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1 Dear Reader Thank you for downoading this sampe PDF of my Tseh Oomad Hebrew Reading Programme. As you can see from the Contents page, the fu course contains 20 essons each with a matching audio fie. In this sampe, I am giving you a taster of seected essons. Each esson is compete but you require the compete programme in order to buid your Hebrew reading skis systematicay. You can aso isten to the audio recordings for the essons which you have downoaded. If you did not downoad the audios you can return to to retrieve them. For over 20 years this course has been taught by other teachers, as we as mysef, both in the UK and the USA, and I have used their feedback to revise and improve it. As a customer, you wi receive a future updates and you wi get eary notification of my future products with the opportunity to obtain them at a discounted price. I wecome any questions you may have before you make the purchase. Once you have purchased the programme, I woud be peased to provide additiona tuition via an onine tutoria at a cost of $50 an hour - though I am confident that the reading programme in conjunction with the audio recordings wi equip you with a the skis you need. I thank you for your interest and wish you d g v d A success with the course! Regards Lawrence Cohen Lawrence@hebrewtips.com 6 January 2019

2 c n E ` v Tseh Oomad go and earn The Hebrew Reading Super Skis Programme by Lawrence Cohen Learn to read Hebrew fuenty in just 20 guided essons

3 Contents Lesson One Wecome to Tseh Oomad Lesson Two Consonants: shin/ amed/ mem+fina [ n m ] Lesson Three Vowes: AH, EE, EH [ ` ` ` i ` ` ` ] Lesson Four Vowes: OH and OO [ à E` Ÿ` Ÿe` ] Lesson Five Buiding Syabes [ mÿeÿÿ i i ] Lesson Six Understanding the shva [ mÿe m n Ÿen ] Lesson Seven Consonants: chet/ bet/ vet/ resh [ gex x a A g ] Vowes: reversing the AH Lesson Eight Consonants: chaf/ kaf/ fina chaf [ K M k ] Lesson Nine Consonants: aeph/ heh [ d ` ] Lesson Ten Consonants: noon + fina/ tav [ i g M z o p ] Vowes: EYE/ Exception to AH Lesson Eeven Consonants: tet/ samech/ daet/ vav [ e c q h ] Lesson Tweve Consonants: yod/ pay/ fay + fina [ i pet c x i s t R i ] Syabes: doube shva Lesson Thirteen Consoidation practice: sentences K g M `-m ` Lesson Fourteen Consonants: sin/ ayin [ E`- Ÿy i ` i ` U r ] Vowes: AY/ Sient etter with vowe after shva Lesson Fifteen Consonants: tsadee + fina/ kof [ w u v ] Lesson Sixteen Consoidation practice: sentences dxü w g v Y e Lesson Seventeen Consonants: gime/ zayin [ iÿe` f b ] Vowe: OY Lesson Eighteen Haf vowes, the dagesh, [ E d ei pä L E v n ` ` `] vav after EYE vowe, doubing consonants Lesson Nineteen Consoidation practice: prayer ` x Ÿy i r n Lesson Twenty Consoidation practice: psams mi d Y Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Aphabet Vowes Practice with Shva

