Core Hebrew of Jewish Life

The core Hebrew of a Jewish life, taught domain by domain — people, home, time, the sacred, the verbs, and the small joining words. Walk the six lessons, then choose where to go deeper.

1The people you're joiningMeet the people of the family and community you're joining — in their biblical and everyday faces. · ~9 min›2A place at the tableName the things of the Shabbat table you're welcomed to — and a few words of the street. · ~9 min›3Learning Jewish timeLearn the rhythm of Jewish time — the week toward Shabbat, and when a day begins. · ~8 min›4Following the serviceCarry the words the siddur turns on — by following a service as part of the congregation. · ~11 min›5Ruth's own wordsCarry the core verbs by reading Ruth's story — the biblical “and-then” form against today's present. · ~12 min›6Choosing your peopleCarry the small words that hold every sentence together — and say, in Hebrew, why you're here. · ~13 min›7The words underneath it allSee the shared core of Jewish Hebrew, and choose where to go deeper. · ~8 min›

אBrowse all 148 words →The whole core, organized by the life you'll use it in — with both faces of each word.›