When ideas fail, words come in very handy (Goethe)

Did you know? That:

Hebrew is written from right to left.

The original Hebrew script developed alongside others in the region during the course of the late second and first millennia BCE; it is closely related to the Phoenician script, which itself probably gave rise to the use of alphabetic writing in Greece (Greek). It is sometimes claimed that around the 10th century BCE, a distinct Hebrew variant, the original “Hebrew script” (”Ktav Ivri”), emerged, which was widely used in the ancient kingdoms of Israel and until they fell in the 8th. and 6th. centuries BCE (taken from: Wikipedia).

There are 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet, amongst which 5 are written differently when they appear at the end of a word (then called “final letters”).

The Hebrew alphabet has no vowels (!!!). When learning Hebrew, in order to acquire the right pronunciation, one is introduced to a system of dots and dashes called nikkud (points). Most of these points (nikkud) indicate vowels. 

Most texts in Hebrew are not written with vowels, as when you know the language vowels are not needed in order to read a text. When a certain text does include nikkud it is called “pointed text” (e.g. children’s books).

Each letter in the Hebrew alphabet has a numerical value. Final letters have the same value as their non-final counterparts. The numerical value of a word is determined by adding up the values of each letter.

Gematria is an entire discipline of Jewish mysticism that is devoted to finding hidden meanings in the numerical values of words. For example, the numerical value of the word “Chai”, meaning life, is 18. This is very significant; therefore you should bear in mind that if you wish to donate to Jewish charities it is common that the donation is made in denominations of 18. (i.e. 18, 36, 180)…

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