Hebrew by Inbal

Hello & Shalom! Welcome to Hebrew by Inbal

My name is Inbal Amit, and I help English Speakers Learn and Love Hebrew.

Combining practical and innovative methods including the English you know, my students of all ages enjoy great wins, clarity, and confidence in their journey to Hebrew fluency.

My resources are packed with all that good stuff! Click the link to see all that I have to offer.

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Welcome my Friend!

Going to Israel? Do not get on that plane without these. ✈️🇮🇱

Yes, you can get by with English in Israel. But there is a moment that changes everything, when you say a few words in Hebrew and watch the person in front of you light up. Suddenly you are not a tourist being served. You are a guest being welcomed.

It is live right now, and it is yours. The exact phrases to make that happen. Not textbook translations. The real ones Israelis actually use, chosen to keep you clear and confident whether you are asking for directions, ordering, shopping, or finding your way to the Kotel.

And here is my favorite part: I picked phrases that skip gender forms entirely, so you never have to stop and wonder which version to use. Just say it and be understood.

Go read it, save it, and take it with you. 👇

https://open.substack.com/pub/hebrewbyinbal/p/learn-essential-hebrew-travel-phrases?r=2at7n8&utm_medium=ios

Your trip is about to get so much better. 🧳💙

Going to Israel? Do not get on that plane without these. ✈️🇮🇱

Yes, you can get by with English in Israel. But there is a moment that changes everything, when you say a few words in Hebrew and watch the person in front of you light up. Suddenly you are not a tourist being served. You are a guest being welcomed.

Tomorrow morning I am handing you the exact phrases to make that happen. Not textbook translations. The real ones Israelis actually use, chosen to keep you clear and confident whether you are asking for directions, ordering, shopping, or finding your way to the Kotel.

And here is my favorite part: I picked phrases that skip gender forms entirely, so you never have to stop and wonder which version to use. Just say it and be understood.

It drops tomorrow, Monday at 8:00am. Subscribe now so it is waiting in your inbox before you pack. 👇

https://substack.com/@hebrewbyinbal

Your trip is about to get so much better. 🧳💙

It’s Live!

What is it actually like to vote in an Israeli election? 🗳️🇮🇱

Not the headlines. Not the analysis. The real thing. The paper slips, the blue envelope, the little booth, the walk to the polling station in your neighborhood. It works nothing like it does in America, and most people outside Israel have never seen it.

I am taking you inside the whole experience from a voter’s point of view, with the Hebrew you would actually hear and use along the way.

Democracy in Hebrew, from the inside out.

Head here 👇

Tomorrow (Sunday) at 12pm EST, I am taking you inside the whole experience from a voter’s point of view, with the Hebrew you would actually hear and use along the way.

Democracy in Hebrew, from the inside out.

Not subscribed yet? Fix that now so it lands the moment it drops. Search “Hebrew by Inbal” on YouTube or click the link

I received this comment and it stopped me in my tracks. ❤️

Because this is exactly why I teach Hebrew.

Hebrew is not simply a language to memorize. It is a living thread connecting people to stories, prayers, family, history, culture, and generations of people who spoke these same words before us.

When someone tells me that learning Hebrew helped them feel connected to something deeper, I am reminded that what I do is about so much more than vocabulary and grammar. It is about opening a door.

And that door is available to you, too.

You do not need to know where to begin. You do not need to be “good at languages.” You simply need to take the first step and allow yourself to discover what Hebrew can unlock for you.

Every word you learn becomes part of your connection.

Shabbat Shalom Friends 🕯️🕯️

This marks the 49th Shabbat in a row that I’ve had the privilege of sharing your beautiful photos and messages in response to my weekly Shabbat greeting. What began as a simple post has grown into something far more meaningful than I ever imagined.

And here is what moves me most about it. Not everyone in this community observes Shabbat. Some of you light candles every Friday night as your family has for generations. Some of you come from a different faith entirely. Some of you are simply here for the language, or the culture, or because something in this corner of the internet feels like a good place to land at the end of a long week. And every single one of you belongs here.

Week after week, you bring light, warmth, and connection into this space. Seeing the images you share, whether candles, tables, family moments, or quiet reflections, has turned this into a truly special tradition for our community.

What started as a collection of lovely photos has become something deeper. Many of you now share glimpses of how rest and peace live inside your homes and hearts, whatever that looks like for you, and it is incredibly moving to witness those moments. It fills me with gratitude every single week.

Because that is the thing about a day of rest. You do not have to observe it the way I do to need it. Everyone deserves a pause. Everyone deserves one day where the world stops asking things of them.

Reading your comments has become one of my favorite ways to welcome Shabbat. If I ever miss responding, please know it’s never intentional, sometimes comments get hidden but I always see the spirit behind them and feel connected to each of you on this day 💙

Wishing all of you a peaceful and meaningful Shabbat, and to those who do not observe, simply a beautiful, restful weekend.

You give me the gift of sharing my passion for teaching Hebrew, and my faith, with a community that welcomes both. That is rarer than you know, and I do not take it for granted.

My friend Sergio DeSoto made this for me and I have not stopped smiling. Inbal the Explorer, backpack on, Hebrew 1 in hand, ready to head off into the wild in search of adventure.

He captured something true. That is exactly what learning Hebrew feels like. You set off down a path you have never walked, you do not know what is around the bend, and you carry one good guide with you. Every new word is a discovery. Every sentence is another mile down the trail.

