These courses are text based. Students study original source material, dynamically interacting with the instructor through questions and dialogue. The rigorous study of Chumash and Navi, coupled with biblical grammar, dictionary skills, and learning Rashi script provides a basis for in-depth class discussion. At the end of six weeks, students are equipped to enter our regular Level One program. Chumash and Navi Chumash and Navi Students develop skills in reading, translating, and understanding the text and our classical commentaries including Rashi, Rambam, Radak, Ibn Ezra, among others.
Emphasis is placed on acquiring independence in learning.
Parshanut Classes survey the classical commentators of the Chumash from the medieval period through the modern era, with biographical background, as well as selections of each commentary given on the current Parshat Hashavua, in order to elucidate differences in style, approach and orientation. Ein Yaakov Students acquire the tools needed to translate and understand the aggadot and midrashim found in Rabbinic literature. A practical and analytical approach from the sources illuminates the halachot of Shabbat, Kashrut, Brachot, and Shmirat Halashon. This class provides practical and analytical guidance from the sources for a Torah-observant way of life. Bein Adam Lechavero Students examine the way Torah Jews are meant to relate to each other within society, combining sources from Tanach, Talmud, and other works of halacha and hashkafa.