How much important the Hebrew / Ivrit language for a Jewish boy apart the other languages he knows ?

Question

The importance of Hebrew language for a Jewish boy and its learning .
Please guide me in this concern.

Answer 1

I'd say very important. It enables you to read the Torah on your own, and also to be called to the Torah during services (assuming that you've already been bar mitzvah'd.) It also helps you study other Jewish texts, and helps connect you to the Jewish people as a whole.

And it never hurts to actually be able to read the siddur and understand what you're saying :)

Answer 2

It's VERY important. The kids in my neighborhood speak Hebrew fluently from a very early age. They can't study without it, after all--and for an Orthodox Jewish man, to live is to study Torah.

Typically, formal learning starts at age three--although in practice, most of these kids have been hearing Hebrew from Day One. When a boy turns three, though, he has his first haircut, and his first formal learning of Torah. The experience is supposed to be a sweet one--the parents often have a party, and the child is given tastes of honey or candy as he begins to learn.

Answer 3

All our prayers are in Hebrew and the Torah, Talmud, commentaries, etc... are in Hebrew. While one may pray in a language other than Hebrew, our sages of the Great Assembly who authored our prayers put in deeper meanings and "power" in the prayers in Hebrew as we have them. In short, Hebrew is quite important for a relligious Jew.

Answer 4

essential -- it is the language of prayer and study. while one can communicate in prayerful terms in any language, or read texts in translations, the hebrew language is more than just words -- it is a key to creation.

Answer 5

Very important thing to do !!! It can draw you closer to God !!!

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