Hebrew Grammar of the Hebrew Bible

Five Summer Zoom Sessions

Judaism through the Hebrew Grammar of the Hebrew Bible

Led by Emanu-El Scholar, Rabbi Lawrence Kushner

Five Shabbat mornings, 10:00-11:30am (with a 15 minute break)

Students are requested to leave their zoom videos “on” throughout.

(This is intended to be a participatory and spiritual group learning)

PDF’s of each sessions materials will be E-mailed in advance.

Each session we will read a few verses from the weekly parashot and use them as an opportunity to: Practice Hebrew reading skills; review the basics of Hebrew grammar; and examine the religious thought of the TaNaKH

• June 20 Introduction to the L’shon haQodesh / Shelach Lecha / Korah
• July 4 Particles / Hukkah-Balak / Pinhas
• July 18 Verbs in Qal / Mattot-Masey / Tisha b’Av / Devarim
• August 1 Verbs in Piel and Hifil / V’etchanan / Ekev
• August 15 Nouns / Re’eh / Shoeftim

REQUIREMENTS:

The names, sounds and order of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

The Koren TaNaKH (NOT Hebrew-English ed.)

RECOMMENDED:

the Debbie Friedman “Alphabet song”

The Reuven Alcalay Hebrew-English Dictionary

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