Hebrew Class Yom Shabbat/  12:30PM-1:30PM  August 21st/ Columbia, South Carolina. - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details Worked on the Gingerbread man tall tale in the Primer, Adjectives chapter.

Hebrew Class Yom Shabbat/  1:30PM-3:00PM  August 14th/ Columbia, South Carolina. - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details. Work continued in the adjectives chapter of the primer. we are finding that to get through most chapters, it takes anywhere from 4-5 hours of disciplined study time.

ROSH CHODESH ELUL, Wednesday August 11th, 7:30PM Meeting Street, Columbia SC. NOTES HERE Prof. Gregory Smith speaking.

Hebrew Class Yom Shabbat/  12:30PM-1:30PM CANCELLED August 7th/ Columbia, South Carolina. - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details. Plans to work continue with Adjectives and move on to the next chapter.

Hebrew Class Yom Shabbat/  12:30PM-1:30PM July 31st/ Columbia, South Carolina. - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details. Worked in Adjectives chapter.

Hebrew Class Yom Shabbat/  12:30PM-1:30PM July 24th/ Columbia, South Carolina. - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details. Worked in Adjectives.

Hebrew Class Yom Shabbat/  12:30PM-1:30PM July 17th/ Columbia, South Carolina. - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details. Worked on the exercises in Sentences without verbs, or Noun Sentences.

Hebrew Class Yom Shabbat/  1:30PM-3:00PM  July 10th/ Columbia, South Carolina. - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details. Worked on sentences without verbs, and their characteristics that are similar to word pairs and clipped verbs styles.

Hebrew Class Yom Shabbat/  1:30PM-3:00PM  June/ Columbia, South Carolina. - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details. various meetings in June going over the primer

Hebrew Class Yom Rishon/Sunday 2nd of May ,2:00 Prep Advanced.  3:00-4:00PM Beginners class, Columbia, South Carolina.  - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details. Continued work on the Plural Word Pairs chapter in preparation for the Drop Letter Imperfects chapter. Also started to get into the Primer for the Beginners class. 

Hebrew Class Yom Rishon/Sunday 11th of APRIL , 3:00-4:00PM Beginners class, 4:00-5:00PM Advanced. Columbia, South Carolina.  2:30 Prep Advanced. Hebrew Studies - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details. This class was the beginners class only but went exceedingly well as we worked on various worksheets.  

Shabbat April 17th ROIM Columbia South Carolina 1:30 PM Tazria/Metzora Leviticua 12:1 - 15:33 double portion. Story of the ten lepers that were cleansed by Yahshua story recounted. The difference between the male and female child that is born and the difference in cleansing period. Discussion of the themse of circumcision. Speaker: Jamie Blackburn. A discussion of how we are one in Messiah. Reading of the portion with commentary regarding the leprosy and other types of uncleanness that can infect someone and the various remedies that YHWH is commanding the priests of Israel. Discussion of the clothing aspect of molding and such. Various comments on forgiveness and spiritual cleansing. Disccusion of how the Israelites came into a land with houses that they did not build, and how to deal with the differences that they found, how to rebuild, and not just clean up in large part. What formerly stood in the houses is unfit for the Israelites coming into the land.  

Shabbat ROIM April 10th 1:30pm-4;30PM Columbia SC 

7th Day of Unleavened Bread, Tuesday April 6th, Location Columbia at the ROIM meeting location on meeting street. Speaker bro. Gregory Smith 7:30PM-9:00PM Unleavened Bread Notes

Hebrew Class Yom Rishon/Sunday 4th of APRIL , 3:00-4:00PM Beginners class, 4:00-5:00PM Advanced. Columbia, South Carolina.  2:30 Prep Advanced. Hebrew Studies - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details. Worked further in the Primer in chapter eleven, the imperfect verb forms. We may finish this chapter by next wsek as this lesson is coming along nicely. No beginning Hebrew class this week as people were out ill. 

Hebrew Class Yom Rishon/Sunday 28th of MARCH , 3:00-4:00PM Beginners class, 4:00-5:00PM Advanced. Columbia, South Carolina.  2:30 Prep Advanced. Hebrew Studies - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details. Excellent class as we continued in the Primer in chapter 10 learning about the imperfect verb forms and the beginning class worked on some vowel pointing as well as some review on the consonants that we have been laboring to learn for the last few weeks. 