Thank you, Sergio. This made my whole week. Go follow him on Substack, https://substack.com/@mrdesoto and follow me there as well https://substack.com/@hebrewbyinbal

A woman in New Jersey reached out to me this week and we sat down for virtual coffee. She found me because an Israeli friend of hers sent her one of my videos.

Follow that path for a second. It left from me here in the US. It went to Israel. It came back here.

She is a businesswoman like me, launching her beauty line in Israel, running her busy life with her heart pointed at that country.

We talked the way you talk with someone whose brain is wired the same as yours. Two women building across an ocean. Deeply connected to who we are and who we want to be. Both of us with our real life in one country and something essential in another.

And I sat there afterward thinking about that path the video took, and I could not hold it.

I have numbers on a screen that tell me how many people watch what I make. Subscribe to my content. Take my programs. Read my emails.

I look at them. Numbers that keep climbing past anything I ever pictured. And still my brain refuses to grasp what they actually mean.

I have tried picturing the people these numbers represent and it will not assemble.

One woman in New Jersey said where she got the video and it stayed with me for days.

I know the woman I was in Tel Aviv. She was not small and she did not think she was limited. But she did live inside limits and fears. And she jumped into deep water anyway. Then jumped again. Moved countries. Started a life over. Then started it over again. Every time from nothing.

She could picture surviving that. What she could not have pictured was the impact. The reach. Thousands. Hundreds of thousands. Millions. A video traveling to Israel and coming back with a stranger attached to it who now feels like a friend. Numbers her mind had no shelf for.

You can start something from nothing, do the hard thing, and still not feel it. How long, how far, how large.

Hearts don't do numbers.

What reaches me is always smaller and usually has a name or a face attached. A woman in New Jersey. Her friend in Israel. A path I can follow in my head.

So if you're on the path of something and you don't feel anything by the numbers of your progress, you are not doing it wrong.

You are waiting for the piece of evidence that means something to you. That touches your heart.

When it comes, you will know. And it's much bigger than any number. Mine came as a video that traveled to Israel and was sent back by a born and raised Israeli to a woman in New Jersey who is now a student and a friend.

Shabbat Shalom 💙

I sped this up so I could fit everything inside “Practically Speaking Hebrew” into one video. But the one thing I forgot to say is the thing that matters most.

You get me. Not just feedback on your speaking. Any question you have about Hebrew, forever. Next month or three years from now, you ask and I answer, right inside the program.

Press play and see the rest.

What if everything you were told about learning Hebrew was backwards?

For generations, the rule has been the same. Memorize the alphabet, drill the vowels, practice your handwriting, and then, far down the road, you might be ready to say your first sentence out loud.

No wonder so many people quit. They spent months staring at letters and never once got to do the thing they came for. To speak.

Here is what I know after years of teaching. Speaking can start on day one. My students hold real conversations in Hebrew long before they can write a word of it, because I teach the sounds first, through a system built for the way English speakers think.

Letters have their place, and I teach them. But they were never the gate you unlock before you are allowed to speak.

If you have been waiting for permission to start, here it is.

You meet a version of yourself that only exists in this language. The you that reads the prayer in its first voice. The you that jokes with an Israeli cab driver. The you that finally understands what your grandmother meant. That person was always in there, waiting for the words to arrive.

That is what I get to witness with my students. Not just new vocabulary. A whole new self, stepping into the light.

Come find yours. 💙

The whole country is watching the polls today. Michigan. Missouri. Kansas. Virginia. Washington. Huge stakes, and history being written in real time. 🇺🇸

So I went to my chalkboard and filmed a quick Hebrew lesson on the language of politics, elections, and democracy. Because these are words worth knowing in any language, especially now.

Whatever you believe, wherever you stand, come learn a little Hebrew with me today. 🇮🇱

Let’s journey together through Hebrew Colors 💛🩷🩵💜🧡

Read my latest article and discover a unique biblical connection.

Somewhere along the way, most of us stopped treating learning as an adventure and started treating it as a performance.

Children don’t ask, “What if I sound silly?” They don’t wait until they know every rule before they speak. They experiment. They laugh. They make mistakes. Then they try again. Every attempt moves them forward.

Adults often do the opposite.

We convince ourselves we need to know more before we begin. We worry about pronunciation. We overthink every sentence. We stay silent because silence feels safer than getting it wrong.

But language has never belonged to the fearless. It belongs to the willing.

That is why I teach Hebrew differently.

Inside Practically Speaking Hebrew, I don’t expect perfection. I expect participation. I want you speaking from the very beginning because every conversation, every imperfect sentence, and every small victory builds something far more valuable than confidence. It builds connection.

You don’t have to become a different person to learn Hebrew.

You simply have to remember the learner you already were.

The one who wasn’t afraid to try.

💙 Learn more about Practically Speaking Hebrew

These are your images not mine ❤️

Shabbat Shalom Friends 🕯️🕯️

This marks the 48th Shabbat in a row that I’ve had the privilege of sharing your beautiful photos and messages in response to my weekly Shabbat greeting. What began as a simple post has grown into something far more meaningful than I ever imagined.

Week after week, you bring light, warmth, and connection into this space. Seeing the images you share, whether candles, tables, family moments, or quiet reflections has turned this into a truly special tradition for our community.

What started as a collection of lovely photos has become something deeper. Many of you now share glimpses of how Shabbat lives inside your homes and hearts, and it’s incredibly moving to witness those moments. It fills me with gratitude every single week.

Reading your comments has become one of my favorite ways to welcome Shabbat.

Wishing all of you a peaceful and meaningful Shabbat.