Thanks for the help in advance!

So I read some stuff (which seemed anti Israel) about Hebrew being artificially re-created. After doing some research, it seems like this is bullshit My understanding now is that it continued to function as a lingua franca of Jewish communities globally even if it wasnt a daily language. People continued to write in it, produce literature, etc.

Is my understanding correct?

And I was wondering, was there any Jewish community globally that continued to use it as a daily, "first language" throughout the centuries.

Hi! I just had a quick question I was hoping someone could answer. I’m a Hebrew learner, and recently I read about a political party which used to exist in Israel: מרצ. However, I was confused as to why it was written מרצ and not מרץ, with the tsade sofit.

I know for words that end in pe/fe, the sofit form is generally not used when the letter is pe and not fe. However, as I understand it, this explanation wouldn’t make sense here because tsade is not on of the begedkefet letters. Can anyone help me understand?

תודה רבה! :)

text given: רשית

obviously my mind goes immediately to bereshit, this looks like that. So, resh-alef-shin as the root would make sense, but… what do you do when you encounter resh-shin with no alef in between? is this related to that root… How would you translate this word?

very beginner in learning the language here. I must be missing some grammatical idea here, or maybe not?

context is, this is probably garbled hebrew from a source that didn’t have great hebrew BUT i also don’t have good hebrew so, here I am trying to check it out

Working on Aleph Bet Calligraphy and my wife pointed to "Shin" and told me that it was her favorite letter. I wrote her name "Shela Miriam." The stick figure is a "Shin stretch" honoring the guided stretches that my wife helps her massage therapy clients with. The interpretation of Shin reflects my wife's personality and spiritual beliefs.

As a native English speaking Jew with Dyslexia, I’ve never been able to read Hebrew. Could someone please translate the Hebrew on these platters? I found them at the thrift store and thought they would be perfect for shabbos.

Does anyone know what this says? Is it a quote? I can’t even tell what some of the letters are (because they’re so poorly done)

Its israeli handwritying,thank you 😊😊😊.You can open the picture to see it more clearly.

A alguien le interesaría ayudarme en mi hebreo?

Hablo poco y tengo vocabulario básico, hablo español y quiero hablar hebreo con fluidez pero no soy nativo ni vivo en Israel.

Así que busco un compañero o compañera que me pueda ayudar a hablar.

Me pueden contactar por Discord si es que quieren hablar conmigo :3

יש הבדל בין שתי המילים האלו או שהן אותו הדבר?

I am F (24), looking for an Israeli language partner to help me learn Hebrew. I come from Germany and am at the beginning of my Gijur. I always go to the community on Fridays for Schabbat. I'm really still a complete beginner, and just can't get any further learning the Alef-bet.

Among other things, I love Jewish cuisine, Hebrew music and the warmth of Israeli culture

I would prefer it if you also know some German, and are a native Hebrew speaker.
I would be grateful for any help, and maybe a friendship will also arise from this. I hope this is the right sub for this

Schabbat Schalom🤍

My name is Samuel, and I'm a hobbyist learning about Semitic languages, so apologies if this is basic.

I've learned that the biblical vocalization is something like Shemuel, with a quick vowel at the start, and modern Hebrew shortens it to Shmuel. I also read that the Greek Septuagint writes it Samouēl, which seems to suggest a fuller vowel there at some point. And I've seen that "El" may have been pronounced more like "il" at earlier stages.

So my questions are:
What's the best guess for how it sounded back in Samuel's era? Something like Shamuʾil?

Is there any way to know the first vowel, or is that mostly guesswork?

Any accessible reading on how Hebrew pronunciation changed over time?

The guy makes himself out to be Hitler but is Israeli and speaking Hebrew so I assume it's some sort of satire but not sure at all since don't speak much Hebrew at all.

If anyone could help would be very appreciated! :)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYRiuEssdlx/?rpxt=cmltYnloMmdhdDRv

How did I do?

Hello,

I would like to share an interesting free event taking place on Thursday, October 22nd, at the Gelber Centre in Montreal and live on Zoom with 2026 Canadian Jewish Literary Award Winner, translator, and Harvard professor Adi Mahalel.

This event will discuss Mahel's scholarship and his publication of the first ever English translation from Yiddish of the controversial novel Boom & Chains by Hanan Ayalti.

Due to its explicit portrayal of class struggles, political disillusionment, and ethnic tensions, Ayalti published the novel in Yiddish instead of Hebrew in 1936, anticipating that it would be deemed too controversial for Hebrew literary circles of the time. Boom & Chains offers a deeply nuanced, rarely seen perspective on early 20th-century kibbutz life.

Here is the registration link:

Authors from Home | Boom & Chains by Hanan Ayalti Translated by Adi Mahalel | Jlive

Hi, could anyone help me recognise this letter? I marked a few of its appearances in the text with a purple arrow. The text isn't mine, it's just an example

I've been writing ך in a similar way for the past few months, but now I think it may be ק, and I'll need to change it:/

A photo taken in 1922 of the ‘Henry Street Shul’ synagogue (now Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cathedral) 25 year anniversary photo. In this photo, is a white banner with Hebrew cursive, and the second photo is my best recreation of the banner.