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Looking for a good Hebrew book?
Not only the language of the Jews (though over the centuries Jews
have spoken nearly every other language, and developed other Jewish languages,
too - Yiddish,
Ladino, and more), Hebrew is also
a synonym for Jew, though that's less a common usage in America than it once was.
Hebrew is part of our very essence - Abraham was the first Hebrew.
Hebrew - the language of business?
Even as Jews spoke other languages in the lands of the Diaspora, the prayers
of all Jews were - until very recently - always in
Hebrew. Jews writing to Jews in other countries would write in Hebrew,
whether for rabbinic or mercantile correspondence. This had practical
implications in the development of halacha, because local rabbis who
faced difficult halachic questions could write to rabbinic authorities in other
lands. And they in turn could consult the responsa of the rabbinic
decisors who had come before them in various times and places - all because of
the common use of Hebrew.
Not only is the liturgy in Hebrew, but so are most rabbinic
commentaries and other works. (The Talmud is mostly
Aramaic, yet later commentaries stick to
Hebrew.)
Modern Hebrew was revived as a language through the legendary efforts of
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and those who followed him in adding new words for modern
things and concepts. If you know modern Hebrew as spoken in
Israel today, you can read the
Bible
in Hebrew, with less difficulty than a modern English reader has with
Shakespeare. It's very much the same language, just modernized. Well, the
grammar is a bit changed, so you'll note below that there are separate books on
Biblical and modern Hebrew grammar. But really, it's the same language, and
certainly Biblical and modern Hebrew are a lot closer than, say English of today
with whatever people spoke in the British Isles 2000 years ago!
Here are computer programs and other goodies to help you learn Hebrew, type
in Hebrew, translate from Hebrew to English, scan Hebrew text using OCR, and
even Hebrew stickers for your keyboard. Some are available from Amazon, and we
bring you others from our affiliate
jewishsoftware.com.
Dagesh Pro - Worlds #1 Hebrew-English Word Processor
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Rosetta Stone Hebrew Explorer |
Learn Hebrew Now! 9.0 |
Rosetta Stone Hebrew Personal Edition Level 1 |
Talk Now! Hebrew |
World Talk Hebrew |
Speak Hebrew! (Jewel Case) |
Vocabulary Builder Hebrew |
LEARN HEBREW NOW! |
Ectaco EH200D English/Hebrew Electronic Dictionary |
Learn Hebrew Bundle: Alef to Tav, Alef Bet Word Book, EZ Hebrew Phrases
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Instant Immersion Hebrew
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Smart Start - Hebrew
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It's Time to Learn Alef Bet
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E-Z Hebrew Phrases
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Artscroll Alef Bet Word Book
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Artscroll Alef to Tav
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Hebrew Tutor
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KidSpeak 6 Languages - Including Hebrew!
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Instant Immersion Hebrew (Jewel Case) |
Auto Nikud Plus
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Touch Typing Now - Dual Language Professional Typing Tutor
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Keyboard Melamed - Learn to Type Hebrew like an Israeli
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Dagesh Translator Professional - A Full Document Bi-Directional Translating System
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TarguNet - Realtime Internet Web-Page Translator
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Jerusalem Dictionary - English-Hebrew Dictionary, Thesaurus,
Spell-Checker, Translator, and Verb Conjugator
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GoldWord Personal Edition - Write, Translate & Send Email to
anywhere in English & Hebrew!
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Dagesh Pro OCR - The Affordable, Accurate, English-Hebrew OCR Solution
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Dagesh Pro OCR Plus Dagesh Pro Bundle - The Affordable, Accurate, English-Hebrew OCR Solution
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Ligature - Premium OCR Software - Full-featured standalone English-Hebrew OCR
program
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Dagesh Xtras - 150 Hebrew Fonts
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Font Studio - 59 TrueType Hebrew Designer Fonts
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Font Studio Mac
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Hebrew Speaking Dictionizer - Hebrew Speaking Hand-Held Electronic
Dictionary and Organizer
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Hand-Held English<->Hebrew with
Speech - English<->Hebrew Talking Touch-Screen Dictionary with 128K
Bilingual Business Organizer
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Quicktionary II - English-Hebrew Translator - Optical Reading English-Hebrew Translator
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Hand-Held English-Hebrew - English-Hebrew Dictionary With 128k
Bilingual Business Organizer
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English-Hebrew Keyboard for PC Computers
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Keyboard Stickers - Black Hebrew Letters
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Keyboard Stickers - Silver Hebrew Letters
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More Hebrew software
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Here are books on Hebrew for scholars (especially Biblical Hebrew), Hebrew
dictionaries, books on the mystical significance of the Hebrew letters, books
for children to learn Hebrew, books for adults doing the same, books on Hebrew
calligraphy, Hebrew grammar, Hebrew as a source for English, and even Hebrew
names for young-Hebrews-to-be.
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