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Hebrew Cursive: Every Letter, Explained
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Hebrew cursive

The everyday Hebrew hand of Ashkenazi letters, written right to left, for Hebrew and Yiddish alike.

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History

The brief inscriptions painted in red ink on the walls of the catacombs of Venosa are probably the oldest examples of a cursive Hebrew script. Longer texts in a cursive alphabet survive on clay bowls found in Babylonia, inscribed with spells against evil spirits.

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Real letters in this hand

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