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Hebrew Reading
Build a foundation in the alef-beis, nekudos, and pronunciation, or strengthen your fluency and accuracy. Work toward greater comfort reading from a siddur or sefer.
Adult Education
Learn at your pace.
Build your confidence.
Adult Hebrew Reading, Davening & Torah Learning — Chicago & Online
Whether you’re learning to read Hebrew, becoming more comfortable with davening, preparing to lead at the amud, or hoping to learn Torah with someone you love, Rabbi Hillel Meyers offers structured, one-on-one instruction for adults of all learning abilities and backgrounds.
Your Starting Point. Your Goals.
Skills for davening.
Confidence for learning.
Start with the basics, return to something you learned years ago, or develop a skill you’ve always wanted. Lessons are shaped around your experience, interests, and pace.
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Davening
Become more comfortable with the words, pronunciation, and flow of davening. Build familiarity with the tefillos and confidence in davening, both in shul and at home.
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Leading Davening
Prepare to lead weekday, Shabbos, Yom Tov, or Yamim Noraim davening. Develop authentic nusach, clear pronunciation, and confidence at the amud, with instruction suited to your goals.
Learning Together
With a child. A grandchild.
Or a chavrusah.
Perhaps you’d like to help a child with their learning, open a sefer with a grandchild, or feel more comfortable learning with a chavrusah. Rabbi Meyers helps adults develop the reading skills, understanding, and familiarity needed to approach the text with greater confidence.
Chumash
Develop comfort reading and understanding the pesukim, following the text, and discussing what you’re learning together.
Mishnayos
Build familiarity with the language and structure of a Mishnah, working through its meaning one step at a time.
Gemara
Gain confidence with the language, questions, answers, and progression of a sugya, with guided instruction at your level.
Individual Instruction
A clear plan.
A comfortable pace.
Rabbi Meyers brings 40 years of teaching experience and a carefully developed, structured method to each lesson. You don’t need to arrive with a particular level of knowledge—just a goal you’d like to work toward.
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Choose your goal.
Discuss what you’d like to read, lead, or learn, and where you feel you need support.
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Build step by step.
Follow a structured path, with time for questions, practice, and review.
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Use what you learn.
Bring your growing skills into davening, family learning, or your next chavrusah session.
Adult Lessons
What would you
like to learn?
Video or phone lessons wherever you are, with in-person instruction in the Chicagoland area.