You know that feeling when you need something and the solution you're given makes you think: "There HAS to be a better way"?
For me? It's the dentist.
Every single time I'm in that chair, I think: We have AI that can deliver food and drive cars, but dental treatment still feels like medieval torture?
How is this the best we can do?
Here's the thing: I can't do anything about dentistry. That's not my world.
But there's something where I had the exact same frustration... and I WAS able to do something about it.
And honestly? It's the reason you and I are connected right now.
Over the decades I've spent working with English speakers in Israel, having English-speaking friends, and meeting English-speaking people traveling the world - one thing kept coming up:
People would describe learning Hebrew like getting a root canal without anesthesia, performed in a back alley.
And every time? It broke my heart a little more.
Because Hebrew isn't just my native language. I've had a love affair with it my entire life.
I spent my days writing in both languages and translating for a living. My nights writing poetry and short stories. (I even dabbled in performing in Tel Aviv - but we'll save that wild chapter for another day.)
Through all my exposure to different languages in Israel and around the world, I knew Hebrew wasn't the easiest language to learn.
But I also knew it didn't HAVE to be this hard.
So one day, I made a decision:
I was going to give everything I have to pull Hebrew out of that medieval torture chair and bring it into the innovative, creative space Hebrew deserves.
The experience YOU deserve.
I sat down with decades of knowledge in both languages and asked myself: What would I want if I were an English speaker learning Hebrew?
And I built it.
Methods and programs that are completely different from anything else out there - not because I wanted to be different.
Because I wanted them to actually work.
And after thousands of students, I can sleep better at night knowing that they do.
That is why you and I are here today.
But here's what I realized:
I've been so focused on building these programs that I rarely talk about what's behind them - what works and what doesn't for English speakers learning Hebrew.
And THAT is something that can serve you so well wherever you're at on your Hebrew journey.
So I finally put it all together.
I just released a new video:
"If I Had to Learn Hebrew from Scratch - Here's What I'd Do (And What I'd Never Do)"
It answers the question I get asked at least five times a day (and rightly so):
"Inbal, if you were starting from zero today - as an English speaker like me - what would you actually do?"
So I mapped it out.
The 4 most important things I'd do.
The 2 things I'd definitely avoid.
And how this can change everything for you - even if you can't see it yet.
Grab 15 minutes and watch it.
I genuinely think you'll see Hebrew - and your own journey with it - completely differently after.
And now I want to hear from YOU:
What's been YOUR "there has to be a better way" moment with Hebrew learning?
That moment where you thought, "This can't be right..."
Drop it in the comments on the video.
I read every single one, and I promise - your story might be exactly what someone else needs to hear to keep going.
Inbal Amit
Hebrew by Inbal
P.S. If Hebrew has ever felt unnecessarily hard, overwhelming, or like it's just not clicking... this video is for you.
Because I know exactly where English speakers get stuck - and how to get unstuck.