Webpages written exclusively or partially in Hebrew characters are encoded in Unicode (UTF-8), ISO-8859-8-I ("Logical Hebrew"), ISO-8859-8 ("Visual Hebrew") or Windows-1255 ("Windows Hebrew"). Browsers that support the bidirectional algorighm can render pages that are encoded in the first, second or fourth encoding. Firefox, a free open source browser with excellent standards-compliance and configurability and Internet Explorer, preinstalled in Windows, are two of the major browsers that support it. Hebrew support at the OS level is not necessary, i.e., these browsers can display Hebrew pages even if you are using a non-Hebrew version of Windows 95/98/ME. Other browsers for Windows that support Hebrew script include SeaMonkey, Flock, Netscape, K-Meleon and Opera.
Firefox does not require any special configuration to view Hebrew pages. If you are using Internet Explorer, you may be prompted to download Hebrew support first time you view the webpage including Hebrew characters. These two browsers generally detect the encoding used in the pages you are viewing.
Since most webpages that use Hebrew characters include neither vowel signs nor cantillation marks, preinstalled Windows fonts are sufficient to display the pages properly. But in rare cases like this page where cantillation marks are also used, you need to (download and) install fonts that include them.
If you are using a standards-noncompliant browser, Hebrew texts may be displayed in the opposite direction, and/or Hebrew diacritics may not be positioned properly.