More Letters, More Vowels

THE LETTER ח

The letter ח ( Chet ) makes a "ch" sound, just like כ (chaf). Although they look different and have a different name, how great is it that they make the same sound! There are lots of great ח (chet) words. Here are the ones we learned.

Challah חַלָּה

Milk Cha-lav חָלָב

Cat Cha-tool חָתוּל

Life Cha-yeem חַיִּים

Window Cha-lohn חַלּוֹן

Hot Cham חַם

Chanukiah Cha-nu-key-ah חֲנֻכִּיָּה

THE LETTER ט

The letter ט (tet) makes a "t" sound. As we have ת (tav) that makes the same sound, here is how we remember which is which.These little stories are very important when it comes to our sound alike letters.

                                                              ט Tet has a tear

but

ת Tav has a tail

Here are some words we learned that start with a ט 

Phone Tel-eh-phone טֶלֶפוֹן

Hike Tee-ul טִיּוּל

Ring Ta-ba-at טַבַּעַת

Good Tov טוֹב

Tallit Ta-leet טַלִּית

Nature Teh-va טֶבַע

Tennis Teh-nees טֶנִיס

A NEW VOWEL

I am excited to announce we have officially added a new vowel to our growing Hebrew knowledge.  This new vowel makes an "O" sound and its dot can be found Over its body.  Get it, OVER. 😊

It also has special super powers that can make its body invisible.  If the body disappears but the dot is over a letter we still say "O",  

Here is an example :   לֹא The body is gone, but the dot is still over. In this case, it's with a lamed so we would read this as LO.

Points of Pride:

I am so very proud of the leadership that גן (Kindergarten) showed in both Kabbalat Shabbat, as well as their Seders.  As is often the case, the process in some ways becomes even more special than the final product.  Each child was engaged in preparing to lead Kabbalat Shabbat as well as in learning the Passover story / traditions.