Resources · YouTube
YouTube channels to learn Israeli Hebrew, from beginner to native speed
Free, and for a learner the most useful screen there is: you can slow it to 0.75x, turn Hebrew captions on and replay one sentence ten times. The first three teach; the rest are Israelis being Israeli.
Picked and annotated by the teachers of the Israeli Hebrew Institute. Every entry links to the people who made it; nothing here is hosted by us. How this list is put together.
Hebrew for Beginners, the IHI course
עברית למתחיליםIsraeli Hebrew Institute
BeginnerfreeOur own beginners course, in order, from the first lesson. Nothing to sign up for. It is the course our students start with, and it is free.
The channel ↗Hebrew by Inbal
Inbal
BeginnerIntermediatefreeA native teacher explaining, in English, the things that trip English speakers: the vowels, the binyanim, the little words. Clear and unhurried.
The channel ↗HebrewPod101
BeginnerIntermediatefreemiumThe big library: alphabet, listening practice, phrases for every situation. Not Israeli in feel, but wide, and the listening drills are good.
The channel ↗Piece of Hebrew
IntermediatefreemiumVlogs about life in Israel, in Hebrew, with subtitles. This is what an Israeli sounds like talking to a friend, filmed for a learner.
The channel ↗SimplyTalk Hebrew
IntermediatefreeHuman stories told in clear Hebrew with Hebrew subtitles. The best channel on this list for the jump from lessons to real listening.
The channel ↗Hebrew Comprehensible Input
BeginnerIntermediatefreeStories told slowly with gestures and pictures, so you understand without translating. Ten minutes a day of this does more than an hour of flashcards.
The channel ↗Guy Sharett (Streetwise Hebrew)
Guy Sharett
IntermediatefreeTel Aviv's street-Hebrew teacher: graffiti, slang, the words on the shop signs. Short, funny, and always about how Israelis really talk.
The channel ↗Hen in the Kitchen
חן במטבחIntermediatefreeA cooking channel in Hebrew, and cooks explain every step while you watch their hands. You know what she is doing, so you understand what she is saying.
Cook one recipe with the video playing. Kitchen verbs stick when your hands are busy.
The channel ↗Hop! Channel
ערוץ הופ!BeginnerfreeIsrael's children's channel. Songs and shows made for four-year-olds, which is roughly the Hebrew of a good beginner. Nobody has to know.
Play it at 0.75x and sing along. The songs are the ones every Israeli grew up with.
The channel ↗Kan 11
כאן 11Israeli Public Broadcasting
AdvancedfreeThe public broadcaster: news, documentaries, satire and clips of its dramas. Broadcast Hebrew, clearly pronounced, and the fastest way to know what Israel is talking about this week.
The channel ↗Nir & Gali
ניר וגליNir Garber & Gali Adelbaum
IntermediateAdvancedfreeTwo animators whose three-minute sketches ran inside Eretz Nehederet for a decade: a couple in a room and a half, a pet corner, nine lives in one cat. The Hebrew Israeli couples actually speak to each other, fast, and the punchline tells you whether you understood.
Start with the חדר וחצי playlist. One sketch, three times; the third time, laugh on time.
The channel ↗חדר וחצי, all episodes ↗Eretz Nehederet
ארץ נהדרתAdvancedfreeIsrael's satire show, twenty years running. If you get the jokes, you speak Hebrew; if you don't yet, the sketches are still where the year's new slang is born.
The channel ↗Reelang
BeginnerIntermediatefreemiumA scrolling feed of short Hebrew videos filtered by level, with captions. For the moments you would otherwise scroll something else.
The site ↗