Sabbath Service at the Holiday Inn Express in North Charleston, March 20th, Vayikra Parsha 1:00-4:30pm. SEE SHABBAT NOTES

Hebrew Class Yom Rishon/Sunday 14th of MARCH , 3:00-4:00PM Beginners class, 4:00-5:00PM Advanced. Columbia, South Carolina.  2:30 Prep Advanced. Hebrew Studies - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details. Worked on the exercises in chapter 10 as well as work on some writing of the letters and vowel signs in the beginning class. 

Sabbath Services at the ROIM location in Columbia SC, March 6th, Parsha Ki Tisa 1:30-4:40PM Ki Tisa means "when you take" from verse 12, "when thou takest...."
1) Discussion on the half shekel and the notion of it being a half symbolic of each person being a part of a whole, the community of Israel.
2) Discussion of how people should ask forgiveness before attending Yom Kippur.
3) Laver opportunity to see ourselves and examine ourselves inwardly, water was very pure so the reflection was clear. Washed hands, purified deeds of the past.
4) Parallel of half shekel to Ezekiel 37 to house of israel and house of Judah, each being a half shekel.
5) The aroma of the special ointment was unique and used solely for the purposes of the tabernacle.
6)Betzaleel means "in the shadow of EL" or under the protection of EL. Comments on how YHWH gives everyone some measure of something by His Spirit.
7) Discussion of the Sabbath and comments rather nebulous in terms of what day it is, according to the facilitator Jamey Blackburn. He is making an argument for ecumenist attitude towards the timing and day of the Shabbat. Culminating in his statement that Yahshua is the Sabbath. It was a bit unclear as to what he was getting at. It seems that he advocates lunar Shabbat.
8) Golden calf incident. Comments on keeping the Moeds as indicators of what YHWH is doing in the earth today.
9) Comments on the land rights of Israel. Yahshua will be the catalyst. Athid lavo comments

Hebrew Class Yom Rishon/Sunday 28th of FEBRUARY, 3:00-4:00PM Beginners class, 4:00-5:00PM Advanced. Columbia, South Carolina. Hebrew Studies - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details. Worked on chapter 10 and did the exercises right up until the Tall Tale, which we will reserve for next week. 

Rosh Chodesh service, Monday 15th, ROIM location Columbia South Carolina.  Adar, see notes here. Special speaker : Gregory Smith

Shabbat Service 2:00PM  6th of February  at Emet Ministries, Daniel Rendelman EMET, PROSPERITY, SC This class will begin with a 1 hour Hebrew study out of a new Hebrew study text. Biblical Hebrew: Step by Step Volume. 1 By Menahem Mansoor as well as Key to Biblical Hebrew Step by Step (Answer Key) By Menahem Mansoor. The key can be purchased from used bookstores and the text can be purchased new through the HMI bookstore.   Continued work past section 7 of the Mansoor text.  This was a very good and productive class.

Hebrew Class Yom Rishon/Sunday 7th of FEBRUARY SCHEDULE FOR THE CLASSES, 3:00-4:00PM Beginners class, 4:00-5:00PM Advanced. Columbia, South Carolina. Hebrew Studies - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details. God beginning Hebrew class where more letters were discussed and the use of the book the Aleph Bet Story put out by EKS PUBLISHING was especially useful.  We worked on the tall take in chapter 9 of the primer. We are move ahead slowly in these texts. 

Hebrew Class Yom Shanee/Thursday January 21st, Orangeburg SC HMI house location  6:00-7:30pm Orangeburg South Carolina Hebrew Studies - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details, Exercises Chapter 9 were continued in this class as we worked on number 9, one of the more challenging. Progressed to item number 4 in he Primer.  

Hebrew Class Yom Rishon/Sunday 17th of JANUARY SCHEDULE FOR THE CLASSES, 3:00-4:00PM Beginners class, 4:00-5:00PM Advanced, and 5:30-6:30 Old Testament Survey class, Emphasis Hebrew Roots. Columbia, South Carolina. Hebrew Studies - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details. Excellent beginning Hebrew class in which we covered six more of the letters from Hey to Yod, doing the writing exercises, the tracings and also looking at some words that start with the Letters. The advanced Hebrew class continued in the exercises of Chapter 9 and it went very well as a good amount of ground was covered, a very good study. The OT Survey class covered the book of Leviticus, and the various elements, a basic survey and discussion was had with varying elements brought to the table by a variety of folks. 

