Midreshet HaRova Course Catalog 2018-9

Africa and Australia. United by their motivation to learn first and foremost, help shape one’s personality. With this and searching for answers. Through the warmth of their and their thirst for spiritual growth, they live and study in mind, each student at the is encouraged personalities, women coming to the Midrasha find a together, learn from and about each other, and coalesce to maximize her personal growth according to her group of role models to whom they can relate and who into a single unit. The singular nature of this group gives individual needs and interests. The educational program they can strive to emulate. the Midrasha its unique, unmatched character. at the Midrasha emphasizes independence in learning through chavruta study, while at the same time offering an extraordinary array of courses designed to allow each student the opportunity to delve into areas of personal interest. Classes are small, averaging only 12 to 15 Introduction students per class, facilitating a high degree of student faculty interaction. Since its inception in 1990, Midreshet HaRova has provided a unique study experience for hundreds The educational philosophy that drives the Midrasha of young women from all over the world. With the Jewish views the Overseas Program as a holistic experience, Quarter of ’s Old City as a backdrop, students neither limited to the classroom nor bound by the at the Midrasha enjoy an unparalleled setting in which traditional academic calendar. The Midrasha never to develop spiritually and intellectually, thus preparing closes its doors, even during times that classes are not Student Life themselves to make an impact as educated Jewish in session, so students are never at a loss for activities women in both Israel and the Diaspora. Overseas Program during vacation time. During their time in Israel, Midrasha Students are housed in either the Midrasha dormitory students tour extensively, participate in enriching or in local apartments, all located a short walk from the The Overseas Program at Midreshet HaRova is an seminar programs, and are introduced to a wide swath of main building. With airy public spaces, balconies and intensive program designed for the highly motivated Israeli society, all the while deepening their attachment landscaped courtyards, the Midrasha housing provides student who wishes to accomplish the maximum during to the people and the . an ideal atmosphere for students to relax during their her time at the Midrasha. Classes begin at 8:30 am and free time. continue until 10:00 pm, with many students staying in the Beit Midrash past that time. becomes a singular experience when spent in the Old City. Whether singing and dancing at the Kotel Overseas students also benefit from the close on Friday night, or enjoying meals and programs in relationship with the Midrasha’s programs for Israeli the company of friends and visiting faculty members, women. Overseas students have the option to students infuse the spiritual setting of the Rova with the maintain at least one weekly chavruta with their Israeli ruach of the Midrasha. History counterparts. Socially, participants on the two programs interact freely, sharing rooms, spending Shabbatot All students are strongly encouraged to participate in a together and enjoying joint tiyulim. From a small program with a handful of students from the weekly volunteer program, travelling to area hospitals, Southern Hemisphere, Midreshet HaRova has developed schools, clinics, and homes, lending a hand to less into one of Israel’s leading seminaries, currently sponsoring Faculty fortunate individuals. The Midrasha views these and more than half a dozen programs, serving over 400 women other acts of chesed organized independently by the from Israel and around the globe. From a single building, student body as inseparable parts of the program. the Midrasha now comprises a multi-building campus in The Overseas Program is directed by the Rosh Midrasha, the Old City, as well as several off-site locations both within Rav David Milston. Originally from , Rav Milston The Midrasha provides three nutritious meals daily. and outside of Jerusalem. With the addition of the Betty and was ordained by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel after Constant supervision is provided by experienced Joseph Kopelowitz Study Hall, the Midrasha now boasts a many years of study at , where he madrichot, who are overseen by our on-campus house modern Beit Midrash with seating for 150 students. studied under Rav , zt”l, and Rav , zt”l. Prior to that, he earned his bachelor’s mother. In 2009 the Midrasha was officially renamed Midreshet degree at Jews’ College in , where he was a HaRova: The André Veres Advanced Academy Talmid Muvhak of Isaac Bernstein, zt”l. for Women in recognition of a major gift from the Veres Educational Philosophy family. With an ideal blend of youth and experience, the faculty provides the intellectual spark which illuminates The student body at Midreshet HaRova is a mosaic of It is a basic tenet of the educational philosophy of the the Midrasha. Their varied educational backgrounds the Jewish world, with women hailing from Israel, North Midrasha that should not be viewed as provide a broad canvas for students seeking direction America, the , Continental Europe, South merely an academic and intellectual pursuit but should,

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Time Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 9:00 am – 9:55 am Torah Bekiut Electives 8:30 am – 9:50 am Halacha Bekiut Torah Bekiut Halacha Bekiut Rav Berg [Beg] (7) Bet Midrash – Rav Bailey Rav Shames [Beg/Int] (23) Rav Berg [Beg] (7) Rav Shames [Beg/Int] (23) Rav Yonny Sack [Int] (7) Current Affairs – Rachel Himelstein (13) Rav Susman [Int] (23) Rav Yonny Sack [Int] (7) 8:30 am – Rav Susman [Int] (23) Rav Milston [Adv-NH] (7) Hilchot Shabbat – Rav Berg (22) Rav Bailey [Adv] (23) Rav Milston [Adv-NH] (7) 9:55 am Rav Bailey [Adv] (23) Rav Yonatan [Adv-SH] (7) Advanced – Judith Fogel (22) Bekiut – Megillah – Rav Avigdor (28) Rav Yonatan [Adv-SH] (7) Gemara Bekiut – Megillah – Rav Avigdor (28) Gemara Bekiut – Megillah – Rav Avigdor (28) Nevi’im Bekiut – Rav Yonatan (8) Nevi’im Bekiut – Rav Yonatan (8) The Mussar Masters – Rav Yonny Sack (19)

Torah SheBe’al Peh BeIyun 10:00 am – 11:10 am Torah SheBe’al Peh Chumash BeIyun Judith Fogel [Beg] – 4th chapter Brachot (26) Bereishit and Shemot Skills – Rav Berg (6) Beit Midrash – Rav Bailey Judith Fogel [Beg] – 4th chapter Brachot (26) Bereishit and Shemot Skills – Rav Berg (6) Rav Susman [Int] – 7th chapter of Brachot (27) From Galut to Geula – Rav Bailey [Int] (6) Tikkun Hamiddot – Rav Yonny Sack (21) Rav Susman [Int] – 7th chapter of Brachot (27) From Galut to Geula – Rav Bailey [Int] (6) Rav Bailey [Int] – 1st/3rd chapters Beitzah (27) Sefer Shemot – Rav Yonny Sack [Int] (6) Everyday Inspiration (fall) – Devorah Starr (25) Rav Bailey [Int] – 1/3rd chapters Beitzah (27) Sefer Shemot – Rav Yonny Sack [Int] (6) Rav Shames [Int-H] – Rosh Hashanah (27) Sefer Vayikra – Esther Grossman [int] (6) Five Megillot (spring) – Devorah Starr (9) Rav Shames [Int-Hebrew] – Rosh Hashanah (27) Sefer Vayikra – Esther Grossman [int] (6) Rav Avigdor [Adv-H] – Makkot (28) Parashat HaShavua – Rav Avigdor [Adv] (7) Torah SheBe’al Peh – Makkot – Rav Avigdor [Adv-H] (28) Rav Avigdor [Adv-H] – Makkot (28) Parashat HaShavua – Rav Avigdor [Adv] (7) Bereishit/Devarim – Rav Yonatan [Adv-H] (7) Walking Through – Judith Fogel (28) Bereishit/Devarim – Rav Yonatan [Adv-H] (7) Eternity – Rav David Milston (10) 10:05 am Nashim B’Tanach – Miriam Wolf (8) – 1:00 pm Machshava 11:20 am – 12:30 pm Machshava Classical Jewish Thought – Miriam Wolf (18) Beit Midrash Classical Jewish Thought – Miriam Wolf (18) Interpersonal Relationships in Navi – Atara Starr (11) Midrash and Aggadah- Rachel Himelstein (8) Interpersonal Relationships in Navi – Atara Starr (11) Advanced Hilchot Shabbat – Rav Shames (22) Drama and Tanach – Devorah Starr (12) Practical Halacha – Rav Yonny Sack (23) Torah SheBe’al Peh – Rav Avigdor [Adv-H] cont’d (28) Before There was Gemara – Rav Bailey (29) Nashim B’Tanach – Miriam Wolf (8)

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Electives Electives (3:00 pm – 4:00 pm) 1:30 pm – 3:45 pm Electives Electives Beit Midrash Supervisor – Rav Uri Cohen Beit Midrash Supervisor – Rav Susman Electives Beit Midrash Supervisor – Rav Susman Beit Midrash Supervisor – Rav Uri Cohen Sefer HaTanya – Rav Shames (20) Strive for Truth – Rav Milston (17) From Holocaust to Redemption – Rav Milston (15) Introduction to Chassidut – Rav Yonny Sack (20) Halachic Woman – Judith Fogel (19) 3:00 pm – Growth in the Parasha – Rav Yonny Sack (8) Gateway to Emunah – Rav Yonny Sack (17) Siyurim – Rav Susman, Rav Yonatan (from 1:15 pm) (14) Sefer Daniel (fall) – Rav Ron (10) The Written Word – Leiba Smith (12) 4:15 pm Hilchot Kashrut – Rav Berg (22) Zaddik V’ra Lo (fall) – Dara Unterberg (9) Hitnadvut Option 1 Post Talmudic History (spring) – Rav Ron (14) Medical Ethics – Rav Weitzman (25) Contemporary Halacha – Rav Bailey (23) Making a Prophet (spring) – Dara Unterberg (11) Art Option 1 – Rachel Himelstein (1:45 pm – 3:45 pm) (12) Questions in Emunah – Rav Shvat (19) Poetry and Song in Prayer – Rav Shames (23) Bein Adam LeChaveiro (fall) – Rav Yonatan (22) Tefilla Workshop – Rav Shames (16) Da Ma L’Hashiv – Rav Uri Cohen (26) Pirkei Avot – Rav Bailey (18) Modern Orthodoxy (spring) – Rav Yonatan (21) Chassidut in Parasha – Atara Starr (10) Discovering Texts – Rav Bailey (24) Ulpan – Michal Abbo (11) The Missing Mikdash – Do We Care? – Aviah Rosby (25) Ulpan – Michal Abbo (11)

