Opening Classes!

For the last few weeks, we have been reviewing what we learned last year. We've talked a lot about confusing letters that are often mixed up, such as bet/caf, peh/caf, and dalet/resh. We have also discussed the various vowel sounds and rules associated with vowels. Some key things to remember that we have pointed out are that the letter "yood" is often included in the vowel sound itself, such as "ee" and "eh/ey", and that the "ah" vowel (just the horizontal line) followed by a "yood" makes an "ay" sound. Besides reading exercises and some singing of "Row Your Boat" to Hebrew words, we briefly discussed the "Sh'ma", how to read each word, and what each word means.