFECT! I wish you would continue!
(18)
Anonymous
10/22/2006 4:21:00 PM od, od, b'vakasha!
really good. would love to see more. there needs to be much more hebrew learning of this quality available.
(19)tavm
7/6/2006 hebrew
i like to learn hebrew
(20)JACEK
3/9/2006
AS A LIGUISTICIAN I SAY THAT THIS ON-LINE ANIMATED APPROACH TO LEARNING HEBREW IS VERY IMPESSIVE!
YOU HAVE PREPARED THE LESSONS WELL AND HAVING BOTH VOICE AND SCRIPT IN THE TWO LANGUAGES IS RARE, BUT IS AN EXCELLENT WAY TO LEARN ANOTHER LANGUAGE.
I WILL SAY,HOWEVER, THAT,FOR SURE,IT WOULD BE FAR MORE BENEFICIAL IF YOU WERE TO HAVE ON THIS PAGE MANY MORE EPISODES RATHER THAN JUST THE X3 SHOWN!ARE YOU INTENDING TO ADD MORE ?
SHALOM!
(21)Chanshik Park
1/26/2006
Very good program for beginners like me. Thank you so much.
(22)Merlin Coffee
10/22/2005 Thank you
I have made flash cards with all the words and terms
(23)sophia
9/22/2005
this was very helpful
(24)Ben tuchman
9/18/2005 Great for beginers
This has helped me a lot because i couldn't speak any hebrew, but read it, and now i can read. Thank you
(25)chris
7/7/2005
thank you for this mizvah , i am happy to see the work of the creater in work , so i just whanted to say thank you for this
(26)Mayra
5/18/2005
I think that this its great, the opportunity to know the Hebrew language from this way... Thank you.
(27)heidi victoria welller
2/28/2005 thank you for bringing israeli culture on line
pleased to find you, for setting out to learn hebrew alphabet, words and language...
(28)Keith Arnold
2/24/2005
Thank you for this help in learning Hebrew. I have been studying Hebrew for the last few years. This tool has helped greatly.
(29)
Anonymous
2/18/2005
Thank you for this help.
(30)Mitchell
11/15/2004 EASY
I finally have something that can teach me easily how to pronounce different letters. Its great that they give you a listening example.
(31)omer
11/9/2004 its most easy and most effective.
i haven't yat seen such a superb method to larn any language because u really want to help the learner.
(32)angie
11/8/2004
Excellent, i was looking for a site like this, thank you, I love hebrew lenguage and Hebrew people too.
Shalom Jerusalem!
(33)Renee Bryer
9/4/2004 Excellent
I came upon your website by accident and I am most grateful. Carry on with your outstanding work, please.
(34)Joseph Romero
8/12/2004 Excellent form of study.
Fantastic manner of teaching Hebrew. I will tell all my friends who are interested in learning Hebrew.
(35)Prem
7/22/2004 Awesome!
otstanding effort by tutors and site developers, excellent and easiest way to learn Hebrew...
(36)Jorge Pineda
7/3/2004 Excellent
Excellent way of learning Hebrew!!
Thank you
(37)Bruce M
3/27/2004 Very useful for all beginners.
An excellent way to reinforce the earliest Hebrew lessons
(38)Judith S.
1/19/2004 Wonderful! Thank you!
I really appreciate all the work you put into things like this. It is such a great help to others.
Thank you
(39)Donna Gunter
12/13/2003 this is great
this is great!
(40)Cristian
10/29/2003 Thank you
I want to thanks you, from Romania.
It's so good, all you made.
(41)Mordechai
10/13/2003 Absolutely fabulous
Is there ANYTHING on aish.com that isn't great? If so, I haven't found it yet. Another brilliant and insightful component of the world's greatest Jewish website. Bravo!
(42)Jason T. Fleishman
9/2/2003 Good job
Wow! I didn't it could be so good -- internet I mean and finding jewish stuff all in one place. Thank you.
(43)Gabriel
8/10/2003 I think your idea was helpfull to anyone who wants to learn Hebrew
As a student who is new to the language, it was nice to find such a clever interactive tool on the internet.
