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Learn to Read Hebrew in 6 Weeks! (Hebrew for Beginners) by [Miiko Shaffier, Ken Parker]

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Learn to Read Hebrew in 6 Weeks! (Hebrew for Beginners) Kindle Interactive Edition

by Miiko Shaffier (Author), Ken Parker (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition

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The Hebrew Alphabet can look intimidating, but this book will have you reading it in 6 weeks. Even people who have tried other books without success have learned to read Hebrew using this book. Here's what makes it different: * Fun memory tricks make it super simple to remember the sounds of the letters * Pace - The book is divided into 12 simple lessons. Two a week for 6 weeks. * The cheerful style of the book is great for adults and children alike. * From week one you are given words you can read from the Hebrew Bible! * The charming illustrations make learning Hebrew a pleasure. At the end of six weeks you WILL be able to read from the original Hebrew Bible, Psalms or the Siddur (Jewish prayer book) and you will have taken the first big step towards learning the Hebrew Language!

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"Learn to Read Hebrew in 6 Weeksis an amazing book! It's very accessible with a great technique to help people who have a hard time learning Hebrew to come to synagogue and pray together with the community in the Hebrew language. It's essential and it's so important and so necessary! This book makes it all possible. It's a great way to learn the Hebrew language!" - Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld - Washington DC

"Just a little about myself. I'm a professional speaker and I have traveled to Israel (as a tour leader) on multiple occasions. and I have a close friend with a Ph.D. in Hebrew from Duke Divinity School, and he and I get together every Tuesday to discuss the Hebrew Scriptures. So... what I'm about to say about this little treasure trove of a book that is more like a children's book than an academic workbook may surprise you.

First, it over-delivers on its promise. Granted, I have more background than most readers, but classic Hebrew as taught in higher learning institutions is short on pronunciation and long on grammar. In a span of just six hours of reading the digital version, I was reading Hebrew with a modern pronunciation. When it comes to Yod and Khof and Viv and a host of other vowel SOUNDS, the pictographic illustrations in this book forever settled that I will not revert to academic pronunciations that sounds more Spanish than Hebrew. For those who say, "But I don't even know the Hebrew alphabet!" the "Six Week's" promise may apply, but you can absolutely put your trust in the author's promise.

Second, the writing is clear (and funny), and though I read 16th century English tomes and am accustomed to the dry and dull narrative of most linguistic writers, I found that laughing at pictures fires more neurons in my brain than rote repetition of vowel charts. I realize my Ph.D. friends may judge me for what I'm saying, but this is is an Amazon review designed to help people determine if they should buy a book. Short answer: Absolutely. No matter your level of learning.

Finally, I did a little research on the author through free You Tube videos and found her teaching of Hebrew visually and audibly replicate what she's written in this book. Maybe it's just me, but when I read a book that "feels" like I'm hearing someone speak, I remember much more than from a book that "feels" like someone is laboriously writing.

So, I give the book 5 Stars (as it seems most others are doing), and truthfully, I'd give it more if possible. I have all kinds of Hebrew learning tools in my library, and this one has soared to the top of my recommendation list." - Wade Burleson --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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My name is Miiko. I live in Be'er Sheva, Israel with my husband Aaron and our nine kids.
In 2016 I started to teach Hebrew reading with a unique and super easy method. I put my method into book form that same year and called it Learn to Read hebrew in 6 Weeks!
Since then, this book has taught tens of thousands of people around the world to read Hebrew. I get emails almost daily from people telling me about how their new Hebrew reading skills have changed their life!
I'm so pleased to be with you on your Hebrew journey. Please be in touch. I love to hear from my students!
Love,
Miiko --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01KM9AX5U
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Shefer Publishing (September 8, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 8, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 13399 KB
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Best Sellers Rank: #158,729 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2 in Hebrew Language Instruction
- #91 in Christian Education (Kindle Store)
- #102 in Christian Bible Study Guides (Kindle Store)

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Hi! I'm Miiko. I'm a mom of 9 living in Beersheba, Israel with a passion for teaching people Hebrew. I invented a fun, easy method that helps people of all ages learn to read Hebrew easily using fun memory tricks to help remember the sounds of the letters. It makes me so happy to hear the stories of people around the world who have succeeded with my method after thinking they could never learn to read Hebrew.

