Basic Hebrew is the product of over 25 years of experience with classes at the Herzliah Hebrew Teachers Institute, the City College of New York and Columbia University. There are over 1,300 Hebrew words and expressions appearing in this text which form the very useful and necessary foundation on which to build. Each lesson builds on the previous to include grammatical structure and vocabulary. Progress from beginner to advance with one text book - Verb tables and Hebrew-English dictionary in the back of the book for reference.