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 ===== Review ===== ===== Review =====
  
-Hebrew is written from Right to Left.+==== Last lesson we learned that.... ====
  
-There are 22 letters in the Hebrew Alef-Bet.+  * Hebrew is written from Right to Left.
  
-Seven of the letters can make plosive (stop) or fricative sounds.  The plosive version is marked by a dot in the middle of the letter called a **dagesh**.+  * There are 22 letters in the Hebrew Alef-Bet.
  
-Five of the letters have final forms that are used only at the ends of words.+  * Seven of the letters are called **double** letters because they make either **plosive** sounds (also called **stops**) or **fricative** sounds.  The plosive version of each is marked by a dot in the middle of the letter called a **dagesh**.  To remember these letters, say:  BiG'Dei KaPoReTh (<wrap :he>בִּגְדֵי־כַּפֹּרֶת</wrap>.)
  
-There are many styles of writing, ranging from ancient pictographs, up through formal book print, calligraphy, block letter writing, and cursive.+  * Five of the letters have final forms that are used only at the ends of words.
  
-There are different regional/cultural traditions regarding how to say the names of the letters and how to pronounce their sounds, as well as different systems that are used to transcribe words from Hebrew into our Latin Alphabet.+  * There are many styles of writing, ranging from ancient pictographs, up through formal book print, calligraphy, block letter writing, and cursive. 
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 +  * There are different regional/cultural traditions regarding how to say the names of the letters and how to pronounce their sounds, as well as different systems that are used to transcribe words from Hebrew into our Latin Alphabet.
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 (And, yes, I'm sneaking a couple of actual words into these early Alphabet lessons, because we will need them in order to talk about Syllables and Vowels in upcoming lessons.) (And, yes, I'm sneaking a couple of actual words into these early Alphabet lessons, because we will need them in order to talk about Syllables and Vowels in upcoming lessons.)
  
 +===== Exercises =====
  
 +Master the **[[Lesson 2 Flashcards]]** before you proceed to Lesson 3.
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