Hebrew and Torah

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Hebrew and Torah

• Bemidbar Numbers 25.1
• Brought to you by the letters
• ? Alef, ?Lamed and ?Mem

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????? Hebrew Language

• Hebrew reads from right to left
• Hebrew time line is also right to left
• The tops of the letters represent heaven.
• The bottom represents earth.
• This lesson reviews the letters ?Bet, ? Dalet,
  ?Resh and ?Hey.
• Introducing ? Alef, ?Lamed and ?Mem

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Review
Count the ? Dalets.
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Review - ?
Count the ? Dalets. Did you see five?
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Review - ?
Count the ? Bets.
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Review - ?
Count the ? Bets. Did you see six?
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Review - ?
Count the ? Reshes.
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Review - ?
Count the ? Reshes. Did you see Five?
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?Hey - breath
Look for the break in the left leg of Hey
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Review - ?
Count the ? Heys.
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Review - ?
Count the ? Heys. Did you see seven?
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Review - ?
Did you count these as ? Heys. Notice the leg on
the left connects to the top of the letter.
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Can you read the word in the red box?
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Can you read the word in the red box? If you
guessed da-ber you are correct.
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? Alef G-d
It takes three pin marks to make an Alef. Without
all three strokes of the pin it would not be an
Alef. If you remove any of the primary
expressions of G-d he would no longer be G-d.
Like G-d, Alef does not make any sound. The
attached vowel is free to express itself without
much influence.
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? Lamed - study

• Lamed sounds like L
• It will carry you from the earth line to the
  highest heavens.
• It pictures our emotions.

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? Mem water or kingdom

• Mem sounds like M
• The bottom is a strait line.
• The lower right corner is square.
• There is a break at the lower left corner.
• It pictures our intellect.
• The first letter of ?? Mach - brain

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More Vowels
Petach A as in fatherCovered this last lesson.
Chamatz O as in oxmore of a long A sound.
Since Alef has no sound of its own we will use it
to show examples of how vowels work.
Holom O as in open
Hirik EE as in feet
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More Vowels
Shiva Silent or short E
Sereh E as in fether or EY as in
Grey
Segol E as in egg
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Try Reading some Words
left
center right Line 1 be-mid-bar el
Da-ber Line 2
Be-o-hel Line 4 Le-mor