I was born in Florida, grew up in Canada and moved to Israel with my husband Aaron and our 5 small kids in 2007. Besides teaching Hebrew, I'm a certified Pilates instructor.

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Tammy

Not as big as I thought

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 26, 2023

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Simple and easy to understand. I bought this as a gift for my son who wanted to learn hebrew and I read it before him. Super easy and simple.

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Jbfatcat

Amazing!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 11, 2023

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Very easy to understand. Highly recommend her book. I went thru the entire book in a week. Now going thru it slowly.

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Kate

Good lessons.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 27, 2023

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These lessons are written in such a clever way that it makes it easy to learn and remember Hebrew. I highly recommend these lesson books for anyone that is looking to learn Hebrew at any age.

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Juan elias

Actually works

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 13, 2023

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Honestly, I was skeptical but this actually works. I’m 1/3 of the way in and the mnemonics work. I’m using it to learn with my 7 year old daughter and both of us are following a long nicely and being able to read words. Don’t expect to also come out with a huge vocabulary, this is meant to teach how to spot words and the sounds they make. After you finish this book then you can begin reading and increasing your vocabulary.

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Kindle Customer Debora bee

Great for new students of Hebrew

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 19, 2023

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I gave this to a friend who was struggling in Hebrew. He texted the next day to say he loved this book! He got a jump start for the next class with this.

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Damaris M DeLoatch

Easy to follow

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 23, 2023

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I just finished the book and I love it. Very easy to follow. I used together with the you tube classes she has. Practice makes perfection!

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URI Ron

Excellent

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 27, 2023

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Great book used it to teach my daughter the Hebrew letters

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April D. Harkness

5 stars is not enough for this book!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 7, 2021

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I posted a vid review above and I stand by my words. This product overdelivered. I learned hebrew in two weeks, not 6. It's that good! You know the story of Helen Keller , blind and deaf? Anne Sullivan kept writing words in her hands and one day she connected "gibberish" to meaning. She might have been blind but now she could see. THe world was nown open to her. I felt this very same way. I thought i would never learn Hebrew. My boyfriend is Jewish and I wanted to learn Hebrew in time for his 2nd son's Bar Mitzvah (I have until August 2022 so I am ahead of schedule!) . Last year, right before Covid, his oldest had his bar mitvah. My filipina-american self had NEVER set foot in a synagogue. I had never really heard Hebrew before. I was moved by the service. The language was beautiful and I told myself , that the next time I stepped foot inside the synagogue, I would not have to read transliterations(and still be lost), I would learn Hebrew. Well a year past , I had bought another book online that made me feel I was a hopeless language learning case. I gave it one more shot. Bought this book and I could not put it down (also helped it was in large print! easy to read.) Fun drawings and memory hints make Hebrew a joy to learn. With each letter learned, the author also introduces new words. You are reading Hebrew from the very beginning! I remember shouting on the bus "I CAN READ!" when I realized I could understand. Everyone looked at me as if I was crazy but I did not care. I felt the blinders fall from my eyes. This was no longer an indecipherable code. The Alef-bet was accessible. A whole world was now open to me. My brain lit up, and could I feel it absobing as much knowledge as it could soak in. Craving more hebrew language! There is such joy in expanding one's knowledge and skill set. I thought i was too old at 44 too learn Hebrew. I am glad to say I was wrong. I have become closer to my boyfriend as a result of my learning how to read Hebrew (better than him I must add. HE still has to read the transliteration!) And I am bonding with his kids. I cannot stop searching out more Hebrew reading material. IF you are on the fence about getting this book. What do you have to lose? Nothing. You will gain the world!