4 Lesson One: Wecome to Tseh Oomad The Ten Principes 1. Tseh Oomad is designed either as a revision course for Jewish young peope who have acquired some reading skis but require reinforcement, or as a sef-study reading course for adut beginners of any stripe or denomination! It is particuary usefu for those who woud ike to read the Hebrew Bibe. 2. The Contents page ists the order in which consonants, vowes and other constructions are introduced. Consonants not taught in aeph bet (aphabetica) order. Rather we start with the most famiiar Hebrew word shaom which contains the consonants Shin, Lamed, Vav, Mem. Each esson has a Hebrew word heading that incudes any new forms which are taught in that esson. There are no new forms taught in essons 13, 16, 19, 20; these are for consoidation. 3. Identification and pronunciation of syabes are considered crucia and are taught eary in the course (incuding the roe of the shva). 4. Athough a words are provided with meanings, Tseh Oomad is not a anguage course. To write or speak in sentences you wi need to wait for the foow-up course, or go esewhere! 5. Words and phrases of reigious/ethica significance based on the Jewish prayer book (Siddur) and Bibe (T Nach) are emphasized, with some Modern Hebrew (Ivrit). 6. Hebrew usuay stresses the ast syabe, but there are many exceptions. The audio recordings serve to indicate stress as we as pronunciation. 7. Variations exist amongst Jewish communities regarding pronunciation. Tseh Oomad utiizes pronunciation that is generay accepted in the Engish-speaking word, based on what used to be caed Sephardi pronunciation, perceived as being akin to Israei pronunciation. North Americans pronounce shaom as shaome. Vive a difference! 8. Because the system of written vowes was a reativey ate innovation, Hebrew is amost competey phonetic; unike Engish there are no diemmas about how to pronounce combinations such as o-u-g-h (as in rough or ought or bough). 9. I have confined a number of anomaies, incuding haf vowes, to Lesson 18. My approach is practica; to get the reader to decode the symbos that constitute the Hebrew aphabet and vowe system as quicky and painessy as possibe without information overoad. 10. Once you have purchased and downoaded the programme, you are wecome to distribute print versions to other members of your study group without further charge. Anyone ese must buy their own copy. I try and answer any queries by emai. Enjoy! Deveoped Latest edition: January 2019 Pubished by Lawrence Cohen using the DavkaWriter word processing programme. The author can be reached at Lawrence@hebrewtips.com for advice and tutorias.

5 Lesson Two: The Letters of mÿeÿÿ Let s begin with the etters of the most famiiar word in Hebrew: Shaom. It can mean heo or goodbye or peace. You can find a the other etters, or consonants, with their names in Appendix 1. SH as in Sh! L as in Heo Sient! (it s a vowe hook) M as in Mom Shin Lamed Mem Vav [n] e m (Mem is one of five Hebrew etters which have a fina form) mÿeÿÿ Together, with the vowes, they spe: Practice saying these etters: m 1 n 2 n 3 m 4 n 5 Just a reminder: Hebrew is read from right to eft!

6 Lesson Three: The Vowes - AH, EE, EH AH as in mah n n ÿÿ n n 1 2 i n n i n i i n EE as in shee n n n n i EH as in eh Read these, mainy artificia, two etter Hebrew words: i n n n i i n nÿÿ i ni i n n i ÿÿ i ÿÿi n 7 8 Now read these, mainy artificia, two etter Hebrew words: n n n m n i n n y UŸ m m 9 10 Listen to the audio. How do the words in ines 9 & 10 sound different to the words in ines 7 & 8?

7 Lesson Six: Understanding the shva The shva has hardy any sound (ike e in the or a in aert ). Read these words that begin with a shva: m i n i n Ÿen 1 for the sake of... to who? my name is... his name is.. ª n ÿÿ n m n m 2 triange for exampe paying to pay It s easier to read these words if you read them syabe by syabe: - ª n ÿÿ- n m - n m - The shva s main task is to indicate that a etter does not have its own vowe. Read these words with a shva at the end of the first syabe: n n n n mÿe 3 chatter apricot day before yesterday E a stomach cramp mi n 4 competing It s easier to read these words if you read them syabe by syabe: n- n n- n mÿe- E- mi - n Shva is sient at the end of a syabe. Tip: check out the audio! You have now earned 95% of the rues for reading Hebrew. The rest shoud be easy!

