Do Jews HAVE TO learn Hebrew?

Answer 1

They don't have to, but most of them learn some of it because of Jewish traditions like Torah reading at Bar/Bat mitvahs, etc.

Answer 2

No, we don't "have to" learn Hebrew or Yiddish, but learning Hebrew, if it isn't your native language, fulfills a mitzvah (a commandment from G-d) for Jews. Judaism, and the Hebrew language that accompanies it, are over 5767 years old as of this year. It remains the oldest and longest continually-practiced religion and language on Earth.

We all know that translating from one language to another loses some meanings at times. I'm very proud to be able to read the Torah (what Christianity calls the old testament) in it's original language...and I assure you, it is VERY different from the English translation of the old testament.

Answer 3

no, but studying torah (which is written in hebrew) is a mitzvah, and so its generally considered a good thing to know hebrew. english translations are not the same as being able to read it in hebrew. as well, prayers, blessings, and synagogue services are all done in hebrew, and knowing hebrew makes that a lot easier as well.

Answer 4

I am pretty sure that some theological teachings are in Hebrew, which makes its learning both necessary and important.

Do Jews have to learn Yiddish?

Answer 5

getting to understand languages is demanding and time ingesting. to really be discovered in Christian scriptures, attempt to income Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic. yet traditionally, Latin, because the lingua franca of the Roman Empire, became the language of the Church. So Latin grew to develop into the most studied (also simplest to income). Likewise, the recent testomony became translated into Latin, and that grew to develop into the textual content to apply, even regardless of the reality that the unique became in Greek quite in many cases. So then Greek became 2d in importance hence, so that you may want to study the recent testomony interior the unique. and then third became Hebrew, yet because of a lot less emphasis on the former testomony, which became meant to were supplanted by technique of the recent testomony, Hebrew (and Aramaic) became the least major of the languages. It became nonetheless studied by technique of Christians, in basic terms no longer as a lot as Greek and Latin. i believe maximum Christian seminarians in recent times do want to take it slightly. maximum in common words ought to take Greek and Latin for a touch bit, too, except for Catholics.

Answer 6

Not unless you plan on reading the Fantastic 4 at your Mitzvah instead of the Torah.


A better question... where is the best place to get boiled shrimp in Tel Aviv?

Answer 7

Well I dont think they have to but people say that you need to read its holy book in Hebrew to fully understand it.

Answer 8

No, just certain prayers, in Hebrew.

Answer 9

Most of them do, because it's their Mother tongue, you see!?!?

Though many American Jews that I know can't speak their Mother tongue too well, they do really learn it, because, like I said before, it's their Mother Tongue!?!?

Quite a few speak Yiddish, a German mixed version, too!?!?

Answer 10

Do mex's have to learn spanish? Heck no!