(44)Angela
7/19/2003 Your site better illustrates the differences in the shapes of the letters!
I recently signed up for Beginning Hebrew 1001 at the school I attend. I decided to familiarize myself with the language a little before the class started. I found a couple of sites on the Hebrew alphebet before finding your site and was very discouraged to find many of the letters looked identical!!! Then, luckily, I found your site. I was thrilled to see the enlarged letters and began to notice the differences. Now I'm more familiar with them than I ever thought I would be. Each letter seems distinctly different to me. (It also helps so much to hear the names of the letters pronounced. Now I won't feel like an idiot in class!)
(45)tambuora manimambu
6/19/2003
I am trying to learn hebrew, and this is very helpful for me. thanks
(46)linda
6/4/2003
love the alphabet trying to learn hebrew and I find this most helpful.I've shared this
.sight with many of my friends and children in our congragation. We are studying the torah and learning how important to apply his teaching today in our lives
(47)Wilson - Holtzberg
5/26/2003
As a first time Hebrew student your interactive page has been an invaluable home study guide for me thank you.
(48)Natalie Ricks
5/3/2003
Thank you so much. I was able to become familiar with the Hebrew Alphabet in one evening.
(49)hasan
4/26/2003
I am Religious Educator in the Uk and I studied Hebrew at university as a basic level. This interactive page is excellent.
(50)
Anonymous
3/20/2003
this is amazing and great for first time learners. I'm very glad that some one developed such an important lerning tool. Every inovated indeed
(51)
Anonymous
2/24/2003 Wonderful
at 78 it is so great to hear the words pronounced right. I hope I can learn. Thank you for making this available
(52)debbie
2/19/2003 how do you say balance?
I like the website too
(53)mary albertson
1/16/2003 at last I can hear the letters pronouned correctly
what a delight it is to be able to HEAR the correct enunciations of the alef-bet. This is going to be very benifical to me. Thank you so very much!!
I hope to HEAR and learn more.
(54)chip
1/15/2003 Outstanding
I love your web site.
c.
(55)
Anonymous
1/13/2003 more!!!
It needs to have some lines to read for each letter. We need to be able to order things off of this site.
(56)Shoshana Tamar
1/7/2003 Please Sir, Can I Have More?
This is great! Why stop at three? I learned a lot.
(57)Morton M. Klein
12/30/2002 Excellent
Simply wonderful.How and when will more be availible
Mort Klein
(58)bo spiegel
12/6/2002 i love these lessons
ty very much always intsructive for us assimilated american jews hhehehehehhehehehehhe
(59)sergio
12/6/2002 An excelent pedagogical approach
Just 3 lessons? Make it 30 !!! or more. Make your "SPEAK HEBREW" title more than words.
(60)cfbrown
11/24/2002 superb!! Best I've seen on-line. More, Please.
Best yet!
(61)anjelica
9/11/2002
Great to learn this way.
(62)Angelica Whitefeather
9/11/2002 Excellent!
Please also display the Sefardic pronunciation, and the spoken pronunciaton of each letter. I am used to the Sefardic pronunciation, and the Ashkenazy pronunciation confuses me!
(63)Paul
8/31/2002 Finally Ashkenazic pronunciation.
This is the only place I can find the Ashkenazic pronunciation on the web. Thank You.
(64)merle
8/19/2002 love the ulpan
new to Hebrew but loved the animated Hebrew was the first one that I found that I could follow..thanks
(65)Kelly Stomber
8/16/2002 Learn The Hebrew Letters
This is a great website! Very easy to learn and it is great to hear the pronunciation. It would be helpful on learning the Hebrew Letters to have the transliteration show as well, to aid in accurate pronunciation?
Thanks very much
(66)lawrence
8/14/2002 awesome!
Thank you very much. My son and I are enjoying this site very much and are getting a great deal out of it.
(67)michael
6/21/2002 you can learn alot just from the vedio
i think that this program is very good for little childern and even adults it teachers ypu how to read,speack,and remember what yhe words look like i thank you for displaying this and helping me learnn something i didn't know
(68)
Anonymous
5/15/2002
I loved your cartoon literacy. It's great!!!
