ReadWriteHebrew

Learn to read and write Hebrew. Print and cursive.

A few minutes a day. A picture story makes each letter stick, you trace it with your finger, and a quick test makes sure it lasts.

Learn your first letter How it works

In your browser, on any phone or computer. No account needed.

An acrobat leaping over a big blue Alef while a little cat cheers

Every letter, three ways

Most apps teach only the print you see in books. Israelis write in cursive, so you learn both: to read signs and books, and to write notes like a local.

In books

The print on signs, menus, books and screens

Hand print

The same shape, written in a few simple strokes

Cursive

How Israelis actually write by hand

How a lesson works

One letter a day, about four minutes. Small enough to never skip.

An acrobat doing a cartwheel along a big blue Alef

1 · Remember it

A picture story for every letter

Alef is an acrobat mid-cartwheel, holding its breath: it makes no sound of its own. Stories like this make a shape stick the first time.

2 · Trace it

Write it with your finger

Watch each stroke, then trace it in print and in cursive. If a stroke goes the wrong way, you see exactly how to fix it.

A little cat curled in the curve of a cursive Alef

3 · Prove it

A quick test that sticks

Find it in real words, write it from memory, say its name. Anything you miss comes back until it is yours.

Who it's for

Bar and Bat Mitzvah

Solid letters and vowels, a few minutes a day, so reading from the siddur feels natural.

Practice next to a course

Taking an ulpan or an online course? This is the daily reading and writing practice that goes with it.

Moving to Israel

Getting ready for aliyah? Read street signs, forms and menus, and write a note in cursive, before you land.

New letters are on the way

Alef is ready now. Bet, Gimel, Dalet and Hey come next, with your first real words. Get a short note when they land.

We'll only use your email to tell you about new letters.

Questions

Do I need to know any Hebrew?

No. You start from the very first letter, Alef.

Is there an iPhone app?

It works in your phone's browser today. The iPhone app is on the way.