Beit Midrash Supervisor – Rav Uri Cohen 4:15 pm – 5:15 pm Beit Midrash Supervisor – Rav Susman Beit Midrash Supervisor – Rav Uri Cohen Hilchot Shabbat – Rav Berg (22) Beit Midrash Supervisor – Rav Susman Torat, Am v’Medinat Yisrael – Rav Shvat [H] (17) Kitvei Rav Kook – Rav Weitzman (17) Loving the Land – Rav Shames (25) Mitzvot: How and Why – Rav Bailey (24) Derech Hashem – Rav Ron (18) Hilchot Kashrut – Rav Berg (22) Sephardic Halacha – Rav Susman (23) Writings of the Piaceszna – Rav Milston (19) Shemirat Halashon – Rav Yonny Sack (22) Halachic Woman – Judith Fogel (19) 4:25 pm 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Writings of Rav Soloveitchik (fall) – Rav Yonatan (18) Portraits and Parshanut (fall) – Dara Unterberg (12) Art Option 2 – Rachel Himelstein (until 6:00 pm) (12) Contemporary Halacha – Rav Bailey (23) Mesilat Yesharim – Rav Milston (17) 5:40 pm Writings of Rav Lichtenstein (spring) – Rav Yonatan (19) Shivat Tzion (spring) – Dara Unterberg (10) Hitnadvut Option 2 Talmudic Misogyny in Context – Rav Uri Cohen (29) Eliyahu and Elisha (fall) – Rav Yonatan (9) Meaning in Tefilla – Rav Yonny Sack (16) Zionist Personalities – Rav Shames (15) Ulpan – Michal Abbo (11) Yirmiyahu and Yechezkel (spring) – Rav Yonatan (9) The Exodus Through a Midrashic Lens – Aviah Rosby (9) Writings of Rav Hirsch – Atara Starr (19) Beit Midrash – Rav Bailey Ulpan – Michal Abbo (11)

Beit Midrash Supervisor – Rav Uri Cohen 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Beit Midrash Supervisor – Rav Susman Beit Midrash Supervisor – Rav Uri Cohen Off the Beaten Track in Tanach – Rav Yonatan (10) Announcements Torat, Am v’Medinat Yisrael – Rav Shvat (17) Machshevet HaTefilla – Rav Weitzman (16) Leadership Workshop – Rav Berg (13) Klali – Rav Milston Minhagim and Halacha – Rav Ron (25) Bein Isha LaMakom- Judith Fogel (24) 5:50 pm The Jewish Self – Rav Yonny Sack (20) Relating to God – Rav Uri Cohen (18) Personal Status in Jewish Law – Rav Berg (22) – Shaul and David – Rav Bailey (9) Ulpan – Michal Abbo (11) Sippurei Rebbe Nachman – Esther Meyer-Deutsch (21) 7:00 pm Sugyot in Gemara – Rav Susman (29) Tikkun Hamiddot – Rav Yonny Sack (21) Confronting Modernity – Rav Yonatan (18) The Thinking Jew (Fundamental Existential Questions) – Tanya Halevi (20)

Seder Erev Seder Erev Seder Erev Seder Erev 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Bet Midrash Supervisor – Tanya Halevi Fall/Spring 5779 | Fall/Spring Timetable HaRova Midreshet Bet Midrash Supervisor – Rav Yonatan Guest Speaker Bet Midrash Supervisor – Judith Fogel Soulmates – Rav Yonny Sack (21) Bet Midrash Supervisor – Rav Bailey Israeli Chavrutot 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm 10:00 pm 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm Bet Midrash Supervisor – Rav Bailey Bet Midrash Supervisor – Judith Fogel JU Israel Course (14) Beit Midrash Supervisor – Rav Yonatan Growing Through the Jewish Calendar – Esther Mayer- Deutsch (17)

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BIB 103-104 geulah, enhance one’s davening and strengthen each BIB 107b – 108b individual’s understanding of kedusha in an effort to Torah SheBichtav, Intermediate Level Torah Shebichtav, Advanced Level improve one’s relationship with Hashem, others and the Book of Genesis/Exodus Land of Israel. Genesis/Deuteronomy Department Understanding that the Torah is our manual for life, Esther Grossman Genesis – We will explore the various relationships of Bible it is incumbent upon us to understand its moral and Monday and Thursday 10:05 am –1:00 pm described in Sefer Bereishit. By means of textual analysis, ethical value system even through its characters and [4 credits per semester] and a wide range of classical and modern commentaries, their stories. In this class we study the final chapters we will delve deeply into the well known stories and of Sefer Bereishit and the first half of Sefer Shemot. events and endeavor to understand their significance as Through the focused utilization of textual analysis along BIB 107a – 108a part of the Torah. with a complement of classical commentaries, we not Torah SheBichtav, Advanced Level Deuteronomy – Is this Book a repetition of what came תורה שבכתב only learn the skills with which to properly dissect the The Weekly Torah Portion in Depth earlier or does Sefer Devarim have its own unique Torah’s text, but walk away with a greater and deeper message? We will delve into both the episodes and The central aim of this course is to develop the ability to understanding of Hashem’s intended messages as mitzvot which are repeated in this sefer as well as study and formulate a comprehensive understanding conveyed through the biblical narrative and enumerated learning about the mitzvot which appear here for the of an issue in the Parashat Shavua as learned by the mitzvot. first time. We will be studying a large amount of sources, mefarshim, as well as to develop ideas independently. Rav Jonathan Bailey both classical and modern. After a brief overview of the Parasha we analyze a chosen Monday and Thursday 10:05 am – 1:00 pm Rav Yonatan Horovitz (Hebrew) topic from the Parasha through the prism of both early [4 credits per semester] Monday and Thursday 10:05 am –1:00 pm and later commentators. As the year progresses and [4 credits per semester] our learning skills develop, students are encouraged to BIB 105 – 106 present their ideas either in writing or verbally to the students in the class. Torah SheBichtav, Intermediate Level BIB 109-110 Rav Avigdor Meyerowitz Book of Exodus Monday and Thursday 10:05 am –1:00 pm Bekiut Torah – Survey of the Pentateuch This course takes an in-depth look at Sefer Shemot, with [4 credits per semester] This is a survey course designed to familiarize students the goal of drawing relevant and practical guidance for with large sections of the Torah and select passages with spiritual growth from the deeper messages contained the commentary of Rashi. within. Emphasis is placed on developing textual skills Rav David Berg – Beginners and delving deeply into classical commentaries such as Rav Yonny Sack – Intermediate Rashi, Malbim, Maharal, Or HaChaim, and many others, as Rav Yonatan Horovitz – Intermediate Important Note: Students register for courses 101-108 well as later meforshim, mussar texts, chassidic thought, Rav David Milston – Advanced based on skill level. The topics covered may vary from year and gemara. Monday and Thursday 8:30 am – 9:55 am to year; second year students may therefore register for the Rav Yonatan Sack [3 credits per semester] same course they have taken previously. Monday and Thursday 10:05 am –1:00 pm [4 credits per semester]

BIB 101-102 Torah SheBichtav, Skill Development BIB 107-108 The Book of Genesis/Exodus Torah SheBichtav, Intermediate/Advanced Level This course is designed for students to acquire and develop their ability to confront and analyze a topic in Book of Leviticus the texts studied. The stress is on developing textual This course provides students with the opportunity skills using Rashi, Ramban and later mefarshim. An effort to go through the entire Book and become well- is made to expose students to the works of many early versed in the sacrifices, narrative and plethora of and later commentators. Students will study the books mitzvot contained within Sefer Vayikra. We draw from of Bereishit and Shemot, confronting issues such as Am classical and modern commentaries to enhance our Yisrael, the Avot, Eretz Yisrael and Emunah. understanding of the material and improve textual skills. Rav David Berg This class seeks to enrich one’s observance of Shabbat Monday and Thursday 10:05 am –1:00 pm and the chagim, ignite student’s anticipation of the [4 credits per semester]

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BIB 112-113 BIB 125-126 BIB 131a-132a Growth Through the Torah Midrash and Aggada Saul and David – The Book of Samuel I This class draws out fundamental relevant, practical Midrashei Aggada, which we first hear as stories in early This course covers the entire first book of Shmuel. We lessons for personal spiritual growth from the weekly childhood, are often later dismissed as silly and simplistic, begin each new chapter with a quick, independent Torah portion through learning of a wide variety of or simply incomprehensible. In this course, we delve reading of the text and answering of accompanying commentaries. The sources brought shed a new level of into both the content and form of Midrashic literature, ‘directive’ questions (provided on separate sheets); this depth and wisdom to the Torah and its eternal relevance discover different styles of Midrash, its use of language process helps us familiarize ourselves with the chapter’s to our daily lives. and metaphor, its relationship to the Biblical text, general contents. We then analyze more deeply, using Rav Yonny Sack and above all its meaning and purpose. A reasonable only selected excerpts, specific pesukim of that chapter Sunday 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm command of Hebrew text is recommended. and cross-referenced sections throughout the rest of [1.5 credits per semester] Rachel Himelstein Tanach, the chapter’s specific themes and ideas, while also Tuesday 11:20 am – 12:30 pm appreciating its overall place in the entire work. Along the [1.5 credit per semester] way, we also build the invaluable skills of textual analysis. BIB 123-124 Some of the themes which we discuss are: the rise of BIB 140 Bekiut Tanach – Survey of the Prophets Shmuel as Shofet and King’s navi; the rise and fall of Shaul, BIB 127-128 Survey of the Later Prophets: Yirmiyahu and In this survey course, students are required to prepare the first King of Israel; the rise of David, from shepherd to Yechezkel five or more chapters of Tanach a week. The weekly Nashim BeTanach – Women in the Bible ‘next-in-line’; Shaul’s tragic obsession for eradicating the This course will cover the main themes and prophecies lecture summarizes the general themes of the chapters This course covers portraits of the women who appear usurper to his throne. Required text – Tanach in the books of Yirmiyahu and Yechezkel. Following the covered together with the highlights of the stories. The in Tanach through the eyes of Chazal. Individuals studied Rav Jonathan Bailey chronological order as found in the Book of Kings we aim of this course is to provide a general overview of the will include Sarah, Rivka, Rachel, Leah, Miriam, Tzippora, Sunday 5:50 pm – 7:00 pm will study the prophecies related to the time period from books of Nevi’im Rishonim. Devora, Esther and Ruth. [1.5 credits per semester] the days of Uziya until the exile in Bavel. The sessions Rav Yonatan Horovitz Miriam Wolf will comprise self study followed by a discussion and Sunday 9:00 am – 9:55 am, Tuesday 10:00 am – 11:10 am summary. Wednesday 8:30 am – 9:55 am or 11:20 am – 12:30 pm BIB 135a Rav Yonatan Horovitz [3 credits per semester] [1.5 credits per semester] Tzaddik V’Ra Lo – Why the Righteous Suffer Thursday 4:25 pm – 5:40 pm This course focuses on the question of why the [1.5 credits per semester] (Spring semester only) righteous suffer as represented in the book of Iyov. Within this process we attempt to understand the human motivation to do good, as understood by the BIB143-144 Satan and by the author of Iyov. Furthermore, we try to The Exodus Through a Midrashic Lens put ourselves in the place of Iyov’s friends, and attempt This course will familiarize students with the writings of to answer Iyov’s questions. Finally, we touch upon the Rabbi Yaakov Culi, popularly known as the Meam Loez. connection between Iyov’s questions and our questions We will focus specifically on Sefer Shemot to help give concerning the Holocaust. a larger understanding of the story of the Jews in Egypt Dara Unterberg and their exodus from it. Monday 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Aviah Rosby [1.5 credits per semester] (Fall semester only) Sunday 4:25 pm – 5:40 pm [1.5 credits per semester]

