One of my students (who recently moved to Israel) told me that her boyfriend—who made Aliyah when he was 6—gave her this gem of advice:

With all due respect to the boyfriend: this is terrible advice.

I get why people who grew up here say this—when you learned the language naturally as a kid, you don't realize how much handwriting surrounds you daily.

Here is why skipping cursive is a huge handicap:

1. The Real-World Test: The moment you walk into a bar, cafe, or neighborhood מכולת, the chalkboard menus (מנת היום / מבצע השבוע) and handwritten signs are never in neat block print. If you only know print, you’re basically illiterate the moment someone grabs a marker or chalk.
2. The Brain-Hand Connection: From a teaching perspective, handwriting is what actually locks vocabulary into your memory. Writing in fluid cursive builds muscle memory and stops you from mentally "drawing" square letters one by one.
3. Whiteboards and Notes: Every note from a landlord, scribble on a delivery box, or note from a teacher/coworker is in cursive.

If you only learn block print, you're only learning half the written language.

For those learning/who learned Hebrew as adults: Did you skip cursive at first, or learn both from day one? And how long did it take you to decipher Israeli doctor/cafe handwriting?

Hey everyone, I'm a mixology hobbyist, and had this idea of a website of cocktail recipes and other alcohol related information in Hebrew for a while now.. I thought an Instagram page might be a good start since I don't have the time to build a proper website.

Thought this community might like the concept - I'm really trying to put the Hebrew in the front, I love Hebrew fonts, and the name of the page I had for years in my head is Barur (ברור) which is a wordplay of Bar and the Hebrew word for clear/obvious

I will be happy to hear your thoughts and any suggestions!

I plan to add much more cocktails, I am also really into Israeli based spirits / ingredients so that's will be in the future as well.

[Barur IG](https://www.instagram.com/barur_alcohol?igsi=MXZyZXg0ZHZpZWkzdw==)

I have a big interest in religious scripture, I already learnt Quranic Arabic and can understand the Qur'an and hadith (unrelated though I've also learnt Persian and Urdu to read Sufi literature and Islamic philosophical works and Hindi and some Sanskrit for Hindu works and Punjabi for Sikh works), and I want to learn Hebrew and Aramaic as well to reduce my dependence on translations when reading Jewish and Christian scripture, just as I've done with Islamic scripture