(69)John
5/13/2002 Excellent intro to the alphabet
I love the simplicity and effectiveness of your site. It's a major task learning a new alphabet. Well done!
(70)joseph
5/10/2002 i am 83 years old, i love your website
i would like to learn hebrew, thank god for people like you.
(71)lili
4/22/2002
I'm so glad that we have your website. It helps me a lot to understand Jewish and israel. I think your website is great, not bias and give many useful and reliable information. I believe in God too , so i'm sure god's with his people and Israel will have a peaceful soon.
god bless you,
lili
(72)Jennifer
3/29/2002 SO helpful! I never thought it would be this easy!
Wow! I was afraid I could never learn to read and write in Hebrew because I was afraid I couldn't learn a new alphabet. However, I learned at this site in about 20-30 minutes! thank you (!)
(73)deborah
3/21/2002
wonderful.......i am so thankful i found this site.....very helpful and the letters are beautiful
(74)Jack
3/20/2002 Fantastic Todah Rabah
I'm gonna send my grandson to this site. He is taking Hebrew in college now.
(75)
Anonymous
3/16/2002 Great Intro to Hebrew!
Loved it but you need to slow it down for us beginners. It would be great if you could add sound for pronunciation too. Keep it up!
(76)Joe
3/9/2002 SO Cute
I really enjoyed this "ulpan". You must continue with many, many more lessons.
(77)kitty
3/6/2002 delightful discovery!
hope youngsters won't mind this grandma getting in on the act! Now that I've discovered this paricular site I might relearn my Hebrew...are there any similar 'classes' for adults??
(78)
Anonymous
3/5/2002 Great, thank you but please put every word with a definition below
Great job!
(79)
Anonymous
3/5/2002 keep them coming!
It's a very wonderful way to learn hebrew.Thanks!
(80)
Anonymous
3/2/2002 Very cute
Done well...please add more lessons. Also, you might want to convert the pause/play/forward/reverse buttons into buttons similar to a tape or CD player, just like Windows Media Player or RealPlayer...
(81)
Anonymous
2/24/2002
Excellent Slideshow!!
(82)arieh
2/23/2002
this is fantastic. please keep it going.
(83)Sydney
2/20/2002
This is quite the most interesting ulpan i have found. Can it be extended to keep conversation going into every day affairs?
(84)Rodney G.
2/13/2002
I live in a rather isolated area
in terms of culture and language
studies. Since I am studying Hebrew
by myself without any teacher or
local help, what you are send on
line is most helpful.
(85)
Anonymous
2/11/2002
I am studying Biblical Hebrew, and found the pronounciation very helpful. Thank you
(86)james
2/10/2002 learn hebrew
on the animated part it needs to be more towards the words they are pronouncing. I want to learn hebrew and some words I don't know exactly how to sound them Thanks
(87)
Anonymous
2/7/2002 adorable presentation
The speak Hebrew Ulpan is cute and easy to use. First grade teachers should be made aware of this tool to review some of their lessons in a fun way.
(88)Marie
2/6/2002 This is THE BEST!!! Love the simplicity.
Oh, I hope you do more of this. Thanks!
(89)jackie
2/6/2002 I like the ulpan
great and cute
(91)Cynthia
2/6/2002 I Love It
This is a Great way to learn, I hope to see more soon. I am making my book with this to study at home.
Shalom
Gracias
(92)giuseppe
2/5/2002 jewish literacy
Thanks,
it's very good for adults and children. I hope to see more in the future.
Best regards and shalom.
Giuseppe
(93)DANIEL
2/5/2002 EXCELLENT
GIVES ME A CHANCE TO PRACTICE AT HOME.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE LESSONS CONTINUE
(94)
Anonymous
2/5/2002 Metzuyan!!!
This is fantastic! The animations are cute and slightly reminiscent of the "South Park" characters... my two year old loves this and actually learned the words from viewing it! Keep it coming!
(95)
Anonymous
2/5/2002
This class may be for children but I think it's great for adults too. I just discovered it tonight. I hope you will continue with many more lessons because they are terrific! Thanks!
(96)
Anonymous
2/4/2002
Wonderful! Very clear and easy to follow.
