AlefOrigins

Discover where letters come from.

Every letter of the Hebrew aleph-bet began as a picture. Alef was an ox head. Bet was a house. Follow each one across 4,000 years — from pictogram to Phoenician, Greek and Latin — and the alphabet stops being a list of shapes and becomes a story you remember.

LEARN THE WAY LETTERS ARE BUILT • Seven lessons group the 22 letters and 5 final forms by shape, from simple strokes to diagonals • Watch each letter's evolution animate, with its origin story and surprising facts • Trace every letter with your finger or Apple Pencil — in print, cursive and Rashi script

PRACTICE UNTIL IT STICKS • Eight games: match names, spot letters inside real words, tell look-alikes apart, memory, a 30-second speed round, and finding words in Bible verses • Reading lines that grow with you: syllables, first words, phrases, and the opening of the Torah • Vowels (niqqud), real words by level, and a yoga alphabet to form letters with your body

SEE HOW FAR YOU'VE COME • Points, levels, streaks and achievements • A certificate when you've mastered all 22 letters — share it as an image or PDF

FOR KIDS AND GROWN-UPS Choose Kids or Adults mode. Learn in English, French or Spanish. Schools and synagogues can give their students access and follow their progress.

Your progress syncs between the app and aleforigins.com.

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