Living Torah Archives

The Lubavitcher Rebbes were emphatic that children be taught the Hebrew letters and vowels separately, and only afterwards how to pronounce them together — for example, to recite: "Kumatz-Alef — Uh". Each individual letter, vowel and sound was given at Sinai, and therefore, each must be articulated in its own right.

Dr. Bunim Weinbaum used to tutor Hebrew reading on the side. Here, he recalls how the Rebbe led him to turn a “side-job” into nothing short of an educational revolution.