If I can pronounce the Hebrew, do I need to understand it?

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Responsa Radio
If I can pronounce the Hebrew, do I need to understand it?
Dec 05, 2019
Hadar Institute

This week on Responsa Radio: I’m learning Hebrew, and loving it. But I’m stuck when it comes to praying from the siddur–it takes forever! Which is more important: reading the prayers in their original language, or reading them in a language I actually understand?

This episode first appeared on Jewish Public Media.

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