Hebrew in Action! Alef Booklet – Unit III

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Alef-Bet Chart

This is the Hebrew alef-bet (alphabet). Each letter has a name and makes a sound – just like in English.

א בּ ב ג ד ה ו ז ח ט Tet Chet Zayin Vav Hay Daled Gimmel Vet Bet Alef

י כּ כ ְך ל מ ם נ ן ס Samech Final Nun Final Mem Lamed Final Khaf Kaf Yud Nun Mem Chaf

ע פּ פ ף צ ץ ק ר שׁ שׂ Sin Shin Resh Koof Final Tzadi Final Fay Pay Ayin Tzadi Fay

תּ ת Tav Tav

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A letter to students

Welcome Back Students,

Congratulations again! Now you know the first seven letters in the Hebrew alef bet. In this unit you will learn the next 4 letters. Be prepared to use all the information you learned in Units I and II as you go through this booklet.

Enjoy!

Lee Walzer and Galeet BenZion

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Table of Contents

A LETTER TO STUDENTS ...... 3

The Letter Chet ...... 6 How to write a Chet? ...... 7 Practice writing Chet ...... 7 Color in the Chets ...... 8 Circle the Chets ...... 8 Reading Comprehension ...... 8

The Letter Tet ...... 10 How to write a Tet? ...... 10 Practice writing Tet ...... 11 Color the Tets ...... 12 Circle the Tets ...... 12

The Letter Yod ...... 13 How to write a Yod? ...... 13 Practice writing Yod ...... 14 Color the Yuds ...... 15 Circle the Yuds! ...... 15 Writing Practice ...... 15 Reading Practice ...... 16 Match the Word with its Picture ...... 17

The letters Kaf-Chaf-Final Chaf ...... 18 How to write a Chaf? ...... 20 Practice writing Chaf ...... 21 Color the Kafs ...... 22 Color the Chafs ...... 22 Color the Final Chafs ...... 22 Circle the Kafs ...... 23 Find the Chafs ...... 23 Find the Final Chafs ...... 24 Writing Practice ...... 24 Reading Practice ...... 25

27 ...... ִמילוֹן - DICTIONARY

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Unit 3 We’ve gone through 8 letters of the alef-bet. Our next 4 letters are…

ח ט י

Yud Tet Chet

כּ כ ְך

Final Chaf Chaf Kaf

Wait a minute! Or as they say in Israel, Rak

ַרק ֶר ַגע! !Rega Why are there 6 letters, rather than 4?

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We’ll tell you when we get to Kaf-Chaf-Final Chaf! as we ַח גוֹ ָר ה In the meantime, fasten your Chagora learn about our next letter,

Chet.

The Letter Chet sounds like the last sound when ח The letter Chet you taste something you don’t like and you say,

"Blech!"

A word that start with Chet is

ַח ִנוּכּ ָיה

Chanukiya

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How to write a Chet?

A Chet looks like this:

This is how you write it:

Practice writing Chet. Start by repeating line number one, then the second line lastly the last line.

Can you write Chets with no help? Show your Chets below:

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Color in the Chets

Circle the Chets

ע ב ך ח י א ח ל מ ן ס פ ת ק א ט ד ח ן ם ח ז ץ ף

Reading Comprehension ַ.חג Avi and Rachel were talking about their favorite was her רֹאשׁ ַה ַשׁ ָנה Rachel said that Rosh Ha-Shana

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was his סוּכּוֹת Avi said that Sukkot ַ.חג favorite Shoshana heard their conversation and ַ.חג favorite was her ַח ָנוּכּה came over. She said that Chanuka ַ.חג favorite ַחג Question: What does mean? ______

In a Jewish wedding, the couple gets married under a .a wedding canopy ָ,חוּפּה chupa

Do you think that the chupa in the ?ח photo looks like the letter Chet Explain and draw how so.

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The Letter Tet makes the T sound, like in the ט The letter Tet Hebrew words:

ֶט ֶל ִו ִיז ָיה Televiziya ַטר ְקטוֹר Traktor

ַט ֶאבּלט Tablet

How to write a Tet?

A Tet looks like this:

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This is how you write it:

Practice writing Tet. Start by repeating line number one, then the second line lastly the last line.

Can you write Tets with no help? Show your Tets below:

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Color the Tets

Circle the Tets ר ם ד ט י ס ך ף ט ל ש א ט פ ע ח ץ ה ה ת כ ן ק ט

There’s a famous Israeli rock group called N’kamat ha-Traktor (Tractor’s Revenge). Here’s a link to one of their songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOxpQKJYDhU&list=PL2534D87F4C E4243A.

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The Letter Yod makes the “Y” sound in the י The Hebrew letter Yod Hebrew words

יוֹ- ֹיו Yo-yo ִי ָשׂר ֵאל Yisra’el

ָים Yam

How to write a Yod?

A Yod looks like this:

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This is how you write it:

Practice writing Yod. Start by repeating line number one, then the second line lastly the last line.

