The Rosen School of Hebrew Blog

One of the amazing things in the Hebrew Language is the usage of the letters in order to create abbreviations or initials. Today we are going to learn from the words of…

The Hebrew letter Heh, or Hey (האות ה), is the 5th Letter of the Hebrew Alphabet. It also represents the number five.   There is a special significance of the letter Heh…

Hebrew is a member of the Canaanite group of Semitic languages. It was the language of the early Jews, but from 586 BC it started to be replaced by Aramaic.   By…

The Hebrew alphabet has 22 letters. Five Hebrew letters are formed differently when they appear as the last letter of a word. These forms are called “sofit”(final) forms. The five letters sound…

If you ever heard about someone that insulted another person and wonder how it is called in Hebrew, the expression is called “Halbanat Panim”( הַלְבָּנַת פָּנִים). The Literal meaning of this expression…

One of the most infamous translation errors of all time was made in Hebrew.  The Latin Vulgate translation of the biblical text of Exodus 34:29 by Saint Jerome states:  “And when Moses…

One of the best ways to learn Hebrew with us is to make your studies a regular part of your life. Many people enjoy quizzes, especially if they are related to elements…

The Final Solution (Hebrew: הפתרון הסופי) was a term used to describe the Nazi Germany’s plan to solve “the Jewish problem”. In 1941, the plan has begun. All Jews in Germany and…

Many rescuers helped Jews get out of a zone of special danger in order to escape to a less dangerous location. Many parents were faced with agonizing dilemmas to separate from their…

In a world of total moral collapse there was a small minority who mustered extraordinary courage to save human lives. These were the Righteous Among the Nations…   Righteous among the Nations…