BIB 137 The Five Megillot BIB 145-146 This course takes an in-depth look at the episodes in the Eliyahu and Elisha five Megillot, with the goal of showing how they apply In this course we study, in depth, the chapters of Sefer to our everyday lives. Emphasis is placed on developing Melachim which encompass the stories of these two textual skills, using a variety of sources including Rashi, Nevi’im. Issues discussed include the role of the prophet, Chazal, Metzudot, and other classical meforshim. miracles, and their place in Tanach. Devorah Starr Rav Yonatan Horovitz Tuesday 10:00 am – 11:10 am Thursday 4:25 pm – 5:40 pm [1.5 credits per semester] (Spring semester only) [1.5 credits per semester] (Fall semester only)

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BIB 149a BIB 165-166 BIB 169-170 Shivat Tzion – The Return to Zion in the Book Chassidut on the Parasha Interpersonal Relationships in the of Ezra and Nechemia Our great Chassidic masters were (and continue to be) Prophets Department of This course follows the books of Ezra, Nechemia, Chagai, devoted to a Jewish life that infuses even the mundane Building and maintaining healthy relationships is Zecharia, and Malachi. Topics discussed include: the with spirituality. When it comes to Torah study it is not both challenging and rewarding. In this class we First Aliya – Zerubavel and Yehoshua; the prophecies of enough to look at what is revealed to us, rather Chassidut examine selected texts in Sifrei Nevi'im in order to Chagai and Zecharia – the religious standing of the First begs us to look further into the depths of the Torah better understand and appreciate the complexity of and Ulpan Aliya; the Second Aliya – Ezra and Nechemia, external and bring meaning to every word that we read and interpersonal relationships. We explore the dynamics of and internal problems; the meaning of the prophecy of every mitzvah that we keep. In this class we explore the relationships between parent and child, siblings, friends, עברית Malachi; discussion of the role of Shivat Tzion and the relevant lessons of each week’s Torah portion based on leaders and followers, teachers and students, among Second Bet HaMikdash in the history of Am Yisrael. the writings of many of our great Chassidic masters. We others. We develop critical thinking skills as we view each Dara Unterberg develop the ideas of the Parasha while opening our eyes encounter through the lens of our own understanding Monday 4:15 pm – 5:15 pm to the vast world of Chassidic Torah and interpretation as well as classical and contemporary parshanut. Topics HEB 101-102 [1.5 credits per semester] (Spring semester only) and the direct impact it has on our personal Avodat include David and Batsheva, Eliyahu and Elisha, David Ulpan Hashem. Texts studied include Netivot Shalom, Sfat Emet, and Yonatan, Devorah and Barak, Chana/Penina and This is an intensive one-year course focusing on Hebrew Likutei Torah, Kedushat Levi, Baal Shem Tov al HaTorah. Elkanah etc. Each unit ends with a discussion of the comprehension and spoken language skills. BIB 153 Atara Starr practical application and relevance of the tools and Michal Shira Abbo (Hebrew) The Book of Daniel Monday 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm lessons we are learning to our everyday lives. Mondays 3:00 pm – 5:15 pm [1.5 credits per semester] Atara Starr Daniel is possibly the most mysterious book in the or Wednesdays 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm Sunday and Wednesday 10:05 am – 1:00 pm Tanach. Can we unravel the mysteries of Daniel’s [3 credits per semester] [4 credits per semester] visions? Were these visions purely Messianic, or were BIB 167-168 they relevant to Daniel’s own historical period? Was Daniel a prophet? We approach the Book of Daniel as an Early Prophets: Eternal Messages BIB 177-178 important window into the life of the Jews in Babylonian At a first glance, much of Nevi’im Rishonim appears to be Drama and Tanach exile, and as the historical link between the First and a collection of stories in Jewish History beginning with This class is identical to JA 103-104 Second Temple periods. the people entering the land of Israel with Yehoshua, Rav Zvi Ron and concluding with the destruction of the first Bet Wednesday 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm HaMikdash at the end of Melachim Bet. Yet above and BIB 181-182 [1.5 credits per semester] (Fall semester only) beyond the story of the development, progression, Portraits and Parshanut and ultimate demise (albeit temporarily), of Am Yisrael in Eretz Yisrael, each episode in Tenach has an eternal This class is identical to JA 105-106 BIB 155-156 message. As we study each and every chapter of Nevi’im Off The Beaten (Biblical) Track Rishonim together, we are able to reap lessons that are of BIB 183 fundamental importance to us as individuals, and to the This course attempts to discover more about some of the Nevuah Ledorot – Making a Prophet less-discussed characters in Tanach. Examples include: people of Israel as a nation. We firstly learn the relevant How do the messages of the later prophets guide us Calev, Rachav, Reuven, Pinchas, Elkana, Yonatan. We draw chapter in the Bet Midrash, then aim to fully understand today? We uncover the relevance and urgency of their on textual analysis and comparison, Midrashic comment the lessons therein. Our objective is to reveal the eternal messages on an individual, national, and universal level. and metaphor and a range of commentaries in order to lessons of the Nevi’im. determine how each character affected his time period Rav David Milston Sample discussion topics: and Biblical history in general. Tuesday 10:00 am – 11:10 am • Which prophecies have been fulfilled? Which have not? [1.5 credits per semester] Rav Yonatan Horovitz • How to know who is a false or true prophet? Who are Sunday 5:50 pm – 7:00 pm the modern “prophets”? [1.5 credits per semester] • How will Israel realistically become a “Light to the This course was formerly titled Biblical Personalities Nations”? • What do the Nevi’im have to say about modern Aliya, poverty, governmental power, religious tolerance. Dara Unterberg Monday 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm [1.5 credits] (Spring semester only)

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JA 105-106 • Practical Training – training experience in Israeli schools, principal and teacher interviews Portraits and Parshanut Rav David Berg Department of In this course we broaden our perspectives on the Sunday 5:50 pm – 7:00 pm parameters of parshanut by looking beyond the words Department of [2 credits per semester] Jewish Creative of the commentaries. Is a picture worth a thousand words? How do the masterpieces of the world’s greatest Jewish Education Arts artists contribute to our appreciation of Tanach? Every JED 109-110 session focuses on a different episode in Tanach, such as Current Events Migdal Bavel, Akeidat Yitzchak, Mechirat Yosef, David and In Current Events we discuss and debate various Israeli Golyat, Eliyahu Hanavi, etc. and international news items, examining how these חינוך אומנות Dara Unterberg issues impact our daily lives, from the perspective of Monday 4:15 pm – 6:15 pm JA 101-102 [1.5 credits per semester] (Fall semester only) JED 105-106 religious women, and as people who are exposed to journalism outside of Israel. This class enables students to Artistic Expression Introduction to Principles in Education – expand their Israel experience by learning about Israeli This course is designed both to give students guidance JA 107-108 Leadership Workshop news as it develops, and becoming acquainted with local in a variety of art forms and techniques and to teach This course prepares the student for teaching in a politicians and culture. On a weekly basis, we analyze The Written Word students a form of self-expression that can be used to classroom situation using group dynamics for informal the latest updates in Israeli local news and international enhance their learning and living as Jewish women. The Creative writing is a means to explore both the world education. Participants in this class are introduced to the journalism and learn what is going on behind the scenes. program allows students to experiment with materials, within us and that which surrounds us through written following educational issues and needs: We follow news items and watch how they develop styles and mediums including painting, sculpture and language. This course is a hands-on writing workshop • Preparation of group activities, plays, ceremonies and over the weeks while familiarizing ourselves with Israeli drawing, and to work on individual art pieces of each where we learn techniques for greater creative written end of year events newspapers and becoming acquainted with their expression while exploring the relationship of the written student’s choice. Students may choose a common theme • Using games and drama in the classroom particular slant. Together we reflect on these topics and word to our inner spiritual life. Writing topics include which they research in traditional sources in order to • A mini-course in First Aid expand our understanding of our role in these changing those related to the Jewish yearly cycle and those that times. express the theme through a variety of artistic mediums. • Identifying and assisting students with learning arise from our learning. Previous writing experience not Rachel Himelstein A further description of the Jewish Art program and its difficulties or disabilities. Emphasis is placed on required. It is best to come with a willingness to explore Tuesday 8:30 am – 9:50 am aims can be found elsewhere in this catalog. understanding the social implications for these Rachel Himelstein and share in a group setting. [This class is not for credit] students. Tuesday 1:45 pm – 3:45 pm and/or This course is also numbered JUD 183-184. • Educational psychology – students are introduced to Tuesday 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Leiba Smith concepts in child development, learning disabilities [Each session: 2 credits per semester] Thursday 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm [1.5 credits per semester] and more.

