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My Rabbi suggested that I start my Hebrew studies with this book. He said that it might seem a little childish, but I should be able to learn my aleph-bet with no problems. And he was right.
This book is very simple to follow, due mostly to clever formatting.
Each page has 4 sections, each a different color. Lesson 1 is green, lesson 2 is blue, and so on. You read the section for the lesson you're on, which is only a couple sentences. Invariably, the last sentence is a fill-in-the-blank question. The answer will be on the next page, along with the next couple sentences. When you're answering so many questions in rapid succession, with instant feedback, it's very easy to breeze through the lesson.
At first, you feel a bit like you're on Sesame Street, but that feeling wears off pretty quickly. Once you realize that you're actually retaining the information, it's all worth it. Plus, you're learning the alphabet, and the last time you did that, you were probably a child. It seems natural and logical.
I made it through the book in about 2 weeks, and I definitely feel like it was time well spent. You don't learn much vocabulary in this book, but by the end, you can phonetically read Hebrew. I probably sound like a first-grader when I do it, but I'm reading, and it feels good.
Now, on to learning what the words mean!
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