This book would be useful to: * Rabbis, Cantors and Jewish Educators as a resource in teaching Hebrew, Torah, Tanakh, prayers, * Torah readers, * prayer leaders, * Bar/Bat Mitzvah teachers, * teachers and students of Biblical, prayer book, and modern Hebrew, and * anyone who is interested in pronouncing Hebrew accurately but has difficulties differentiating between the kamatz katan (pronounced OH) and kamatz gadol (pronounced AH), using the Sephardi-Israeli Hebrew pronunciation, which is now the mainstream Hebrew used around the world.
The book's topic is the kamatz vowels. The book lists ALL the words with kamatz katan in the Torah, the Haftarot, the Megillot, as well as words in frequently recited prayers, psalms, and hymns. It explains how to distinguish between kamatz katan (pronounced OH) and kamatz gadol (pronounced AH) and the reasons that the kamatz in these words is katan. The book explains the errors in the meaning of words that are mispronounced. It also lists words that are commonly mistakenly thought to have kamatz katan.
The book includes a comprehensive introduction about the history of the vowels system as it related to these two vowels, the reasons for the present-day confusion about the pronunciation of these vowels, and the relevant grammar rules.
The book is written in English with the relevant words and Hebrew grammar concepts in Hebrew. It is a 296-page, softcover-bound book, with a beautiful design and layout; it was produced by a high-quality printing process.
The book was reviewed by Rabbis, Cantors, Torah readers and prayer leaders, and Hebrew-language experts, who found it a very useful resource for distinguishing between the kamatz katan and kamatz gadol, consequently improving the accuracy of Hebrew pronunciation during Torah/Haftarah reading and praying. Some of these reviews are printed on the back cover (you can see on the website) and more reviews are included in the book.