JA 103-104 Drama and Tanach This class explores and analyzes the narrative portions of Tanach from a dramatic perspective. Student use theater arts as a means of increasing their understanding of various Biblical personalities and pesukim in the Torah in a hands-on approach to Torah learning which is both challenging and transformative. The performance elements of this class serve as a form of expression as well as an assessment of the areas of study. This course is also numbered BIB 177-178. Devorah Starr Tuesday 11:20 am – 12:30 pm [3 credits per semester]

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JHI 125-126 JHI 127-128 From Holocaust to Redemption Topics in Zionism The aim of this course is to follow, chronologically, the This course follows the unbroken chain of the Department of rise of Hitlerism until its eventual downfall, showing connection between the Jewish people and their land. the plight of the Jewish people at each stage of We track the efforts of individuals to settle in the land in Jewish History these developments. We also explore the birth of the the medieval period and the more popular movements Jewish State in the aftermath of the Holocaust. We use in the last 200 years. We study the major figures and audio-visual sources with much original footage as a organizations and examine the landmark events that starting point for each subject matter. The course aims have shaped the modern State of Israel. to emphasize the factual side of the Holocaust. On Rav Ari Shames היסטוריה occasion, as time permits, we deal with certain moral or Monday 4:25 pm – 5:15 pm ethical issues that arise directly from our studies. [1.5 credits per semester] JHI 109-110 Rav David Milston JU Israel Course Tuesday 1:30 pm – 3:45 pm [2 credits per semester] Recent years have seen a sharp increase in negative sentiments toward Israel on North American college campuses. This course is intended to help students confront this challenge by instilling them with a deeper understanding of the complexities and nuances of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The students also gain leadership JHI 111 and activism skills to effectively make the case for Israel. Jerusalem through Time The course is divided into four segments: These walking tours explore different historical periods • The connection of the Jewish people to the Land of of the city of Jerusalem: the period of the First Bet Israel HaMikdash, the Second Bet HaMikdash, the Middle Ages, • Understanding the Arab – Israel conflict the Modern Era, the expansion of Jerusalem outside • The fundamentals of effective activism of the Old City, and the battles in 1948 and 1967. In • Leadership development and personal growth addition, we study secondary sources and tell stories The goal of this course is not simply to leave students and folklore of the various sites. We use the tours as a with a greater knowledge and understanding of Israel springboard, not only for the study of Jerusalem, but to and the conflict, but also to provide them with the learn about famous personalities and events. skills necessary to step up for Israel on their campuses Rav Yonatan Horovitz, Rav Michael Susman and within their communities. To that end, significant Tuesday 1:15 pm – 3:45 pm emphasis is placed on developing students’ leadership [This is a one-semester course; 3 credits per semester] potential and on empowering students to view themselves as actors in Jewish history with the ability to JHI 123 make a meaningful impact in the world. Using the latest multimedia educational resources, including film and Post-Talmudic History video, this course features interactive workshops, guest This course covers the period from the close of the speakers, and uses current events as the backdrop for to the end of the Geonim. The focus is on why class discussion. events developed the way they did and how that period Rav Michael Unterberg of history impacts us today. Among other topics, we will Thursday 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm learn about the first siddur, how and when the Talmud [2 credits per semester] was written, the first responsa literature, the first legal codes, what brought the Geonic period to a close, and why yeshivot today study Gemara the way they do. Rav Zvi Ron Wednesday 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm [1.5 credits per semester] (Spring semester only)

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JPH 105-106 While we will be exploring primary sources together JPH 103-104 in depth, this course will be interactive and workshop- Torat Eretz Yisrael – The Philosophy of style. Our goal is not only to study material, but primarily Finding Meaning in Prayer/Tefilla Workshop Connecting to prayer is a challenge that many face, to maximize our personal growth and development This is a foundation course on the philosophy of Department of despite prayer being an integral pillar of Jewish living. throughout the year. Religious Zionism. It covers four main units. Learning to unlock the true power of one’s Tefilla is Esther Mayer-Deutsch • The Role of Am Yisrael – the State of Israel / the “3 something that takes deep understanding of the spiritual Sunday 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm vows” / fixing new festivals / the Israeli Army / the [1.5 credits per semester] mechanics of Tefilla, both philosophical and practical. In Hebrew language / relations between religious and this class we learn sources to help us build our personal non-religious world of Tefilla, our understanding of what Tefilla is, what JPH 113-114 • The Redemption – with or without repentance / we are saying, how to use Tefilla properly and explore מחשבה Mashiach Ben Yosef / signs of Geula Thirteen Principles of Faith – Gateway to practical methods of making Tefilla more meaningful, Faith harnessing its tremendous power in our avodat Hashem • The Land of Israel – the center of Judaism / Torah and JPH 103-104 What is Emunah? How do we acquire it? What effects and lives in general. mitzvot / mitzvat Yishuv HaAretz / leaving Eretz Yisrael does it have on our life? These classes explore some of the Machshevet HaTefilla – The Philosophy of Rav Yonny Sack • Torah VeAvoda, Yerushalayim – Temple and Kingship, deeper concepts and sources in Judaism by delving into Prayer Sunday 4:25 pm – 5:40 pm seat of Hashem, of justice, and the House of David / the world of Emunah in general and the Rambam’s 13 How often do you really feel the need to pray? or Rav Ari Shames king, prophet, sage and priest / balance and separation Principles of Faith in particular. The course examines these Philosophical issues of prayer are raised as we study Monday 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm of power. foundational principles one by one, tackling the tough different sections of the siddur. [1.5 credits per semester] Rav Ari Shvat questions and drawing out enlightening practical insights Rav Gideon Weizman Wednesday 4:25 pm – 5:40 pm (Hebrew) as to how to utilize the power of Emunah to illuminate Thursday 5:50 pm – 7:00 pm or 5:50 pm – 7:00 pm (English) and transform our Avodat Hashem and our lives. [1.5 credits per semester] [1.5 credits per semester] Rav Yonny Sack Monday 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm JPH 107-108 [1.5 credits per semester] The Writings of Rav Kook Rav Kook was one of the greatest modern Jewish JPH 115-116 philosophers and a prolific writer who expounded on a Strive For Truth wide variety of topics. In this course we look at a number of different articles written by Rav Kook and attempt to This course deals with the mussar of Rav Eliyahu Dessler develop a perspective on his philosophy, and on what through his sefer, Michtav Me’Eliyahu. The following exactly it is that distinguishes his approach. topics are discussed: truth, choice, nature, faith, and Rav Gideon Weitzman (Hebrew) kindness. Thursday 4:25 pm – 5:40 pm Rav David Milston [1.5 credits per semester] Monday 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm [1.5 credits per semester] JPH 111-112 JPH 117-118 Growing Through the Jewish Calendar Messilat Yesharim – Path of the Just The , although strongly tied to historical events, are much more than ‘anniversaries’ of important We study this sefer from the very beginning, with an Jewish experiences that have passed – they are aim to complete an initial study by the year-end. The prime windows of opportunity for personal growth and work comprises 27 chapters including the introduction. spiritual connection for us right now, in each cycle of However, our real objective is more emphatically in the them that we live through. In this course we will explore qualitative area. The work is a compendium of wisdom together different ideas and approaches from a wide and real understanding of life. By intense study, and spectrum of Jewish thought including Chassidut and introspection, we hope to discover the pathway to Mussar, and look at midrashim and commentaries on Hashem. the holidays in a new light. We will explore the holidays Rav David Milston in the natural rhythm of the year as they approach us, Thursday 4:25 pm – 5:40 pm so each class will be relevant, timely and meaningful. [1.5 credits per semester]

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JPH 125 JPH 141-142 JPH 159-160 Introduction to the Philosophy of Rav Derech Hashem – The Path of God Writings of Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch Soloveitchik This course is an in-depth analysis of Derech Hashem, a In this course we will deal with the historical background In this course we examine some basic and recurring presentation of the mystical approach to understanding of the Jewish community in ‎‎19th century Europe themes in the Rav’s philosophy, using a number of texts the way God runs the world and the purpose of our during the period of Enlightenment, as well as the written in English. existence. We will compare Derech Hashem to other Hirschian concept of “Torah im Derech Eretz”. During Rav Yonatan Horovitz works of Ramchal, and to differing approaches within the our first semester we will be focusing primarily on Sunday 4:25 pm – 5:40 pm world of Jewish thought. Rav Hirsch’s seminal first work The Nineteen Letters [1.5 credits per semester] (Fall semester only) Rav Zvi Ron JPH 151 as well as selected essays and excerpts of Chorev and Wednesday 4:25 pm – 5:40 pm By His Light – The Thought of Rav Aharon his Commentary on the Torah. We will discuss the [1.5 credits per semester] Lichtenstein spirit of Judaism and the role of mitzvot as well as the JPH 127-128 Rav Aharon Lichtenstein was one of the most eloquent significance of justice and love as primary goals in our Confronting Modernity and refined Jewish thinkers of recent times. In this course, Avodat Hashem. JPH 143-144 This is an informal course focusing on discussion of how we gain insight into his philosophy and ideas. We study Atara Starr traditional Judaism confronts modern problems. Source Ethics of Our Fathers several of his English essays which will also allow us to Monday 4:25 pm – 5:15 pm [1.5 credits per semester] material is taken from classical and modern Jewish In this course we analytically study the text of the explore the analytical method Rav Lichtenstein employs philosophers as well as articles reflecting contemporary mishnayot from the tractate Avot. Using the symbolic, when discussing complex concepts. Rav Yonatan Horovitz issues of interest. structured and metaphoric nature of the chosen texts, JPH 165-166 Rav Yonatan Horovitz we are able to glean the integral lessons of our ancestors Sunday 4:25 pm – 5:40 pm Thursday 5:50 pm – 7:00 pm as they apply to our lives as Jews. [1.5 credits per semester] (Spring semester only) Torat HaIsha – Women in Modern Society [1.5 credits per semester] This course is also numbered TAL 123-124. In this course we discuss issues pertinent to women Rav Jonathan Bailey JPH 153-154 in modern society. Special attention is paid to the Thursday 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm interaction between religious and modern values, as well JPH 131-132 [1.5 credits per semester] Chassidic Thought in a Modern Age – as possible conflicts between them. Machshava – Jewish Thought Writings of the Rebbe of Piaseczna This course is also numbered JUD 127-128. This foundation course discusses some of the key This course focuses on an array of topics that are Judith Fogel JPH 149-150 components of Jewish philosophy throughout the ages. discussed in the many writings of the Rebbe of Piaseczna Thursday 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm or 4:25 pm – 5:40 pm Study is done through primary sources. Topics covered Relating to God HY”D. The Rebbe had a major following before the [1.5 credits per semester] war, ran an underground Shul in the Warsaw Ghetto include Torah and Mitzvot, the place of the individual in With multi-page source sheets chock-full of texts (where his sermons were later published), and was then Klal Yisrael, Torah SheBe’al Peh, and others. (especially contemporary ones), we cover many aspects murdered in a concentration camp. Topics covered JPH 169-170 Miriam Wolf of the intriguing relationship between us and God. Topics include Jewish education in the modern era, dealing Sunday and Wednesday 10:00 am – 1:00 pm include: God as father and mother, tzaddik vera lo, and The Masters of Mussar (Ethics) with difficulty, building faith, meditation, and many more. [4 credits per semester] walking in God’s ways. This class delves into the awe-inspiring lives ,Torah Rav David Milston Rav Uri Cohen teachings, and guidance of the angels amongst men Monday 4:25 pm – 5:15 pm known as the Baalei HaMussar (Masters of Mussar). These Wednesday 5:50 pm – 7:00 pm [1.5 credits per semester] [1.5 credits per semester] men set out to revive, restore and inspire the Jewish heart and soul through a spiritual revolution focused on JPH 155-156 sincere spiritual growth known as the Mussar Movement. From the Torah and lives of such spiritual giants as Rav Issues of Faith Yisrael Salanter, the Alter of Kelm, the Alter of Slobodka Using a variety of sources, this course examines basic and many others we will discover the unique sincerity, issues of faith. Both text and discussion are utilized. passion, soul and integrity that exemplify Mussar Topics discussed include: proving the existence of God, teachings, with the goal of awakening our own authentic the Chosenness of Israel, the truth of the Torah, defining inner soul connection to Hashem and His Torah. emunah, man and his destiny, free choice, evil in the Rav Yonny Sack world, repentance, understanding mitzvot, life after Tuesday 8:30 am – 9:50 am death, and other topics of interest raised by the students. [1.5 credits per semester] Rav Ari Shvat Wednesday 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm [1.5 credits per semester]

