Alef Booklet – Unit III - Temple Rodef Shalom · Alef booklet/ Unit III 3 A letter to students Welcome Back Students, Congratulations again! Now you know the first seven letters

Alef booklet/ Unit III

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Hebrew In Action! Alef Booklet – Unit III

Copyright © 2013 by Lee Walzer

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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.

ה ו ז ח ט ד א ב ב גTet

Chet Zayin Vav Hay Daled Gimmel Vet Bet Alef

ם נ ן ס מ ל ך י כ כSamech

Final Nun

Nun Final Mem

Mem Lamed Final Chaf

Khaf Kaf Yud

ק ר ש ש ץ צ ף ע פ פSin

Shin Resh Koof Final Tzadi

Tzadi Final Fay

Fay Pay Ayin

ת 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

DICTIONARY - 27 ..................................................................................................... מילון


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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

כ כ ך

Final Chaf Chaf Kaf

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

Rega! !רק רגע

Why are there 6 letters, rather than 4?


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

Chet.

The Letter Chet

The letter Chet ח sounds like the last sound when

you taste something you don’t like and you say,

"Blech!"

A word that start with Chet is

Chanukiya

חנוכיה


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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

Avi and Rachel were talking about their favorite חג. Rachel said that Rosh Ha-Shana ראש השנה was her


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favorite חג. Avi said that Sukkot סוכות was his favorite חג. Shoshana heard their conversation and came over. She said that Chanuka חנוכה was her favorite חג.

Question: What does חג mean? _____________

In a Jewish wedding, the couple gets married under a

chupa חופה, a wedding canopy.

Do you think that the chupa in the

photo looks like the letter Chet ח?

Explain and draw how so.


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The Letter Tet

The letter Tet ט makes the T sound, like in the

Hebrew words:

Televiziya

טלויזיה

Traktor טרקטור

Tablet טאבלט

How to write a Tet?

A Tet looks like this:


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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

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

Hebrew words

Yo-yo יו-יו

Yisra’el ישראל

Yam

ים

How to write a Yod?

A Yod looks like this:


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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

The Hebrew word for “hand” is Yad יד. Fill in the 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

האב בא

דג באה


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Match the Word with its Picture

וו

ים

יו-יו

זברה

ישראל

טרקטור


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The letters Kaf-Chaf-Final Chaf

Kaf כ and Chaf כ make the K and Ch (like the

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

So, what’s with the Final Chaf ך? In Hebrew, 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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Kanarit

כנרית

K’valim2 כבלים

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

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 TV). And guess what? – You just saw Chaf כ in action, switching from a Kaf כ to a Chaf כ because of the letter’s position in a word.


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How to write a Chaf?

A Chaf looks like this:

A Kaf looks like this:



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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

יד חג1.

דג לך2.

אב כד3.

גב 4.

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


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The Hebrew word for “all” or “every” is Kol כל. So why is there an “ah” vowel under the letter Kaf?

Don’t worry about that for now. Instead, think about this famous Hebrew expression:

כל ישראל ערבים זה לזה

Kol Yisrael Aravim Zeh l’Zeh (Jews are responsible for each other).


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Dictionary - מילון

א

Father אב

Brother אח

Fireplace אח

But אך

אף Nose

ב

At the/In the/On the ב

Came בא

Fabric, Cloth בד

ג

Back גב

גג Roof

גל Wave

גם Too, also


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גן Park

גע Touch! (Command)

גר Lived

גש Approach/Present (Command)

ד

דג Fish

דם Blood

דף Page

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ה The

הר Mountain

ו

וו Hook

ז

זז Moved


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ח

חג Holiday

חם Hot

חש Felt

ט

טס Flew (plane)

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יד Hand

ים Sea

כ

כאן Here

כד Jug/Pitcher

ל

ל To the...


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לן Stayed

ד Wandered

ח Rested

ם Slept

ס

סל Basket

ע

עד Until

על On

People, Nation עם

עף Fly (bird), Scram/Get Out (as in, “I’m outta here”)

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פאג Pug

פח Wastebasket


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פס Stripe

פ

פאדג' Fudge

צ

צב Turtle

צד Side

צם Fasted

צף Floated

צר Narrow

ק

קו Line

Easy קל

קם Got up, Woke up

רק Cold

ר


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רב Quarreled

רב Rabbi

רך Soft

רע Bad

רץ Ran

רק Only

ש

שב Returned

שט Sailed

שם There (as in “Over there”)

שר Sang

ש

שם Put

ת/ת

תג Tag

תם Innocent, Simple


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תם Ended

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