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HebrewToday offers easy-to-read Hebrew newspapers by subscription. Our publications are perfect for beginners or advanced readers, who wish to learn Hebrew in a fun, effective and engaging way, while staying connected to Israel and Jewish culture. Each issue is available with audio narration in clear, correct Hebrew pronunciation, as well as Hebrew-English dictionaries and E

nglish explanations for each article. Whether you choose the printed edition or online edition of our Hebrew newspapers, you will receive a fresh copy, hot off the press, every two weeks. Modern Hebrew is an evolving language, and we believe that the best way to learn Hebrew is through current events, both global and Israeli, and everyday interesting stories. So while you’re learning and improving your Hebrew, you are also strengthening your connection to Israel and learning lots of fascinating things through sports, cultures, movies, science, computers, travel, crosswords, activities, and more.

02/11/2025

The latest issue of Beresh*t and Yanshuf is here!
It’s now available in the personal area for all subscribers.

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27/10/2025

The Hebrew Alphabet
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The Letter Het (ח)
The letter Het is the eighth letter in the Hebrew alphabet, and also appears in various forms in a number of other Semitic language’s alphabets.

While Het is generally pronounced in a guttural way according to Modern Hebrew pronunciation, and is usually transliterated as “ch,” “kh,” or simply an “h” with a dot underneath, the letter “H” in the Latin alphabet actually has its origins in the letter Het. While most seem to believe that the letter’s origins lie in a hieroglyphic symbol meaning “courtyard,” it also has some connection to an ancient Semitic word meaning “thread,” and, in fact, the word “hayat” (חייט), which is extremely close to the name of the letter itself, means a “tailor” in the Modern Hebrew language.

The Hebrew letter Het is associated with a number of positive character traits. For example, the Hebrew word “hohma” (חוכמה), meaning “wisdom” begins with the letter Het, as does the word “hasidut” (חסידות), which means “righteousness,” and “hen” (חן) meaning “grace.” The numerical value of the letter Het is eight, which is often associated with super-spirituality or holiness, as it is one more than seven, which represents the holy realm of the Sabbath. When Jewish boys are circumcised and enter into their faith’s holy ancient covenant, it is commanded to be performed on the eighth day.

In connecting with the super-holiness and positive attributes associated with the letter Het, it is also important to note that the letter Het begins the word “hayim” (חיים) meaning life. The letter also looks like a doorway. In thinking about all of this information related to the Hebrew letter Het together, some think that the important message we can learn from the letter is that the way we can pass through the “doorway” to a good life is by instilling in ourselves and in our children good values, such as wisdom, righteousness, and grace!

20/10/2025

📜 The Story of Hebrew: From Ancient Echoes to Modern Voices

Hebrew is one of the oldest languages in the world - and one of the few that came back to life after centuries of silence.
Its journey is a story of resilience, faith, and human determination.

More than 3,000 years ago, the people of ancient Israel spoke Hebrew. They wrote songs, laws, and prayers - words that would become the heart of the Bible. The earliest known Hebrew inscription, the Gezer Calendar from the 10th century BCE, already shows the rhythm of a living people shaping their world through language.

But over time, Hebrew stopped being spoken in daily life. After the exile, Jews around the world prayed in Hebrew, studied in Hebrew - but spoke other languages: Aramaic, Greek, Yiddish, Ladino. Hebrew became a language of memory, not conversation.

Then, in the late 19th century, something remarkable happened. A few dreamers, led by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, decided that the ancient tongue could live again. They invented new words for "train," "electricity," and "tomato." They taught their children only in Hebrew. And slowly, miracle by miracle, people began speaking Hebrew once more.

By the time Israel was founded in 1948, Hebrew was not just a prayer language - it was the language of schools, newspapers, and streets filled with life.

Today, Hebrew continues to grow and change. It absorbs words from English and Arabic, mixes old roots with new slang, and finds its way into music, tech, and art. It’s ancient and modern all at once - a living bridge between past and future.

Every word you learn connects you to this extraordinary story - of a people who refused to let their language die, and of a language that refused to be forgotten.

16/10/2025

A new issue of Beresh*t and Yanshuf is now available!
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30/09/2025

Yom Kippur is almost here- a day of reflection, forgiveness, and hope for a better year ahead.
This ancient blessing, which appears in the Jewish prayer book (Machzor), is traditionally recited at the transition to a new year:
“May the year and its curses end, may the year and its blessings begin.”
תִּכְלֶה שָׁנָה וְקִלְלוֹתֶיהָ, תָּחֵל שָׁנָה וּבִרְכוֹתֶיהָ

18/09/2025

How many languages do you know?
And which ones?

16/09/2025

Learn the Hebrew Alphabet- the letter Zayin - ז
The letter Zayin is the seventh letter in the Hebrew alphabet, and it appears in a number of other Semitic language’s alphabets. By way of the ancient Phoenician language, the letter Zayin eventually entered the Greek and Latin alphabets, becoming the letters Zeta and Z, respectively, although its place in the different alphabets changed. The original meaning of the letter Zayin is a “sword” or “sharp weapon,” with the word “lezayen” coming to mean “to arm” in the Modern Hebrew language. (However, please note – the word in slang and common talk has come to mean a really not nice word – so please do not use it!)

The root meaning of the Hebrew letter Zayin is interesting in itself. While it means a “sword “or “sharp weapon,” as explained above, the meaning of the word is also connected to food and sustenance. For example, the Modern Hebrew word “mazon” (מזון), meaning “food” or “sustenance,” and the Modern Hebrew word “hazana” (הזנה), meaning “nourishment,” both come from the same root as Zayin. Some scholars say that the meaning behind this is that while pointless bloodshed is certainly not the ideal, we sometimes must fight in order to defend our lives and our way of life.

Just as its literal meaning is complex, the spiritual meaning of the Hebrew letter Zayin is significant, as well. The letter has the numerical value of seven, which has much significance, including the fact that the Sabbath is the seventh and holiest day of the week, and according to Biblical law, the land is meant to lie fallow every seventh year according to a law called “shmita.” As Ziyan is the first letter of the word “zahor” (זכור), meaning to remember, and this is one of two basic commandments of the Sabbath, there seems to be a very strong link between the seventh letter in the Hebrew alphabet and the day of rest!

15/09/2025

The new issue of Beresh*t and Yanshuf is now available for subscribers in the personal area 🏆
The next one will be published after Sukkot.
Wishing you a meaningful holiday and plenty of good reading until then.

14/09/2025

הללויה – Hallelujah
Few Hebrew words have traveled so far across cultures and languages, and yet carry such a deep Biblical root.
The word הללויה is built from two parts:

הללו – “praise” (a call to many voices together)

יה – a short form of God’s name.

Together: “Praise God.”
In the Book of Psalms, הללויה appears 24 times- always as an invitation to lift the heart, to join voices in gratitude, or to acknowledge something greater than ourselves. From there, it spread to prayers, songs, and eventually to the languages of the world.

When we say הללויה today, we echo an ancient chorus of faith and joy that has lasted for thousands of y .

09/09/2025

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