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JPH 185-186 JPH 195-196 Soul Mates: A Deeper Look at Men and Modern Orthodoxy Women When did Modern Orthodoxy begin and why? What This class builds a clear and profound understanding message does it have for Judaism today. What of the spiritual root of gender and works to apply distinguishes it from other streams of Judaism? Do I want this knowledge to the practical Jewish pathway to to be Modern Orthodox? All these questions and more relationships and marriage. Topics such as what is love, will be discussed by use of articles and papers written by platonic relationships, dating, soul mates, and marriage Modern Orthodox thinkers. are all examined in depth as a means of gaining greater Rav Yonatan Horovitz insight into this critical subject. Sunday 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm Rav Yonny Sack [1.5 credits per semester] (Spring semester only) Sunday 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm [This class is not for credit] JPH 197-198 Tikkun HaMiddot JPH 191-192 In this class students discover an organized practical The Thought of Rav Nachman of Breslav approach and guide to working on one’s inner self. The Towards the end of his life Rebbe Nachman said to his course systematically works through a wide range of followers, “All these years, I have been teaching you Torah, the fundamental Middot (character traits) which guide but many things you have just been unable to grasp – so our thoughts, actions, speech and avodat Hashem in JPH 171-172 JPH 179-180 now, I will tell you stories…” In this course we explore every aspect of our lives. A wide range of classical Torah, the teachings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov through Mussar and Chassidic sources are studied in depth with The Book of Tanya The Thinking Jew (Fundamental Existential the exploration of his ‘Sippurey Maasiyot’, a collection emphasis placed on drawing out a relevant and very Questions) The Book of Tanya, written by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of of stories he told over to his students, compiled by his practical working guide to personal spiritual growth. Liadi, the founder of the Lubavitch Chassidic This is a course that encourages us to think about the primary disciple Rav Natan of Breslov. Wildly imaginative, Rav Yonatan Sack dynasty, is recognized as one of the basic guides to the “Why” and “How” of what we do as Torah observant often funny and more often perplexing, these stories – Tuesday 10:00 am – 11:10 philosophy of Chassidut in general and to the philosophy Jews. Through use of biblical and sage sources as well while entertaining – are laden with mysterious parables or Wednesday 5:50 pm – 7:00 pm of Chassidut Lubavitch in particular. In this course as historic and contemporary thinkers (philosophers, communicating deep teachings and life lessons in [This class is not for credit] we attempt to understand the “Torah of the Soul” of scientists, contemporary thinkers and entrepreneurs) we Avodat Hashem. Lubavitch, as well as examine the path of a loyal Jew and will discuss and understand topics of importance and Esther Mayer-Deutsch his inner conflicts as seen by this sect of Chassidim. relevance to our lives as Jews. Thursday 5:50 pm – 7:00 pm Rav Ari Shames Tanya HaLevi [1.5 credits per semester] Sunday 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm Wednesday 5:50 pm – 7:00 pm [1.5 credits per semester] [1.5 credits per semester]

JPH 177-178 JPH 183-184 The Jewish Self Introduction to Chassidic Thought This class builds a deeply spiritual yet practical guide to Chassidic Torah is known to inspire, revive and inflame genuine connection in Avodat Hashem through delving Jewish souls with passion, joy and deep devotion. As into a wide range of sources from the Mussar classics to the modern Jew searches for meaningful connection to Chassidut. Through the course we learn to understand Torah, Chassidut provides a profoundly deep, practical, the deeper psychological and spiritual mechanics of the authentic spiritual system of Torah thought. This course Jewish Self and how to use this self-knowledge to attain enables students to taste of the warmth, joy, passion, and reveal holiness, purity and sincerity in all aspects of and intellectual and spiritual depth of Chassidic Torah life. thought, opening the door to new dimensions of Rav Yonny Sack understanding and connection. Sunday 5:50 pm – 7:00 pm Rav Yonny Sack [1.5 credits per semester] Wednesday 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm [1.5 credits per semester]

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JUD 109-110 JUD 125-126 JUD 129-130 Hilchot Kashrut – Dietary Laws – Advanced Contemporary Issues in Jewish Law Bekiut Halacha – Survey of Basic Concepts in Level In this class we follow the path of the modern-day Jewish Law Department of This course offers an in-depth study of hilchot Kashrut. and discover, through the texts that he would This class, which focuses on independent Beit Midrash We learn the major topics in Kashrut from the Gemara have used, the modern application of our previously study, is designed to give participants a wide breadth through the rishonim and Shulchan Aruch focusing on established halachik rulings. Averaging a new question of knowledge of Jewish Law, as well as to teach skills Jewish Studies halacha lemaaseh. every two classes, we learn through the relevant texts, required for independent study of the Mishna Berura. Judith Fogel understanding the principle to be gleaned from each The first section begins with study of the Kitzur Shulchan Tuesday 8:30 am – 9:50 am of them and then applying them, step-by-step, to our Aruch, and shifts to Mishna Berura over the course of the credits per semester] halachik query. Issues addressed include: Can a kohen year. The other two sections begin their study using the 1.5] הלכה ויהדות who caused a fatal driving accident join in blessing Mishna Berura. the congregation? Are dolls idolatrous? Can one join Rav Ari Shames (Basic/Intermediate) JUD 101-102 JUD 115-116 a minyan over the internet? Is an electric blanket Rav Michael Susman (Intermediate) Hilchot Shabbat – Laws of the Sabbath Personal Status in Jewish Law prohibited on Shabbat? Rav Jonathan Bailey (Advanced) Rav Jonathan Bailey Sunday 9:00 am – 9:55 am, This is a thorough and intensive course in which all This course deals with areas that affect the personal status of a Jew. The aim is to develop a deep halachik Sunday 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm Wednesday 8:30 am – 9:55 am aspects of Shabbat are studied in-depth. Together with [3 credits per semester] understanding of the issues of marriage, conversion, or Wednesday 4:25 pm – 5:40 pm texts, we explore all the positive and negative mitzvot [1.5 credits per semester] of Shabbat. Our aim is to cover all Halachik aspects of adoption and many other interpersonal issues. Shabbat in a complete manner as well as delving into Rav David Berg JUD 129a-130a Chassidic insights to the holiness of Shabbat. Thursday 5:50 pm – 7:00 pm JUD 127 – 128 Practical Halacha – Survey of Basic Concepts Rav David Berg [1.5 credits per semester] Torat HaIsha – Women in Modern Society in Jewish Law Sunday 4:25 pm – 5:40 pm This course is identical to JPH 165-166. or Tuesday 8:30 am – 10:00 am This course works though a wide range of relevant, JUD 119-120 [1.5 credits per semester] practical halachik topics, learning from the primary Shemirat HaLashon – Laws of Slander sources down to the practical halachik conclusions with an emphasis on clarity and understanding in daily JUD 103-104 This course delves into the Halachot and the deeper spiritual mechanics of the words we speak. We observance. Students also learn sources that reveal Hilchot Shabbat – Laws of the Sabbath – learn the halachik work, Chafetz Chayim, and its some of the depth behind the halachik practice learned, Advanced Level Mussar accompaniment, Sefer Shemirat HaLashon, both building a meaningful connection to observance. This course offers an in-depth study of hilchot Shabbat, by Rav Yisrael Meir Ha Kohen Kagan, in depth as well Rav Yonny Sack firmly based in the primary sources, and their application as other Torah sources on this topic. The course gives Tuesday 11:20 am – 12:30 am [1.5 credits per semester] to present day issues. The course requires an ability to students the Halachik know-how and inspiration to work read the Shulchan Aruch with the Mishna Brura. toward completely refining their speech, focusing also Rav Ari Shames (Hebrew) on the motivations behind how we communicate and Tuesday 11:20 am – 12:30 pm the true power of words. [1.5 credits per semester] Rav Yonny Sack Wednesday 4:25 pm – 5:15 pm JUD 107-108 [1.5 credits per semester] Hilchot Kashrut – Dietary Laws This is a thorough course covering all aspects of kashrut. JUD 121-122 We explore important issues such as hechsherim, Ben Adam LeChavero – Laws of Interpersonal halachik problems with milk and meat in the kitchen, Behavior food prepared by non-Jews, bugs in food, and general kashrut issues. Upon completing the course one should This course surveys the laws governing social interaction. know how to keep kosher in the best possible way. Topics covered include areas of civil law, honoring other Rav David Berg people, revenge, and interaction with non-Jews. Sunday 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm Rav Yonatan Horovitz or Thursday 4:25 pm – 5:40 pm Sunday 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm [1.5 credits per semester] [1.5 credits per semester] (Fall semester only)

