About Hebrew

Shiurim/Lectures about Lashon HaKodesh (Hebrew language) and Aramaic:

• Introduction to Jewish Languages (Part I / Part II) - This 2-part lecture explains the Jewish People's connection to various languages including Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Persian, Yiddish, Judeo-Arabic, Ladino, and Modern Hebrew. (JInternship, March 2020).

• Holy Land and Holy Language - This lecture (delivered in Yeshivas Mir) explores the esoteric connections between the Holy Land (i.e. The Land of Israel) and the Holy Tongue (i.e. the Hebrew Language).

• The Sacred Bond between Eretz HaKodesh and Lashon HaKodesh - This lecture was the 2020 Avraham Tzvi Wertenteil Memorial Lecture for the Beit Chatam – Center for Torah and Jewish Studies in Rechovot. The lecture highlights various ways in which the connection between the Holy Land (Israel) and the Holy Language (Hebrew) in seen throughout the Book of Bereishis, and then it offers a definition of kedushah ("holiness") as it applies to those two sacred elements. 

• The Universal Appeal of Aramaic - This lecture was delivered on June 10, 2018 at the Chatam Center for Torah and Judaic Studies in Rechovot.

• Is Aramaic Good or Bad? - This lecture addresses an inconsistency in Rabbinic thought as to whether the Aramaic language is viewed positively or negatively.

• Introduction to Hebrew Archeology - This lecture introduces various significant epigraphical finds written in the Hebrew language and also discusses the switch from the old Hebrew script (Ivri) to the new Hebrew script (Ashuri). A video version of an early permutation of this lecture is available here.