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Its Never Too Late to Learn and Study Hebrew!

By Alan Salinger

Adult Hebrew FALL And WINTER 2024-25

אבגדהוזחטיכךלמ םנןסעפףצץקרשת

Adult Hebrew Beginning September 2024, Classes, Level 2

Its never too late to learn and study Hebrew!

KI is once again offering an adult Hebrew class to begin in September. Kl has for many years had Adult Hebrew Classes, where adults learn and share together. Students have learned and enjoyed their experience. This is your opportunity, if learning or improving Hebrew skills has been something that you've wanted to do. Classes are small and typically last about 1.5 hours and culminate with an Adult Sabbath Service. In addition to the weekly Hebrew chapter, we briefly review the weekly Torah portion. Classes will be on Zoom and Alan Salinger will again be instructing the classes.

The Hebrew Level 2 class is for students who want to further their Hebrew skills and is the next level above the introductory level. The class will use the text Aleph Isn't Enough, Hebrew for Adults, Book 2, which is geared to a better understanding of the Reform service and is more fully described below. The class will cover a chapter a week, for a total of 10-12 weeks. The cost will be $130.

This program is designed for English-speaking adults who primarily encounter the Hebrew language through Jewish religious life: the prayers and Torah readings in the synagogue, the blessings and rituals of Jewish home observances, and words or phrases arising out of a Jewish cultural context. While it is the sequel to Aleph Isn't Tough, it can be used by any adult student who has learned the letters and vowels of the Hebrew alphabet, whether they attained that knowledge from Aleph Isn't Tough or through some other means of instruction. It assumes no further knowledge of the Hebrew language than the sounds of the letters and vowels and how they combine to form syllables and words.

Aleph Isn't Enough: Hebrew for Adults (Book 2) by Behrman House.

The days and times will be set once the students' availability are known.

Registrations should be submitted by September 2.