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JUD 129b-130b JUD 137-138 JUD 147-148 medicine and halachah and discover an exciting interface between ancient texts and the most modern Practical Halacha – Survey of Basic Concepts Defining The Changeless Relationship Jewish Literacy 101 medical treatments. in Jewish Law Between Woman and God in Changing Times For a description of this course, please refer to the Rav Gideon Weitzman This course is similar to JUD 129a-130b but emphasis In this class we will cover the role of women in ritual Academic Opportunities section on page 30. Thursday 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm is placed on the practice of Edot Mizrach (Oriental) observance – specifically those that take place in the [1.5 credits per semester] [1.5 credits per semester] communities, using the positions of Maran Rav Ovadiah community, the Beit Knesset, and the private home – Yosef as a template. through an examination of Talmudic sources, responsa, Rav Michael Susman and articles. JUD 151-152 JUD 165-166 Sunday 4:25 pm – 5:40 pm Judith Fogel Discovering Texts Minhagim and their Origins [1.5 credit per semester] Thursday 5:50 pm – 7:00 pm In this course we have a unique opportunity to explore This class is an exploration of various minhagim, [1.5 credits per semester] and elucidate some of Judaism’s fundamental concepts concentrating on tracing the evolution of each particular JUD 135–136 through Torah texts and World Literature. Employing minhag and the reasons behind it The focus will be on poems from poets such as Wordsworth, Donne and minhagim associated with the holidays – connecting the Poetry and Song in Prayer JUD 139-140 Blake, excerpts from Shakespeare’s plays, a variety of study of particular minhagim with chagim as they occur. This course studies the text of the various poems used Mitzvot: How and Why? short stories along with many other samplings of great We will also explore minhagim of the Jewish life-cycle. Over in our tefilot and the “zemirot” of Shabbat. Before each As a special amalgamation of practical halacha and literature, the precepts of our faith, religion, philosophy the course of the year we will gain a deeper understanding holiday we study a specific work related to the holiday, meaningful symbolism, this class explores the mitzvot and thought are more deeply understood and of the unique role minhagim have in Jewish life. for example Avinu Malkanu or Maoz Tzur, and for mid- of our chagim along with a collection of the mitzvot appreciated. This class involves a heavy focus on textual Rav Zvi Ron year sessions concentrate on Shabbat. We learn about we commonly observe. The learning of each mitzvah analysis of all the texts we will study. Wednesday 5:50 pm – 7:00 pm the authorship of each work and study the text itself includes the practical, relevant step-by-step process of Rav Jonathan Bailey [1.5 credits per semester] in detail in order to track the sources that inspired the how to perform these mitzvot correctly, along with an Wednesday 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm poem. Each session focuses on a separate poem. elucidation of the mitzvah’s symbolic significance based [1.5 credits per semester] Rav Ari Shames on the Torah’s descriptions. Note: Halachik practices to be JUD 171-172 Thursday 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm discussed will generally reflect Ashkenazi tradition. JUD 161-162 Chibat HaAretz – Love of the Land of Israel [1.5 credits per semester] Rav Jonathan Bailey The course is designed to familiarize the students with Monday 4:25 pm – 5:15 pm Medical Ethics the actual physical land of Israel. We study general issues [1.5 credits per semester] When does life begin? When and how does it end? including: geography, topography, water resources, flora Can one donate a kidney while still alive? What about and fauna. In addition we examine various specific areas terminating a pregnancy? In this course we study the of the country in order to better understand the events classic and modern sources that answer these and many of the Tanach and history that unfolded in those areas. more questions in the fascinating and relevant area of Rav Ari Shames Sunday 4:25 pm – 5:40 pm [1.5 credits per semester]

JUD 173-174 The Missing Mikdash – Do We Care? This course will help students appreciate Jerusalem, the place they have chosen to spend a year of their life and the center of the Jewish people. We will study the history of Tisha B’Av and all that is connected to it including but not limited to, mussar, halacha, and our own lives. We will reflect about our own priorities and goals, and develop a deeper, more meaningful relationship with the holiest place on earth. This class is also entitled Meaning of Mikdash. Aviah Rosby Wednesday 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm [1.5 credits per semester]

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JUD 180 TAL 103a-104a Some of the themes to be addressed include: The origin, concept, approaches and halachot regarding Everyday Inspiration Torah SheBe’al Peh, Intensive Talmud – muktzah; the history behind one vs. two days of Yom Lower Intermediate Level Through the fusion of contemporary articles, music, Tov and why we can’t ‘fix it’ today; application of several videos and movie clips from the secular world and Department This course is designed for students who have had some melachot of Shabbat, including squeezing and picking Torah sources and Rabbinic literature, this class focuses exposure to the study of Gemara but do not feel that fruit; the intricate concepts of nullification of prohibited on finding meaning and examining our thoughts on of Talmud they are yet prepared for a higher level class. Emphasis is objects (‘issur ve’heter’); why we have two days of Rosh a variety of topics and ideas. The world is filled with placed upon aquiring reading skills as well as following Hashanah even in Israel. inspiration; it is up to us to open our eyes to it. the Gemara’s development of an issue and then tracing Rav Jonathan Bailey Devorah Starr that issue’s resolution in Halacha. Sunday and Wednesday 10:05 am – 1:00 pm Tuesday 10:00 am – 11:10 am Rav Michael Susman [4 credits per semester] Sunday and Wednesday 10:05 am – 1:00 pm תורה שבעל פה (credits per semester] (Fall semester only 1.5] [4 credits per semester] Important Note: Students register for courses 101-109 TAL 105a-106a JUD 181-182 based on skill level. The topics covered may vary from year Torah SheBe’al Peh, Intensive Talmud – to year; second year students may therefore register for the TAL 105 – 106 Know What to Answer Upper Intermediate Level same course they have taken previously. Torah SheBe’al Peh, Intensive Talmud – This course tackles some of the questions that really This class focuses on the development of skills in the Intermediate Level Tractate Beitza bother people about traditional Judaism. The problems study of Gemara and analysis of Talmudic language. This class has two basic goals: the development of the can be intellectual (Evolution, Sacrifices), moral (Amalek, TAL 103-104 The thrust of the course is based on self-study with the Holocaust), or emotional (Homosexuality, Negiah). student’s ability to independently read Gemara (every lectures devoted to reinforcing independently prepared Torah SheBe’al Peh, Intensive Talmud – With extensive source sheets, we examine a range of word, start to finish) and the intensive and careful material while more thoroughly developing the topics Beginner Level answers from classic and contemporary sources. “Da Ma learning of the text of the Gemara itself. The former encountered. The year plan is to study, in-depth, the L’Hashiv” means “Know what to answer” to challenges This course introduces the uninitiated into the world is achieved through a system that focuses on the tractate of Rosh Hashanah. Students are expected to to the Torah -- whether the challenger is your college of Gemara. Gemara is primarily a sophisticated study repeated structures, words and phrases of all Gemara, devote time independent of official class hours in order roommate or the person in the mirror. of Mishna by Amoraim. Gemara analyzes Mishna and therein giving the student the ability to recognize and to cover all assigned material. Rav Uri Cohen its relationship with Braita. It then engages in halachik punctuate any Gemara she may see in the course of her Rav Ari Shames (Hebrew) Wednesday 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm analytic discussion based upon the earlier sources. study; the latter trains the student in her ability to truly Sunday and Wednesday 10:05 am – 1:00 pm [1.5 credits per semester] Therefore the course begins with the in-depth study of recognize the motivation, meaning and direction of the [4 credits per semester] Mishna, focusing on certain basic skills: understanding Gemara’s complex arguments. While Rishonim are used mishnayot, identifying the structure of a mishna and throughout the course of the year, the main focus is the its central arguments, tracing wider trans-perek and intense study of the Gemara text, with a compliment of JUD 183-184 masechet themes. Our Gemara study aims to familiarize Rashi and Tosfot. The Written Word students with the page of the Gemara, its language, and style. Emphasis is placed on both understanding the text This course is identical to JA 107-108 and the halachik process. Judith Fogel Sunday and Wednesday 10:05 am – 1:00 pm [4 credits per semester]

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TAL 107-108 TAL 111-112 Torah SheBe’al Peh, Intensive Talmud – Bekiut Gemara – Talmud Survey Advanced level Students study selected chapters of the Talmud covering This course is designed for students who are interested a variety of subject matter in order to acquire a wider in devoting a substantial part of their year to developing perspective of Talmudic concepts and methodology. We their Talmudic skills far beyond their present state. The start with Masechet Megillah, with the goal completing aim is to reach a high level of learning independence two masechtot by the end of the year. through the mastery of Talmudic texts. The bulk of time Rav Avigdor Meyerowitz will be devoted to self-(chavruta) study of the Gemara Sunday 9:00 am – 9:55 am, text with Rashi and Tosafot. Class time supplements Tuesday and Wednesday 8:30 am – 9:55 am self-study by assuring a thorough understanding of what [4 credits per semester] was learned, while also introducing additional material. Emphasis is placed on constant revision (chazara) as a tool for retaining material and developing independent TAL 113-114 study skills. Bekiut Mishna – Walking Through Shas/ Rav Avigdor Meyerowitz (Hebrew) Survey of Mishna Sunday and Wednesday 10:05 am – 1:00 pm, This course is designed to give students a familiarity with Tuesday 8:30 am – 11:10 am basic Rabbinic concepts. Students spend the year doing [6 credits per semester] a survey of selected Mishnayot in Seder Moed, focusing on the principles that each Mishna contains. Judith Fogel TAL 123-124 Orthodox Jews often compound the problem by Tuesday 10:00 am – 11:10 am suggesting apologetic (defensive) explanations which do [1.5 credits per semester] Ethics of Our Fathers violence to the texts. Is there a better way? This course This course is identical to JPH 143-144. attempts to resolve these issues by viewing each text in context. Whether this involves examining the Talmud’s words before and after the statement in question, parallel TAL 123A discussions elsewhere, or historical perspective, the Ethics of Our Fathers context can reveal Pshat (the straightforward reading) This course is identical to JPH 143A. and shed new light on the supposedly misogynistic statements. Topics include Shelo Asani Ishah; the tragedy of Beruriah; and Nashim Da’atan Kalot. TAL 125-126 Rav Uri Cohen Wednesday 4:25 pm – 5:40 pm Topics in Talmud and Halacha [1.5 credits per semester] In this course we study several sugyot in depth, tracing the development of the Halacha from the Mishna through the Gemara and then the Rishonim, finishing TAL 129-130 with the Halacha as codified by Rambam and Beit Yosef/ Before There Was Talmud – Recreating Shulchan Aruch. Students are required to devote time for Talmudic Methodology preparation outside of class. We strive to create our ‘own’ gemara, thinking like the Rav Michael Susman Amoraim thought as they elucidated the mishnayot. Sunday 5:50 pm – 7:00 pm This is not an exercise in recreating a gemara, but rather, [3 credits per semester] by employing similar thought-processes, allows for a deeper understanding of the truncated language of the TAL 127-128 mishnayot. Rav Jonathan Bailey Talmudic Misogyny in Context Tuesday 11:20 am – 12:30 pm At first glance, many statements in the Talmud seem [1.5 credits per semester] to reflect misogyny, hatred of women. Well-meaning

