Did you know that the ancient scrolls of the Torah don’t contain any vowels? Unlike English, where vowels are explicitly represented as letters (A, E, I, O, U) and are fundamental to every word, ...

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The Ivrit magazine is for people with basic reading abilities in Hebrew who want to improve their knowledge of the language. The Ivrit magazine is for people with basic reading abilities in Hebrew who ...

On January 21, 2018, Bible Scholar Nehemia Gordon and his team of researchers discovered the 1,000th Hebrew Bible manuscript containing the original name of God in Hebrew with vowels. For two hundred ...

Although yod is the smallest Hebrew letter (similar to the Greek iota ı),** its ancient form was much larger, looking more like yad “hand” (from shoulder to middle finger). It is the most frequent ...

In this painting by English artist William Hole (1846-1917) the Masoretes are depicted working on an authoritative text of the Old Testament in the city of Tiberias on the western shore of the Sea of ...

Some Seders focus on the plot of the Haggadah — the hunger-fueled journey to Egypt, the 400 years of ensuing enslavement, the long and brutal struggle against Pharaoh’s cruelty and, at last, the ...