1. Modern Hebrew is written from right to left using the Hebrew alphabet, which is an abjad, or consonant-only script of 22 letters.

2. The ancient paleo-Hebrew alphabet is similar to those used for Canaanite and Phoenician.

3. Modern scripts are based on the "square" letter form, known as Ashurit (Assyrian), which was developed from the Aramaic script.

4. A cursive Hebrew script is used in handwriting: the letters tend to be more circular in form when written in cursive, and sometimes vary markedly from their printed equivalents.

5. The medieval version of the cursive script forms the basis of another style, known as Rashi script.

6. When necessary, vowels are indicated by diacritic marks above or below the letter representing the syllabic onset, or by use of matres lectionis, which are consonantal letters used as vowels.

7. Further diacritics are used to indicate variations in the pronunciation of the consonants (e.g. bet/vet, shin/sin) and, in some contexts, to indicate the punctuation, accentuation and musical rendition of Biblical text.

More: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/hebrew.htm

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Writing

כתיבה

Ancient

עתיק

Circular

עגול

מרובע

Vowels

תנועות

Pronunciation

ביטוי

Script

כתב

Ashkenazi Hebrew, originating in Central and Eastern Europe, is still widely used in Ashkenazi Jewish religious services and studies in Israel and abroad, particularly in the Haredi and other Orthodox communities. It was influenced by the Yiddish language.

Sephardi Hebrew is the traditional pronunciation of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews and Sephardi Jews in the countries of the former Ottoman Empire. This pronunciation, in the form used by the Jerusalem Sephardic community, is the basis of the Hebrew phonology of Israeli native speakers. It was influenced by the Judezmo language.

Mizrahi (Oriental) Hebrew is actually a collection of dialects spoken liturgically by Jews in various parts of the Arab and Islamic world. It was possibly influenced by the Aramaic and Arabic languages, and in some cases by Sephardi Hebrew, although some linguists maintain that it is the direct heir of Biblical Hebrew and thus represents the true dialect of Hebrew. The same claim is sometimes made for Yemenite Hebrew or Temanit, which differs from other Mizrahi dialects by having a radically different vowel system, and distinguishing between different diacritically marked consonants that are pronounced identically in other dialects (for example gimel and "ghimel".)

These pronunciations are still used in synagogue ritual and religious study, in Israel and elsewhere, mostly by people who are not native speakers of Hebrew, though some traditionalist Israelis are bi-dialectal.

Many synagogues in the diaspora, even though Ashkenazi by rite and by ethnic composition, have adopted the "Sephardic" pronunciation in deference to Israeli Hebrew. However, in many British and American schools and synagogues, this pronunciation retains several elements of its Ashkenazi substrate, especially the distinction between tsere and segol.

More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language

פולחני

השפעה

Dialect

ניב

גולה

להבחין

Vowel

תנועה

עיצור

Prohibited  – אסור

בישראל אסור למכור אלכוהול לילדים מתחת לגיל 18

Selling alcohol to minors is prohibited

העישון אסור

Smoking is prohibited

הכניסה אסורה

No Entrance

אסור להשתמש בטלפון סלולארי בבתי חולים

Use of mobile phones is prohibited in hospitals

אסור להתחתן בישראל מתחת לגיל 17

In Israel Marriage is prohibited under the age of seventeen

Allowed – מותר

בישראל מותר לנהוג מגיל 17

In Israel it is you may drive if you are of age seventeen and up

בישראל מותר לקנות סיגריות מגיל 18

In Israel buying tobacco products is allowed over the age of 18

מותר ליהודים לעלות למדינת ישראל

Making Aliyah is allowed to all Jews

מותר בישראל להחזיק ביותר מאזרחות אחת

In Israel it is permitted to have more than one nationality.

בישראל מותר להעסיק עובדים בגיל 14 ומעלה.

In Israel it is permitted to hire employees over the age of fourteen.