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mediums including painting, sculpture and drawing in Guest Speakers order to produce individual art pieces of each student’s Throughout the year, guest speakers are regularly invited Academic Opportunities choice or to create a combination exhibit or production to address the student body. The speakers include with a shared theme. Students are encouraged to create rabbanim, educators, as well as leaders and scholars from personal projects to build up their own private porfolio, a wide variety of areas. This part of the schedule provides Jewish Literacy 101 Seder Erev engaging in research in preparation for each work of art. ‎ the students with an excellent opportunity to meet, talk Attention is paid to the Jewish calendar year, with related One of the fundamental tenets of the educational Seder Erev offers a range of study options designed to to and interact with prominent personalities from Israel art projects that will reflect the nature of the Chagim, as philosophy of the Midrasha is that ‎knowledge of appeal to the varied interests of our students. Consult the and the Diaspora, as well as to be exposed to topics and well as to themes in Jewish art. basic Jewish concepts is essential for an individual to course listings for further information. Seder Erev runs ideas not included in the weekly timetable. thrive and develop as an educated Jew. The Jewish from 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm, Sunday and Tuesday through Literacy program is designed to give students the Thursday evenings. Faculty members – Rav Jonathan In “Drama and Tanach” students use theater arts as a solid ‎foundation necessary to achieve this goal. Upon Bailey, Judith Fogel, Tanya HaLevi and Rav Yonatan means of increasing their understanding of various completing this year long program, which is required Horovitz – supervise the Seder Erev program. Attendance Biblical personalities and pesukim in the Torah in a Shiur Klali of all students, you will have acquired a broad based is mandatory. hands-on approach to Torah learning which is both Shiur Klali takes place on Mondays from 5:50 pm – 19:00. familiarity with a ‎wide range of topics, including challenging and transformative. The focus is on The shiur, generally given by Rav Milston, focuses on concepts, books, authors, dates, commonly used deepening one’s appreciation for the text of Tanach and Parashat HaShavua. Attendance is mandatory for all ‎abbreviations, and famous quotations. Students are Israeli Chavrutot creating greater understanding of the personalities who students. provided with study materials that ‎they must prepare are central to our study of Tanach. independently and are tested regularly on the material Students in the Overseas Program have the option to study a topic of their choice with a chavruta from the they have ‎learned.‎ Students who successfully complete “The Written Word” is a hands-on writing workshop Israeli program. Students should register for this Chavruta Hitnadvut – Voluntary Work the program will earn 1.5 credits per semester for JUD where student learn techniques for greater creative as part of the overall course registration process. An integral part of the educational program at the 147-148. Only letter grades, as opposed to P/F grades, are written expression while exploring the relationship of Midrasha consists of volunteer work. Hitnadvut given for this program. the written word to their inner spiritual life. Writing topics opportunities include assisting the aged, the sick or include those related to the Jewish yearly cycle and handicapped children and their parents, and tutoring in Judaism Through the those that arise from the learning. English. All placements are done through the Hadracha Bekiut Program Creative Arts staff. While not mandatory, participation in the Hitnadvut The inspiring location of the Midrasha allows our work to As a cornerstone of the study program at the Midrasha, In response to the growing number of creatively- program is strongly recommended. Students register for be influenced on a spiritual level that only the Old City of a strong emphasis is placed on developing a wide talented young women who join the Midrasha every the program as part of the overall registration process. Jerusalem can provide. We are privileged to be studying breadth of knowledge and skills in basic areas of Jewish year, we have developed courses allowing students to and participating in creative endeavors at this historic Studies. All students are required to register for a section explore and expand their artistic, dramatic and writing time and the Creative Arts program aims to reflect this. of Bekiut Halacha (JUD 129-130), Bekiut Gemara (TAL skills within the structure of their studies at the Midrasha. 111-112) or Bekiut Nach (BIB 123-124) every Sunday All courses in the Creative Arts program are designed and Wednesday, and Bekiut Torah (BIB 110-111) every to guide students in the specific art form and teach Monday and Thursday. In addition, students may take techniques used in enhancing students’ learning and Ulpan an optional course in Bekiut Mishna (TAL 113-114). living as Jewish women. Attention is given to the specific The Midrasha offers an intensive Ulpan for students These survey courses all emphasize mastery of a wide halachik issues that might arise for religious art students. interested in developing their Hebrew language skills in range of material in each of these topics, as well as the a formal classroom setting. development of skills for independent study of basic In “Artistic Expression” students learn a variety of specific texts in each area. techniques and experiment with materials, styles and

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Tiyulim Zionism Seminar The educational philosophy of Midreshet HaRova stresses The Zionism Seminar (Zeminar) program offers an Special Study Options the link between Eretz Yisrael and Torat Yisrael. In order enriching in-depth seminar experience focusing on the to strengthen this link, there are a number of one, two development of Zionism and the Modern State of Israel Students in the Overseas Program can take advantage of additional study options beyond the standard and three-day tiyulim over the course of the year. Tiyulim for Northern Hemisphere students who choose not to timetable. Participation on these tracks is contingent upon approval of the program director. span the length and breadth of the country and have participate in the Poland Trip. The Zeminar takes students been organized both in terms of educational structure, through an historical and visual tour of the events, places as well as seasonal and agricultural stages of the year. and people which made the modern State of Israel Beit Midrash Option Students in the program must take JED 105-106. As Participation in all tiyulim is mandatory. possible - from visits to the museums connected to the /Independent study part of JED 105 -106 students are required to prepare founders and movements at the start of the State, to educational programs on each of the chagim and Students may choose this option for any time other than places as far as the Golan and Acco, and as close as Har present educational material to their peers. Students are Sunday, Monday, Wednesday or Thursday mornings Herzl and the Knesset – students learn about what was also taught how to prepare for an interview and to create from 10:05-13:00. Participation in this option involves Poland Trip and the transformation to the Israel that is today, greatly a CV. mentored independent study. Participating students The Midrasha conducts two yearly trips to Poland, one in enriching their understanding of and identification with may be required to submit a project or paper on the the winter or spring for Northern Hemisphere students the Land and its people. There is no additional charge for All inquiries should be directed to the program director, topic studied. Credits will be granted either in parallel to and the second during the summer, in conjuction with the Zionism Seminar. Rav David Berg. the MTA program, for Southern Hemisphere students. existing courses or, in the case of students who are taking The trip focuses on both the beauty and legacy of the that course, as increased credit for the course. Thus it Jewish community of Eastern Europe, as well as on the is possible for a student to earn an extra credit and a destruction of that community at the hands of the Nazis half beyond the stated credit value of a given course if Second Year Program and their collaborators. Trip participants are required to she submits additional work done independent of the The second year program is designed to allow students dedicate several hours to special preparatory lectures required course work. who wish to dedicate another year to learning, the prior to their departure, as well as prepare ceremonies opportunity to develop to the utmost. Each second and presentations which are given in Poland. The cost of year student personally designs a program of study the trip is not included in tuition. (There is no additional Tochnit Chayil – Education with the program director in order to ensure that she charge for MTA participants.) meets her personal goals. Second year students may Leadership Program take advantage of a series of courses designed especially This program seeks to enable students with leadership for them, or enter any first year class of their choice. potential to acquire necessary skills in formal and Second year classes are numbered 200 and above, and informal education. The program exposes students to a registration in these classes is limited to second year wide range of methodologies and materials, enabling students only. them to develop their leadership skills.

Students who successfully complete the program receive Seminars a certificate from the Midrasha. While the certificate has no legal standing it attests to the students’ participation In addition to the regular schedule of shiurim, Midreshet in and completion of all the requirements of the HaRova sponsors a number of annual seminars. program. Past seminar topics have included: The Program is comprised of the following modules: Zionism, the Holocaust, Yerushalayim, the Evolving Role • Educational methodology of , Jewish Business Ethics, and the Jew in the Modern World. • Educational theory • Field work All seminars involve Midrasha staff, experts in relevant fields and renowned Torah personalities. Participation in these seminars is mandatory, unless otherwise noted.

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Boys are not allowed either inside or in front of the general guidelines helpful. Students at the Midrasha are Midrasha, or the Midrasha dormitories or apartments, at required to wear skirts that cover the knee, even when General Information any time. Security regulations are continually reviewed seated. Tight skirts, or skirts with excessive slits (ie. slits and updated in light of the security situation in Israel. above the knee) are unacceptable. All shirts must have Any changes to the regulations will be communicated sleeves covering the elbow, and appropriate necklines. Shabbatot Security to both students and their parents in a clear and Shirts should not rise above the top of the skirt at any timely fashion. Students who fail to adhere to posted time. Tight shirts of any kind are inappropriate, and Shabbat at the Midrasha is an unforgettable experience. For security reasons the doors of all Midrasha buildings regulations are subject to action, up to and including necklines should minimally come near the collarbone. If The seudot, combined with tefilla at the Kotel, create are locked at all times. Students will be given the suspension from the program. clothing is layered, there should be no gap between the a truly spiritual atmosphere, unique to the Midrasha. code necessary to enter the buildings. Under no layers of clothing. Excessive ear piercings, as well as all Shabbat is shared with faculty members and their circumstances should these codes be given to other body piercings, are considered inappropriate for families who spend Shabbat with the students, giving anyone outside the Midrasha. Midrasha students. Visiting pubs, smoking, drinking, and shiurim and leading discussions and activities. Dress and Behavior use of any controlled substance are strictly forbidden and There is a daily curfew of 12:15 am which is strictly The Midrasha believes that Tzniyut is a central value in are grounds for immediate dismissal from the program. Shabbatot spent outside the Old City provide our enforced. Students must be in any one of the Midrasha Judaism, for both men and women. The educational It goes without saying that students are expected to students with the opportunity to encounter different buildings by the designated time. At the time of curfew, philosophy of the Midrasha views modesty in dress and adhere to these norms at all times, whether the Midrasha segments of Israeli society and experience Israel in the Madrichot check that all students are in. It is each behavior as a reflection of internalized values and not is in session or not. an exciting, yet very real fashion. The Hadracha team student’s responsibility to ensure that she has been of an imposed code. Nonetheless, students often find supplements these Shabbatot with varied educational checked in. In case of breach of this critical security activities. regulation, the program director will, in the company of the offending student, contact that student’s parents There is generally a Midrasha shabbat once every three and inform them that if the situation recurs, the Midrasha weeks. Students are expected to attend all of these will have no option other than to ask the student to Shabbatot. In the case of a conflict with a family simcha, leave. Students who are travelling for Shabbat, must note or other event, permission may be received to miss a this on the ‘Shabbat list’ before 1:00 pm on Wednesday maximum of three shabbatot. The dates of Midrasha afternoon. Students must leave an additional phone Shabbatot can be found in the annual schedule printed number at which they can be reached before they leave in this guide. for Shabbat. Please note that these rules are purely a security matter and are for your own safety.

