Below is a chart of the Hebrew alephbet as an introduction. The first letter is in the upper right hand corner and is read from right to left.
Five of the above letters have different form when it appears at the end of word. These letters are called the "final" letters (sophit in Hebrew). In all cases except Final Mem, the final version has a long tail.

Several of the letters in the alephbet are very similar and can easily be confused with other letters. This is very common at the beginning but soon you will be able to make the distinction between these letters without difficulty. Below is a chart with these letters.
In modern Hebrew vowel pointings called "nikkud" (nikkudot in the plural) have been added to words to provide the vowel sounds for each word. The chart below lists these vowel pointings and will be learned in the accompanying Hebrew lessons. These vowel pointings are used in Biblical texts, Prayer books, Hebrew Grammar books and children books but are not normally used in Hebrew writings such as in novels, newspapers, signs, etc.


The above information came from the following website. For a more indepth look at the letters, please visit the website here:
http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/7_intro.html


The information on pronunciation below came from this website:
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/alephbet.html


PRONUNCIATION OF LETTERS:



NOTE: The "Kh" and the "Ch" are pronounced as in German or [ed.] Gaelic (as in Scotland), a throat clearing noise, not as the "ch" in "chair."




SH'MA: DEUTERONOMY: 6:4
Deu 6:4 שׁמע ישׂראל יהוה אלהינו יהוה אחד׃

TRANSLITERATION OF THE HEBREW:
Deu 6:4 Shema Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad.

Deu 6:4 HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD IS OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE.




AARONIC BENEDICTION: NUMBERS 6:23-26

Numbers 6: 23
דבר אל־אהרן ואל־בניו לאמר כה תברכו את־בני ישׂראל אמור להם׃


Num 6:23 'Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying: On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel; ye shall say unto them:




Transliteration from the Hebrew:

Yivarechicha Adonai V'yishmirecha;
Ya-Ayr Adonai panav Aylecha v'yichunecha;
Yee-saw Adonai panav Aylecha v'ya-saym l'cha shalom.