Thank you.
+ Maureen
(97)Rochel
2/4/2002 Awesome!!!
I love it! PLEASE keep more comming! My toddler also loves it!
(98)Pinchas
2/3/2002 Very nice and alot of potential.
Very nice and I hope to see more.
(99)
Anonymous
2/3/2002 hebrew
Thank you! Give me more.....for the first time hebrew made sense!
(100)
Anonymous
1/30/2002 Personal Chart of Hebrew Alphabet
Who wants a free personal flip chart of the Hebrew Alphabet, to help you test yourself as you practice memorizing the letters? Laminated. Letter-size. Call 212-252-4313 and leave a message where to mail it. I have too many.
(101)Lee
1/6/2002
Wow! Wonderful aid to help with my learning hebrew. Thank you aish.com
(102)Michelle
12/16/2001 Wonderful!
I like your program the best!!!.
(103)
Anonymous
11/21/2001 Great idea!
I've always wanted to learn Hebrew but never found the time. Thank you, Aish, for giving me this opportunity!
(104)Joyce
11/13/2001 Excellent language course in Hebrew
How exciting to learn Hebrew on the internet. Thankyou so much for making it available for people like me to learn this language.
(105)Dawn
11/13/2001 This is great!
I really enjoy this sight. I can see and hear the letters and play them over and over for a better understanding of the letter and it's sound. It is the best I have seen so far.
(106)
Anonymous
11/8/2001 Very Interesting
I do enjoy your website... I will be recommending all my friends see it.
(107)
Anonymous
11/8/2001 Exellent Review
Thank you for helping me study for my first Hebrew final exam!
(108)
Anonymous
11/6/2001
Thanks very much for all the info I can get from your website, always worth reading and gives much food for thought. This website was recommended to me and I have recommended it to others.
Keep up the good work!
(109)Leiha
11/3/2001 Thank you for our family lessons in Hebrew
Thank you so much for this valuable addition to your website. We are unable to afford hewbrew lessons. This is a great help.
(110)
Anonymous
10/23/2001 Excellent site!
Although I am not Jewish by birth, I have a deep love and appreciation for all that is Jewish. This is one of the best sites I've ever laid eyes on. You are to be commended. Keep up the good work!
(111)brooke
10/2/2001
i liked the interactive alpha bet. I am starting hebrew school this thursday!
(112)tino
9/10/2001 great just great
thank you so much for this feature it is a very,very helpful tool for learning the aleph-beis. I just love it,and so does my family. Shalom
(113)Melba
9/7/2001 GREAT INFO PLACE
Packed with information. A great place to extend knowledge and find out more about Judaism.
(114)Sandra
7/25/2001 Thank you!
I am a beginner and this has helped so much.
Thank you again.
(115)Nancy
7/18/2001 This is the best yet!
Hi,
While I have mastered the aleph-beis,
my husband doesn't have as much time, and is still at this stage...Your interactive screen is so much better than the others we have! This is a great tool--Thank you!!!
(116)Jason
7/3/2001 brilliant
to Aish
you really go out of your way to reach peoples heart, mind and SOUL
keep up the good work
(117)Alan
7/2/2001 Super program
For whatever age, this program is an open door for those of us who are just beginning. I wish a follow up could be added with some words and then short phrases. Thanks again for the entire service at AISH. Alan Flanders
(118)Peter
6/24/2001
The look of the wall is good also the
hebrew letters
(119)ANN
6/24/2001 Audiable Sounds
This is Excellent! Because hearing speeds the learing process.... only I feel that each individule may not have the same ability to advance ... so there should be a slower or advanced pace of presentation offered.
(120)Emil
6/16/2001
OK thank u for all ur help because of ur web site i learnd the whole alpha bet in hebrew i was supposed to study it for my barmitchva coming up in october thanx alot now i can study to the next level.
(121)Petros
6/15/2001 Bad Graphics - confusion beth - kaph
Hi!
Your Page is nice - but one can't distinguish beth and kaph! The bottom of the kaph is ROUND, the bottom of beth is straight.
If possible, you can correct.
Thanks!