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Annie

I’m amazed at myself!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 4, 2021

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I’m an old woman deprived of a bat mitzvah. Thanks to the confidence I got from this little morsel of genius, I will celebrate my bat mitzvah on my 70th birthday and have a great party with my community. Can you think of higher praise?

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Amazon Customer

Great and Comprehensive.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 2, 2022

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I recently began an informal Hebrew class with the local community. We base our lessons around this book. i am no stranger to linguistics and language learning, so sometimes beginner books seems a bit repetitive across multiple languages. However I do appreciate the accessible format, large font and mnemonical graphics to learn the alphabet, plus some useful words that are actually worth knowing and show up in the bible and modern Hebrew. Although it is unclear whether you are learning just biblical Hebrew or modern Hebrew at times.

The review after two weeks is useful as it shows the vocabulary you learn associated with each word and the words are categorised by the letter you learn in chronological order. I would have given 5 stars if the two extra conditions were met: the back of the book containing a complete vocabulary list of the words learned through the 6 weeks. having an optional chance to learn the words without the vowel markers since Hebrew is read without the vowels in the real world. Regardless of these two absences, it is still a good beginner book, although a little pricey at £18.99 (as of 2022).

7 people found this helpful

Nina Willoughby

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 31, 2018

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Positives: 1. She has some cute memory-hooks for remembering letters (vav looks like a vanilla bean). 2. There’s a very energetic, cheerleading stlye. Negatives: 2. The cheerleading style may not strike you as very sincere. It may work better in a classroom, face to face. 2. She doesn’t know diddly about language learning or teaching. To be fair, she’s right that knowing the names of the letters isn’t of great help (in this respect, she’s ahead of the Hoffer/Kittel book with its enthusiasm for learninf the alef-bet song). But what she doesn’t seem to understand is that learning to recognize letters in a very few words doesn’t add up to resding comfortably. Granted, the latter would require understanding of grammar and vocabulary, but this book doesn’t go as far as it might before teaching grammar and vocab. The First Hebrew Primer has pages of short words for the student to practise letter recognition on. Shaffier seems to think that if you can puzzle out a small handful of words containing each letter, you’re reading. Learning a language takes massive amounts of practice. This book doesn’t come anywhere near providing what would be needed even to start learning Hebrew.

21 people found this helpful

Kindle Customer

Even I can now learn hebrew.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 27, 2022

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Have tried several times to learn Hebrew. This book is getting me nearer to my goal. I am about half way through the book (27/09/2022) and can now read some words in the hebrew language. I am blessed to have a good bible study program by bible soft which comes with an interlinear bible. This enables me to read in the original hebrew and also see the english equivelant at the same time. I can also look up the original meaning of the words as I go along, right back to the root meanings. This makes it more fun and enyoyable when bible studying. Thank you for all your hard and thoughtful work in producing this book.

7 people found this helpful

Martin Skov

Great for basic learning

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 30, 2019

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This book truly delivers on being able to read Hebrew and getting used to the alephabet. I've only gone through it twice so far, but a good amount of the letters are starting to stick and I can make out the appropriate sounds for the most part, along with the basics on the use of the vowels, consonants, silent letters and sounds and how to read it, it's simply a matter of memory training and repetition. I'd recommend looking up audio files for the correct pronuncications, but that's a minor detail.

Naturally, without a vocabulary in hebrew none of it makes sense - though you'll get a fair amount of examples in the book and be surprised by the sea of reeds which just makes you more curious as far as translations go - but it's truly going to be a great starting point before I move on to learning words and building a vocabulary as I can then associate them with both the written text and spoken word, and next thing you know, i'm having tea with a rabbi discussing the intricate grammatical details of some obscure text. ;-)

Worth the price in other words, and thankyou.

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