Can you write Yods with no help? Show your Yods below:

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Color the Yuds

Circle the Yuds! ו י כ ן ס ע י ו ן ב א ג ב ש נ ן ו י ת ץ ז י ס ר

Writing Practice Fill in the ָ.יד The Hebrew word for “hand” is Yad missing letter in the word Yad. ___ד

The Hebrew word for “sea” is Yam. Fill in the missing letter in the word Yam. ___ם

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Reading Practice ָיד

ַה ָאב ָבּא

ה ָדג ָבּא

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Match the Word with its Picture ָוו

ָים

יוֹ- ֹיו

ֶז ְבּ ָרה

ִי ָשׂר ֵאל

ַטר ְקטוֹר

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The letters Kaf-Chaf-Final Chaf make the K and Ch (like the כ and Chaf כּ Kaf way we say the letter Chet or the word “Blech”) sounds. The way to tell the difference is: Kaf has a dot in the middle, while Chaf does not (Remember Bet versus Vet? Same thing).1 ,In Hebrew ?ְך So, what’s with the Final Chaf some letters have 2 forms – one that you use in the beginning or middle of a word, and one that you use ONLY at the END of a word. Why? That’s like asking why we have upper case and lower case letters in English! Hebrew words that begin with Kaf include:

1 There are no Hebrew words that start with Chaf but you will read the letter sometimes because of the way letters and vowels work together in Hebrew.

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ָכּ ָנִרית Kanarit

ַכּב ִלים K’valim2

And how does that Final Chaf work? Here are a to you) and) ַלְך couple of examples – the words Lach .shoelace) both end in Final Chaf) שׂרוְֹך S’roch

2 K’valim also means cable TV, so the next time you’re in Israel, you can ask an Israeli student if they saw the new series bich’valim (on cable in action, switching from כ TV). And guess what? – You just saw Chaf .because of the letter’s position in a word כ to a Chaf כּ a Kaf

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How to write a Chaf?

A Chaf looks like this:

A Kaf looks like this:

This is how you write it:

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Ending Chaf or Chaf Sofit looks like this:

Ending Chaf or Chaf Sofit is written like this:

Practice writing Chaf. Start by repeating line number one, then the second line lastly the last line.

Can you write Chafs with no help? Show your Chafs below:

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Color the Kafs

Color the Chafs

Color the Final Chafs

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Circle the Kafs

Find the Chafs

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Find the Final Chafs ְך כ ן ש פ צ ר ק נ ְך ד ג ל ע י מ ן ְך ר ק ְך א ז ח

Writing Practice The Hebrew word for jug or pitcher is Kad. Fill in the missing letter below.

___ד

There’s an Israeli Chanuka song about a Kad (oil jug) called Kad Katan (Little Jug).

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Here’s a link to the song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGctOa_HmHk

Reading Practice Read the following words out loud 1. ָיד ַחג

2. ָדג ַלְך

3. ָאב ָכּד 4. ַגב

ָכּל - We’ve reached the end of this unit and you are !Kol-Yachol! That means, You Can Do It All ָיכוֹל Keep up the great work!!

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The Hebrew word for “all” So ָ.כּל or “every” is Kol why is there an “ah” vowel under the letter Kaf? Don’t worry about that for now. Instead, think about this famous Hebrew expression: ָכּל ִי ְשׂ ָר ֵאל ָﬠ ַר ִבים ֶזה ְל ֶזה Kol Yisrael Aravim Zeh l’Zeh (Jews are responsible for each other).

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ִמילוֹן - Dictionary א Father ָאב Brother ָאח Fireplace ָאח But ַאְך Nose ַאף

בּ At the/In the/On the ַבּ Came ָבּא Fabric, Cloth ַבּד

ג Back ַגב Roof ַגג Wave ַגל Too, also ָגם

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Park ַגן (Touch! (Command ָגע Lived ָגר (Approach/Present (Command ָגשׁ

ד Fish ָדג Blood ַדם Page ַדף

ה The ַה Mountain ַהר

ו Hook ָוו

ז Moved ַזז

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ח Holiday ַחג Hot ַחם Felt ָחשׁ

ט (Flew (plane ָטס

י Hand ָיד Sea ָים

כּ Here ָכּאן Jug/Pitcher ָכּד

ל ...To the ַל

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Stayed ָלן

 ָ Wanderedד ָ Restedח ָ Sleptם

ס Basket ַסל

ע Until ַעד On ַעל People, Nation ַעם (”Fly (bird), Scram/Get Out (as in, “I’m outta here ָעף

פּ Pug ָפּאג Wastebasket ָפּח

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Stripe ַפּס

פ Fudge ַפאדג'

צ Turtle ָצב Side ַצד Fasted ָצם Floated ָצף Narrow ַצר

ק Line ַקו Easy ַקל Got up, Woke up ָקם Cold ַק ר

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Quarreled ָרב Rabbi ַרב Soft ַרְך Bad ַרע Ran ָרץ Only ַרק

שׁ Returned ָשׁב Sailed ָשׁט (”There (as in “Over there ַשׁם Sang ָשׁר

שׂ Put ָשׂם

תּ/ת Tag ָתּג Innocent, Simple ָתּם

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Ended ָתּם