8 Lesson Nine: `Ä d KExÄ d is h as in hat with its own vowe. Otherwise it is sient ike ` i a ` `Ä ` a ` ` n ` m ` 1 my father dad father mum mother xf` `Fa `*! E`ŸeA* K ` xÿen ` 2 ight I wi come come! I wi go I wi keep `Ÿx `Ÿ mi g ` g ` i ` 3 head/first no/not brothers I wi send a man d k d K d mi `Ä d d `Ä d `Ä d 4 Jewish Law go those who come she who comes he who comes m d mi dÿ ` dä d ` d k x A i ` d 5 The Name (God) God ove a bessing the man d `Ÿex d n g n d n dÿÿ ` dÿnÿ 6 seeing war Moses woman Soomon Now et s read some sentences! Lines 9 & 11 are from the Hebrew Bibe! mi `Ä d mi kex A d `Ä d d kex A `Ä d KExÄ 7 wecome! (p) wecome! (f) wecome (m)!m d KExÄ Thank God! (it: bessed is The Name )?K nÿe d n 8 How are you (f)? K g M ` m ` 9 If I forget you (f)... mÿeÿÿ i ` `Ed d n g n i ` `Ÿ K n d dÿnÿ 10 King Soomon is not a man of war; he is a man of peace dÿnÿ x ` mi xi d xi 11 The Song of Songs which is Soomon s Davkawriter paces the dot either to the eft or above the e. It is not consistent. Sorry.

9 Lesson Nineteen: ` x U i r n W Practice reading r n W the great statement of Jewish faith. Use the text on the ower part of the page to hep you break down words into syabes. Listen Israe, HaShem our God, HaShem is One :c g ` ï i Epi dÿ ` ï i ` x U i r n W 1 Bessed is the name of his kingdom for ever.c rë m Ÿer ŸezEk n cÿea M m KExÄ 2 Then sha you ove HaShem/Adonai your God Li dÿ ` ï i z ` Ÿ a d ` e 3 With a your heart, sou and strrength :L cÿ` nî k ae L W t pî k ae L aä Î k A 4 And these are the words d N ` d mi xä C d Ei d e 5 that I command you this day upon your heart :L aä Î r mfi d L E v n i kÿp ` x W ` 6 mä Ÿ x A c e Li pä mÿ p P W e 7 when sitting in your house, and waking on the way K x C a L Y k ae L zi a A L Y a W A 8 and ying down and rising up. :L new ae L A kẅ ae 9 Then you sha bind them as a sign on your arm L cïî r zf` mÿ x W we 10 and they wi be for frontets between your eyes :Li pi r oi A zÿtḧÿh Ei d e 11 Then write them on your doorposts and gates :Li x r W ae L zi A zffªf nî r mÿ a z ke 12 Then you sha teach them to your chidren and speak on them c g- ` *ï i *Ep-i d-ÿ- ` *ï i `- x- U i r n W 1 c r-ë m -Ÿer Ÿez-Ek- n cÿea- M m KEx-Ä 2 * L-i d-ÿ- ` *ï i z ` Ÿ- a d- ` e 3 L- c-ÿ` n k- ae L W- t p k- ae L a-ä k A 4 d N- `- d mi x-ä- C d Ei- d e 5 L a-ä r mfi- d L e- v n i k-ÿp- ` x W- ` 6 mä Ÿ- x A- c e L-i p-ä mÿ- p P- W e 7 K x- C- a L Y- k - ae L- z-i a A L Y- a W A 8 L- n-ew- ae L A- kẅ- ae** 9 L- c-ï r zf` mÿ- x W- we 10 L-i p-i r oi A zÿt-ḧ-ÿh Ei- d e 11 L-i x- r- W a-e L- z-i A zff-ªf n r mÿ- a z- ke 12 * I have not broken down the word pronounced either as Adonai or as HaShem into syabes. It is abbreviated to two yods in most prayer books and is easiy recognizabe. By contrast, the words transated as our God in ine 1 and your God in ine 3 are not abbreviated as they do not contain the consonants of the Hoy Name and Jews may pronounce them as written. ** The AH vowe beow the shin is pronounced OH as the syabe is cosed and unstressed.