Hebrew Courses

Learn To Read Hebrew for Beginners

This course is for beginning Hebrew students to learn the aleph bet, the vowels, and to learn how to put them together to decode/read simple Hebrew words and phrases.
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When you click on any course it will bring you to the registration page.  Click the register button under the package or individual course sessions you are interested in. You will then be able to choose a specific HHP tutor or 'any'.  This latter option will match you with one of our tutors who is available during the time you indicate.  

Reading Fluency for
​Prayerbook Hebrew

This course is for students who know how to decode Hebrew and are ready to read prayers. Students can take this course over 3-5 semesters to cover a wide-range of prayers. Sessions will also include brief explanations of the prayers and also an opportunity to hear them chanted.  If you are affiliated with one of the synagogues taking HHP, the tutor will follow the list provided by your Ed. Director, using your siddur and tunes! Many of our students will learn these prayers in the first few semesters: 

  • Bracha for lighting the Shabbat candles and Hanukkah menorah
  • HaMotzi:
  • Bracha over bread
  • Bracha over the wine
  • Sh'ma and V'ahavta
  • Blessings before and after the Torah reading
  • Mah Nishtana
  • Shalom Aleichem
  • Ayn Keiloheinu
  • Barchu and her blessings
  • Adon Olom HaTikvah and more.......

Modern Hebrew for Beginners

This course is for students who already read Hebrew with some fluidity and are interested in furthering their Hebrew comprehension and vocabulary through a curriculum, created by the Center for Educational Technology in Israel called, "I'vrit B'Click".

Students will learn basic vocabulary and conversational techniques using short videos and language exercises.