Guests on Shabbat The Midrasha is always happy to enable its students to invite guests for Shabbat. However, space limitations require that this be coordinated with the Eim Bayit. Guests may only be invited for scheduled in-Shabbatot.

Living Arrangements The Midrasha offers students the opportunity to live in either the Berman Dormitory or in area apartments. Students are provided with three meals daily. Meals are served only at the times indicated on the schedule. Students are required to participate in various toranuyot.

Please remember that the Midrasha is home. Students are expected to keep both their rooms and all public areas neat and clean.

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Aviah Rosby Yakira Wald Midreshet HaRova; BA Elementary Education, BEd, Orot Israel College for Women; BA Psychology, Midreshet HaRova Faculty University; Teaching Certification, David Yellin Institute; UNISA MA TaNach, Michlelet Herzog

HaRav Gidon Weitzman HaRav David Milston Esther Mayer-Deutsch HaRav Yonatan (Yonny) Sack Semicha, Rabbanut HaRashit L’Yisrael; Yeshivat Beit El; Rosh HaMidrasha Midreshet Rachel V’Chaya; Shearim; ; Semicha, Rav Zalman Nechemia Goldberg; Yeshivat Teachers Certificate, Michlelet Lifschitz Pardes Institute; MA, Jewish Education, Hebrew Semicha, Rabbanut HaRashit L’Yisrael; Yeshivat Har HaMivtar; Yeshivat Har Etzion; Teaching Certificate, University; BA, Jewish Studies and Education, York Etzion; BA, Jewish Studies, Jews College; Teachers Machon Herzog; BA, Marketing, University of Certificate, Machon Herzog University Technology, Sydney Miriam Wolf MA, Jewish Studies, Touro College, Jerusalem; BA, Judith Fogel Psychology, Northeastern Illinois University; Teachers Tanya HaLevi, Director HaRav Ari Shames , ; Bible MA, Jewish History, Certificate, Orot Israel College Matan; Claudia Cohen Graduate Institute, Ohr Torah Hebrew University; Bruria Scholar, Midreshet Semicha, Rabbanut HaRashit L’Yisrael; Yeshivat Har Stone; B.SC, B.OPT, Hadassah College Lindenbaum; BA, Religion, Education, Columbia Etzion; BA, Psychology, Bar-Ilan University University, Barnard College Administration Michal Shira Abbo HaRav Ari Shvat Jeremy Kurnedz, Executive Director University of Leeds in Israel, BA Arts and Education; Esther Grossman Semicha, Rabbanut HaRashit L’Yisrael; Yeshivat Ohr Yeshivat Har Etzion; BSc, Economics, University of Oranim/Academic College Of Education Israel, Michlalah Yerushalayim, Teachers Certificate; MS Etzion; MA equivalent, Herzog Institute London Academic Teaching Certificate; Hebrew teaching Secondary Jewish Education, BA Judaic Studies/ Certification, Hebrew As a Second Language: Ministry of Psychology, Yeshiva University Education Israel Atara Starr Leiba Smith, Office Manager Rachel Himelstein Michlalah Yerushalayim; MA, Jewish Education, BA ; BA, Comparative Religion/ Jewish Studies, Yeshiva University HaRav Jonathan Bailey Michlalah Yerushalayim; University of Middlesex; Anthropology, University of Manitoba Semicha, HaRav Zalman Nechemia Goldberg and The Teacher’s Certificate, Special Education, English Joseph Straus Rabbinical Seminary; Yeshivat Hamivtar- and Toshba, Michlalah Yerushalayim; BEd, Bible and Devorah Starr Orot Lev; Yeshivat Shaarei Mevasseret Zion; BA, English Education, Michlelet Herzog Literature, Yeshiva University Bnot Torah Institute; MA Educational Theatre, New York University; BA, Elementary Education, Yeshiva University HaRav Yonatan Horovitz HaRav David Berg Semicha, Yeshivat Har Etzion; BA, Jewish Studies, Jews College HaRav Michael Susman Semicha, Rabbanut HaRashit L’Yisrael; Yeshivat Beit El; Kolel Meretz; Teachers Certificate, Lifschitz Institute Semicha, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary; Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh; MS, Secondary Jewish HaRav Avigdor Meyerowitz Education, BA, Political Science, Yeshiva University Yeshivat Beit El HaRav Uri Cohen Dara Unterberg Semicha, The Joseph Straus Rabbinical Seminary and Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary; Yeshivat HaRav Zvi Ron Drisha Institute, Scholar, Midreshet Lindenbaum, Michlalah Yerushalayim; BA, Judaic Studies, BS, Shaalvim; ATID Fellows Program; Amiel Rabbinic Training Semicha, Rabbanut HaRashit L’Yisrael; Yeshivat Shaalvim; Psychology, Yeshiva University Program; BA, Judaic Studies; MS, Medieval Jewish Sha’al Rabbinic and Educational Leadership Institute; History; MS, Jewish Education, Yeshiva University Doctorate, Jewish Theology, Spertus University; BA, Counseling Psychology, Empire State College

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January 27 – February 5 Sunday – Tuesday כ"א-ל' שבט Zionism Seminar / Trip to Poland

February 9 Shabbat ד' אדר א' Annual Schedule 5779 Shabbat Midrasha תוכנית שנתית תשע"ט February 23 Shabbat י"ח אדר א' Home Hospitality with the Israeli Program

March 2 Shabbat כ"ה אדר א' Shabbat Midrasha Ellul Zman March 16 Shabbat ט' אדר ב' Shabbat Midrasha August 14 Tuesday ג' אלול Arrival at the Midrasha Taanit Esther – Yom Iyun until 1:00 pm. No March 20 Wednesday י"ג אדר ב' August 18 Shabbat afternoon classes. Regular night seder ז' אלול Shabbat Midrasha

March 21 Thursday י"ד אדר ב' Purim September 8 Shabbat כ"ח אלול Shabbat Midrasha

March 22 Friday ט"ו אדר ב' Purim in Yerushalayim September 9 Sunday כ"ט אלול Erev Rosh Hashanah – no classes

April 2 – April 4 Tuesday – Thursday כ"ו–כ"ח אדר ב׳ Rosh Hashanah – Home Hospitality in Tiyul to Eilat September 10-11 Monday-Tuesday א'-ב' תשרי Communities/Free April 4 Thursday כ"ח אדר ב׳ Last day of Choref Zman Tzom Gedaliah – Yom Iyun until 1:00 pm. No September 12 Wednesday ד' תשרי afternoon classes. Regular night seder

September 19 Wednesday י' תשרי Yom Kippur in the Midrasha

September 20 Thursday Kayitz Zman י"א תשרי (End of Ellul Zman (no classes that day

April 30 Tuesday evening כ"ה ניסן Return to the Midrasha May 2 Thursday כ"ז ניסן Choref Zman Yom HaShoah May 4 Shabbat כ"ט ניסן Shabbat Midrasha October 3 Wednesday Evening כ"ה תשרי Return to Midrasha May 8 Wednesday ג' אייר Yom HaZikaron October 6 Shabbat כ"ז תשרי Shabbat Midrasha May 9 Thursday ד' אייר Yom Ha’Atzmaut October 27 Shabbat י"ח חשוון Shabbat Midrasha May 18 Shabbat י"ג אייר Shabbat Midrasha November 10 Shabbat ב' כסלו Shabbat Midrasha June 2 Sunday כ"ח אייר Yom Yerushalayim November 24 Shabbat ט"ז כסלו Shabbat Midrasha June 8 Shabbat ה' סיוון Shabbat Midrasha December 6 – 9 Thursday – Sunday כ"ח כסלו- Chanukah Break א' טבת June 9 Sunday ו' סיוון Shavuot in the Midrasha December 22 Shabbat י"ד טבת Shabbat Midrasha June 11 Tuesday ח' סיוון Mesibat Siyum January 5 Shabbat כ"ח טבת Shabbat Mashgichot June 12 Wednesday ט' סיוון End of Northern Hemisphere year January 19 Shabbat י"ג שבט Shabbat Midrasha

There will be tiyulim approximately once every three weeks. | Exact dates will be posted throughout the year. | Calendar is subject to change.

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Academic Policy

Courses are year long, unless otherwise noted. For credit W = Withdrew from course with permission purposes titles are split into two, i.e. BIB 110 -111. INC = Incomplete

Courses are in English unless otherwise noted. For courses graded Pass (P) or Fail (F): P is equivalent to C+ and above Transcripts issued by the Midrasha come in two formats: P/F or with letter grades. The standard transcript is P/F, Students should note that universities in their home based upon the evaluation of the teacher. Students country might only grant transfer credit for graded, wishing to earn letter grades are required to submit as opposed to Pass/Fail, courses. In general, the written exams or projects. Midrasha can not guarantee that a student will receive transfer credit at universities in Israel or abroad. It is Credits are based on one classroom hour per week per the individual student’s responsibility to check the semester. transfer credit policy of whichever university she plans Semester length = 15 weeks on attending. Midreshet HaRova is a participant in the Yeshiva University Israel Program and the Hebrew The grading scale is as follows: Theological College/Blitstein Teacher’s Institute Israel Experience Program (IEP). IEP students do not fulfill their requirements with a P/F transcript, and must earn letter A = 94-100 grades. Students planning on attending Stern College are A- = 90-93 strongly advised to opt for graded transcripts in order to B+ = 87-89 receive full credit. B = 84-86 B- = 80-83 C+ = 77-79 C = 74-76 C- = 70-73 D = 65-70

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