The Hebrew language is the language of the Torah, as well as the language of our prayers and also the spoken language in the State of Israel. As Hebrew is such a seam through our history and culture, we provide many ways of learning the language.
Our Hebrew groups do their best to accommodate all levels and we are proud that our students tell us that they are characterised by being welcoming and friendly.
Post Or Chadash Sessions on Wednesday Evenings
- 7:45-8:00pm after Or Chadash Classes
- No charge for members or those "attached" to members, but for others the charge is £80 per term. There’s no formal commitment, so sometimes members join, and people drop in and drop out.
- There is no need to register- but you need to be in touch with Yael Roberts (Director or Community and Education), Rabbi Benji or a member of our professional staff in order to join one of our groups.
Modern Hebrew on Monday Evenings
- 7:00-80:00pm at Kent House
- The class will teach you to speak modern Hebrew, taught by Eyal Arad.
- The fee is £100 per term. You sign up by term and can book the whole year now, or add throughout the year. Click here to sign up.
Online Hebrew learning
- This is a course of 11 tutorial videos through which students of all ages learn to read the Alef Bet.
- A tried and tested methodology based on learning Hebrew letters as pictograms that we have seen works for children and adults.
- We've had students conquer reading in a month, while for others it really hasn't floated their boat.
- The website is here: http://rosenwasser.co.uk/
- We invite students to take the free trial lesson, and then if they like it they can let us know and we can help them to purchase a 3 month license for £20 (which is a discounted rate for our Synagogue).
- This is a considerably more economical way of learning Hebrew than sitting down with a tutor.
As with all of our activities, we would never want financial reasons to be a barrier to participating in learning. Please speak to Yael Roberts or Rabbi Benji in strictest confidence if financial concerns are stopping you from accessing one of our courses.
For more information on any of these classes, please contact Yael Roberts at the Synagogue office yael@westminstersynagogue.org.
