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HEBREW WRITING STYLES
- There are four major writing
styles in Hebrew: Torah
Style, which is called "Stam."
- This is an abbreviation of
the three uses of this style: 1. Torah books, (Sefarim) 2. Tefilin
- 3. Mezzuzot.
Mezzuzot is the plural of Mezzuzah.
- Religious Style, which is found in Jewish prayer books, ketuba
and other
- documents of religious character
such as marriage certificates, invitations etc.
- Modern Print
Style, which is vastly used for all
modern Hebrew communication
- purposes such as books, letters,
official documents, software and multimedia.
- Modern Cursive
Style, which is the handwritten style
in Israel and across the Jewish world.
Four letters: "Alef," "Hey,"
"Vav," and "Yood" (see HEBREW
ALPHABET) of Hebrew are also used as vowels in modern Hebrew.
There is ample use for these letters since books, newspapers,
personal letters, notes and formal documents are written without
vowel marks. Vowels are used mostly by students in early stages
of learning Hebrew. Some forms of writing, such as poetry, use
vowel marks. Also, prayer Books and Biblical texts are always
printed with vowel marks. Since Biblical texts and "Sidurim"
(prayer books) use archaic words, all Hebrew print editions of
the Bible and the Sidurim use vowels in order to make reading
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- BIBLICAL
HEBREW
- Found in Torah books,
Tefilin & Mezzuzot
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- RELIGIOUS
STYLE
- Found mainly in prayer
books & ketubah
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- MODERN
HEBREW
- Found in all modern
texts
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- MODERN
CURSIVE HEBREW
- The writing script
style
- Click here to see the cursive style
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