\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article} \usepackage[hebrew,english]{babel} \usepackage{amsthm} \newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem} \begin{document} \begin{theorem} Blah. \end{theorem} \end{document} % TeX'ing this with MikTeX 2.5 yields : % ! Missing { inserted. % % \special % l.9 B % lah.