Letter name: Hey

Sound it makes: H

Special feature(s): there are two separate parts

Hebrew words that feature the letter:

• Hayah (was/happened)
• Ha’olam (The World)
• aHavah (love)
• Hinei (Here)

Games to play:

• What are English words that begin with “h”?  What about some English words or names that end in “h”? (Cheetah, Sarah, Hannah, etc.)

A classic sound when doing karate is “hayah” the hey looks like it has been karate chopped.  Practice chopping through the hey while saying “hayah”!

Letter name: Tav

Sound it makes: T

Special feature(s): Tail on the bottom

Hebrew words that begin with letter:

• Torah
• aTah (you: masculine)
• Todah (“thank you”)
• Tashlich (when we throw the bread in the water to throw away the things we do not want in the New Year)

Games to play:

• What are English words that begin with “t”?
• Have every kid make a tail out of paper or fabric (or whatever you happen to have on hand.) Without their tails they can make any sound they want.  With their tails they can only make “t”!

Letter name: Lamed

Sound it makes: L

Special feature(s): Loooong top

Hebrew words that begin with letter:

• ELoheinu (our God)
• Lo (no—they rhyme)
• Lechem (bread)
• meLech (King)
• Lama (“why?” Plus it looks like a llama!)

Games to play:

• What are English words that begin with “L”?
• Play being a llama who says “lama?” all the time.  What would that look like?  How would that sound?