Shabbat Service 2:00PM  January 16th, 2:00PM  at Emet Ministries, Daniel Rendelman EMET, PROSPERITY, SC This class will begin with a 1 hour Hebrew study out of a new Hebrew study text. Biblical Hebrew: Step by Step Volume. 1 By Menahem Mansoor as well as Key to Biblical Hebrew Step by Step (Answer Key) By Menahem Mansoor. The key can be purchased from used bookstores and the text can be purchased new through the HMI bookstore. Worked on chapter 7 in the Mansoor text covering all the elements of gender and the Adjective, the equalization of the genders and number to mach in the proper grammatical sense. Finishing the exercises in the chapter will be the first task. 

Hebrew Class Yom Shanee/Thursday January 14th, Orangeburg SC HMI house location  6:00-7:00pm Orangeburg South Carolina Hebrew Studies - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details, Exercises Chapter 9 works on in this class, small informal group and a good amount of ground covered. 

Hebrew Class Yom Rishon/Sunday 10th of JANUARY SCHEDULE FOR THE CLASSES, 3:00-4:00PM Beginners class, 4:00-5:00PM Advanced, and 5:30-6:30 Old Testament Survey class, Emphasis Hebrew Roots. Columbia, South Carolina. Hebrew Studies - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details.  Basic Hebrew class worked on the first four letters as well as readings from the Aleph Bet story. Writing exercises and common Hebrew phrases were introduced afterward. Advanced Hebrew class continued the exercises in the primer from chapter 9.  

Hebrew Class Yom Rishon/Sunday 3rd of JANUARY SCHEDULE FOR THE CLASSES, 3:00-4:00PM Beginners class, 4:00-5:00PM Advanced, and 5:30-6:30 Old Testament Survey class, Emphasis Hebrew Roots. Columbia, South Carolina. Hebrew Studies - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details. These classes went well as can be expected although the attendance was very limited. The beginning class worked on the Aleph worksheets and a very basic review of the Aleph-Bet as well as some basic phrases in Hebrew. The advanced class continued the Primer in chapter 9 and we worked through many of the exercises together. The first Old Testament survey class started with a basic survey of the people mentioned in Genesis, and some side discussion on continental drift.  Essays and quiz for next week. 

Shabbat Service 2:00PM  January 2nd, 2:00PM  at Emet Ministries, Daniel Rendelman EMET, PROSPERITY, SC This class will begin with a 1 hour Hebrew study out of a new Hebrew study text. Biblical Hebrew: Step by Step Volume. 1 By Menahem Mansoor as well as Key to Biblical Hebrew Step by Step (Answer Key) By Menahem Mansoor. The key can be purchased from used bookstores and the text can be purchased new through the HMI bookstore. Excellent study of the Adjectives, feminine and masculine nouns, and prepositions in section 8 of the Mansoor text. Good discussion all around and a very fruitful study. 

Shabbat Service 4:00PM  December 26th at Emet Ministries, Daniel Rendelman EMET, PROSPERITY, SC This class will begin with a 1 hour Hebrew study out of a new Hebrew study text. Biblical Hebrew: Step by Step Volume. 1 By Menahem Mansoor as well as Key to Biblical Hebrew Step by Step (Answer Key) By Menahem Mansoor. Both of these texts can be purchased in the HMI Bookstore.  Lesson 6 was explored in the Hebrew lessons and we did the exercises together. Also, the Torah Portion was discussed and read. This was a very good study and the fellowship was blessed indeed. 

CHANUKAH CELEBRATION 2009 Location: Columbia South Carolina @ Restoration of Israel Ministries November 12th, Shabbat 1:30-6:30 Torah study on the Parsha Vayashev. Torah study facilitator : Gregory Smith. This was an excellent study into the life of Joseph who was sold into slavery by his brothers. 

Hebrew Class Yom Shanee/Monday November 23rd  7:30-8:30 Orangeburg South Carolina Hebrew Studies - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details, Exercises Chapter 9 worked on some more as we did the Hebrew to English and English to Hebrew exercises as well as the final set before the Tall tale were continued.

