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Read the Friday Night Table in Hebrew: Candle Lighting, Kiddush, Hamotzi, Birkat Hamazon and Havdalah with Transliteration and English Translation, Line by Line, for Adult Beginners
The blessings of the Shabbat table. Read them in Hebrew.
Now with free audio: scan the QR code inside and hear every blessing, line by line, in Israeli Hebrew.
You can sound out Hebrew with vowels, slowly. This workbook turns that skill into something you will use every week: lighting the candles, following Kiddush, joining in Shalom Aleichem and Eshet Chayil, saying Hamotzi, and finding your place in Grace after Meals and Havdalah.
Inside you will find:
- Eleven texts of the Shabbat table, from candle lighting on Friday to Havdalah on Saturday night, in the order they are said
- Every text three times: on its own in large letters, the way it appears in a prayer book; line by line, with the sound of every word in English letters and a plain translation; and again without help
- The ten words that open every blessing, and the nine endings that tell you what each blessing is for
- Key words for every text, matching exercises, review pages and a glossary of every word taught
- A take-to-the-table section with all the texts in Hebrew only, so you can read from this book on Friday night
The texts follow the traditional Ashkenazi prayer book. Biblical passages follow the vocalized Masoretic text.
Hear every blessing
Scan the QR code on page 3 with your phone camera, choose the text you are learning, and hear it line by line, together with every key word. The lines are read clearly, not sung, so you can hear every word. Listen, then read the line yourself; by Friday night it will sound familiar. You can slow the playback down. No app, no sign-up, nothing to pay: it works in any phone browser.
This book is for adult beginners who can already read Hebrew with vowels, slowly. If you are starting from the letters, begin with the first two books in this series: Hebrew Alphabet Writing Workbook and Hebrew Reading Practice Workbook.
Created in Israel, where these blessings are said at tables every Friday night. Every Hebrew line in the book was checked against its source text and read by a native Hebrew speaker.
Large 8.5 x 11 inch format.
Made by a small independent studio in Israel. Your purchase supports Israeli creators directly.
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