Method
A step-by-step approach that builds reading skills
from letter recognition through fluent, confident Kriah.
1 - Letters
Letter Recognition
The first stage establishes precise recognition of the letters.
Young children do not naturally attach importance to subtle differences in shapes. The process therefore focuses on making each letter meaningful, training the child to pay attention to its form and identify it correctly by name.
Recognition and naming develop together, creating clarity and consistency from the outset.
2 - Kriah
The decoding Rhythm
At this stage, the child is taught how a letter and Nekudah combine to form a sound.
Each element is identified individually, and together they are understood as a single unit. Through structured progression and guided rhythm, this becomes a clear and repeatable process.
The learning is built in small, deliberate steps, allowing the child to internalize how decoding works, until it becomes natural and automatic.
A key part of this stage is the structured teaching of closed syllables.
No short cuts are used, but taught through a defined and rigorous system, ensuring accurate reading, not approximation, and establishing true stability in reading.
3 - Fluency
Applied Reading
With decoding established, the focus shifts to forming complete words and lines.
The child is guided to combine decoded syllables into full words, and to read in a continuous, structured flow. This develops the ability to read a line clearly and correctly, without breaking it into disconnected parts.
Through this process, reading becomes steady, controlled, and consistent.
4 - Siddur
Beyond The Basics
At this stage, the child transitions to real Siddur reading.
Additional rules that appear in the Siddur but are not part of the basic stages, are introduced in a clear and systematic way.
These rules are not presented in isolation, but practiced with consistent review and integration, combining multiple elements until they are fully mastered.
This ensures that the child is prepared not only to read, but to read correctly within real text.
5 - Learning
Continued Growth
Kriah includes variations across different texts and contexts.
The system equips educators with a clear methodology to guide students through these differences, ensuring that reading remains accurate, consistent, and properly developed beyond the initial stages.
Trusted by Rabbonim and Mechanchim
Hamesorah has received guidance, encouragement, and written support from Rabbonim and experienced mechanchim who recognize the importance of clear, mesorah-based Kriah instruction.
Rabbonim
Horav Yosef Avrohom Halevi Heller
“I have seen the lessons for teachers in the methodology of teaching Kriah prepared by Rabbi Avrohom Schtroks, including sources from our Rebbeim on teaching Kriah according to the Mesorah, explaining the methodology in a practical and pleasant manner so that all children can learn to read to their full potential, as well as the history of teaching Kriah…”
Horav Menachem Meir Weismandl
Indeed, my dear friend, the Chossid and wonderful educator, Rabbi Avrohom Schtroks, may he live and be well, is known to many for several years as one who teaches the pure children of Israel the subject of Hebrew reading... I therefore come to bless him that Hashem should bless his work and his efforts. May he succeed in his holy work, and may he merit that all the blessings stated in the Torah be fulfilled upon him.
Horav Gedalia Overlander
My eyes were enlightened and my heart was gladdened when he showed me pages from his new book, “Derech LeKriah,” a foundational book for teaching Hebrew reading to young children. It is arranged in an easy and gradual manner, based on the tradition of our fathers regarding the holiness of the letters and the nekudos. It also combines external beauty and appeal to draw the heart of the student...
Senior Mechanchim
Rabbi Mendel Hakohen Blau
My heart rejoiced over the fact that Hashem enlightened his eyes to give classes on the subject of Kriah, to be of help and assistance to those who are entering this holy work, filling their hands with good and organized tools so they can succeed in the work of Heaven...
Rabbi Shmuel Klein
It is with confidence that I share my personal recommendation for schools to adopt Rabbi Schtroks’ Kriah program, with the prediction that it will be the source of great blessing for the young students who are treated to it.
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Each stage of the Kriah process is supported by carefully designed materials, practice tools, and guidance.
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