Shabbat Service 4:00PM  November 21st at Emet Ministries, Daniel Rendelman EMET, PROSPERITY, SC This class will begin with a 1 hour Hebrew study out of a new Hebrew study text. Biblical Hebrew: Step by Step Volume. 1 By Menahem Mansoor as well as Key to Biblical Hebrew Step by Step (Answer Key) By Menahem Mansoor. Both of these texts can be purchased in the HMI Bookstore.  This was a good class with good attendance as we looked at chapter 6 feminine, and masculine nouns, as well as the definite article, and the indefinite articles, as well as the conjunctive Vav.

Hebrew Class Yom Shanee/Monday November 16th  7:30-8:30 Orangeburg South Carolina Hebrew Studies - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details, Class closed early, no attendees.

Hebrew Class Yom Shanee/Monday November 9th  7:30-8:30 Orangeburg South Carolina Hebrew Studies - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details, Continued work on chapter 9 in the First Hebrew Primer test.  Hebrew to English and English to Hebrew exercises were done in this class. The class is progressing nicely as we work through the elements of the singular word pairs, or word pair strings, and the rules that are associated with this lesson. 

Shabbat Service 4:00PM  7th of November at Emet Ministries, Daniel Rendelman EMET, PROSPERITY, SC This class will begin with a 1 hour Hebrew study out of a new Hebrew study text. Biblical Hebrew: Step by Step Volume. 1 By Menahem Mansoor as well as Key to Biblical Hebrew Step by Step (Answer Key) By Menahem Mansoor. Both of these texts can be purchased in the HMI Bookstore.  This class worked through the exercises of section 5 in the text. This was the first set of exercises that involved reading various hebrew words. The next class will continue in section 6, with the first vocabulary list given to the students.

Hebrew Class Yom Shanee/Monday November 2nd  7:30-8:30 Orangeburg South Carolina Hebrew Studies - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details, Exercises in Chapter 9 were worked on in this class.

Hebrew Class Yom Shanee/Monday October 26th  7:30-8:30 Orangeburg South Carolina Hebrew Studies - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details, This was a small class this time as others had some prior commitments, but the study went well. Flashcards were used for the beginning of the class and we continued on with the exercises in chapter 9, exercise 7 onward. The conjugations of the verb forms into the various sentences provided by the text. A YHWH blessed time. 

Shabbat Service 4:00PM 24th of October at Emet Ministries, Daniel Rendelman EMET, PROSPERITY, SC This class will begin with a 1 hour Hebrew study out of a new Hebrew study text. Biblical Hebrew: Step by Step Volume. 1 By Menahem Mansoor as well as Key to Biblical Hebrew Step by Step (Answer Key) By Menahem Mansoor. Both of these texts can be purchased in the HMI Bookstore.  Worked on chapter 5 in the text book. This class has gone over the consonants and now we are working on the vowels, including such elements as the Sheva, both vocal and silent, and the Dagesh, whether Forte or Lene.  The exercises should be worked on during the week at the end of chapter 5 in the text. We will meet the following week YHWH willing. 

Hebrew Class Yom Shanee/Monday October 19th  7:30-8:30 Orangeburg South Carolina Hebrew Studies - please  acquire  the The First Hebrew Primer By Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin. Third edition (revised), February 2000, ISBN 0-939144-15-8. As well as the Primer Answer Book ISBN 0-939144-16-6, and the flash card sets that go along with these. Purchase Here Email for details, Exercises Chapter 9 were worked on during this class after we went through the entire vocabulary of the text up until this point with the flashcards. A very good core group of people have been retained in this class and it is a blessing to see the effort and learning going on as we continue to labor in the Lashon Ha Kodesh vdqh !vl

SUKKOTH SPEAKING October 7-8 at the GIVHANS FERRY STATE PARK, 8:00PM-9:00PM Bro. Gregory Smith speaking on  : HEBREW OUR MOTHER TONGUE.  This was a blessed time of fellowship as we met under the shelter #2 in the state park. The notes for this teaching can be found  HERE - HEBREW OUR MOTHER TONGUE .   The second night was a recap of some of the things taught on the first night, but with the addition of going through the Hebrew Aleph-Bet and explaining some of the symbolisms in the a.