Kind regards,
Petros
Aish.com replys: Sorry for the confusion. The key is that in the beit the bottom bar extends beyond the upright and in the coph the bottom bar does not.
(122)
Anonymous
5/7/2001 Thanks
Great! Very helpful. Makes good use of the web's interactive capabilities.
Sephardi pronounciations would be appreciated.
Thanks
(123)Mary
2/19/2001 Thank you for pronouncing the letters.
I would never know how to pronounce the Aleph-Bais except for your interactive guide. It makes practicing easy. Thanks so much.
(124)Jacie
2/1/2001 I could practice my letters right along with it!!!
While I saw and heard the letters being said, I also recited the Aleph-Beis that i have learned.
(125)lori
1/1/2001
my son nathan, 6 years old really likes this interactive learning. do you have anymore for children?
thank you!
(126)Philippe
12/31/2000 So Easy to Follow!
Its been a long time since I studied Ivrit and started to forget my Alef-Beis, but this interactive method was what I needed - easy and at my own pace. Do you intend to introduce the script alphabet also?
Thanks for this easy ulpan.
(127)
Anonymous
11/25/2000 very excellent !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please hurry and complete the next step on learning Hebrew. Also can we get the Sephardic pronunciation? This is so well done. Both the audio and the visual at the learners own pace. Excellent!!!!!! Is there a software CDRom of this? Please communicate with me. Thank you very much. Sincerely, Lydia Emery or soralydia@aol.com
(128)Matthew
11/16/2000 todah!
Nice site-- I wish I would have found it sooner.
(129)Barbara
11/6/2000 InterActive Aleph-Beis
Wow! This is great-I can come here everyday to learn. You plan to teach Hebrew on-line? I'll enlist if you do.
(130)Rocky
10/27/2000 Peace.
I appreciate this marvelous interactive learning center. It will help me on my journey for knowledge of self.
(131)Donna
10/16/2000 Thanx
I have been searching for an aid in my endeavor to learn the aleph-beis.
This is a wonderful assist !
(132)E.
10/14/2000 I love the interactive alef-bet!
Thank you for the alef-bet interactive, I've been looking for just basgic letters as as tarting point for a young student I am tutoring
(133)Bonnie
10/10/2000
Great Web page! My daughter is always asking me to help her with her letters. Now, I found a great resource.
(134)
Anonymous
9/30/2000 Great web page!
This is the best hebrew webpage I have ever seen great job!
(135)Leah
9/10/2000 Great!
Tx you for the auditory inclusion of the alef beit. Really helps. Trying to learn Hebrew on my own.....
(136)Ricardo
7/19/2000 LEARNING MIRACLES!
every letter is a miracle! I noticed someone sugested a new study of words and perhaps sentences. that would be GOOD
SHALOM from Brazil...
(137)Arda
6/10/2000 THANKYOU!
I was learning Hebrew always doubting my pronounciation; this page is very helpful. What would be reaaaaalllyy great is to have some words pronounced too, especially those that arise quite often in the Torah. That would be sweet.
(138)
Anonymous
4/3/2000 The slide show is wonderful.
I was planning to making flash cards to memorize the letters, now I will just watch the slide show until I get it, and will know how to pronounce the letters properly. Thank you so much.
(139)
Anonymous
3/25/2000 An excellent idea!
This is a great tool for adults like me who are learning Hebrew for the first time. Perhaps a transliteration of the pronunciation would help as the speakers on my computer are less than perfect!
(140)ERIC
3/18/2000 WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love this! Todah Rabah for providing such a wonderful educational tool.
(141)
Anonymous
3/13/2000 Great learning tool!
Keep the "Learn the Letters" page! I try to "hit" it every morning to start my day. It seems to be working...
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woah, this is really amazing...this will really help me, i will go on this website all the time, thank you !!!
XOXOXOX
(2) Erly 2/22/2008 8:51:00 AM
This site is very good who ever invent it is a real educator.
(3) Anonymous 2/18/2008 6:45:00 PM
Nice tool
Hi
This has helped me so far - thanks. One small suggestion is maybe have the word written as well? Really helps to see what you are saying - cannot complain since such a nice site.