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Pardes Institute – Fall 2008-9/5769 Courses Course Descriptions Spring 2017 / 5777 Table of Contents 8:30-11:30 Sunday/Tuesday/Thursday ............................................................................ 2 8:30-11:30 Monday/Wednesday ...................................................................................... 5 11:45-1:00 Sunday/Thursday .......................................................................................... 7 11:45-1:00 Monday/Wednesday ...................................................................................... 8 2:30-5:00 Sunday/Tuesday ........................................................................................... 10 2:30-5:00 Monday/Wednesday ...................................................................................... 11 Evening Classes ........................................................................................................... 12 Page 1 of 14 8:30-11:30 Sunday/Tuesday/Thursday TEXT & TODAY: PARSHA PLUS LEVEL: Intro./Open to All NECHAMA GOLDMAN BARASH Sun., Tues., Thurs. 8:30-11:30 In each of these week-long seminars, a meta-theme from the Torah portion of the week is chosen and the entire gamut of Jewish commentary – Biblical, rabbinic, medieval and modern – is harnessed to get to different Jewish understandings of an issue. In addition, one day a week will be spent exploring a relevant topic in Jewish law (halakha). Topics in the first semester include leadership, memory, creativity, destruction, dealing with difficult texts and dreams. Topics in the second semester include freedom, the Ten Commandments, sin, heresy, rebellion, reconciliation, the economy and the military. HUMASH Bereishit (Genesis) LEVEL: ALEPH+ TOVAH LEAH NACHMANI Sun., Tues., Thurs. 8:30-11:30 FIRST SEMESTER: Fateful choices of personal and societal development breed disaster as well as self-discovery in the early stories of Genesis: the Garden of Eden, Cain and Abel, the Flood, and the Tower of Babel, internal conflicts of egotism and compliance; of competition and collaboration; of corruption and sensitivity to ethical detail in the early stories of Genesis evoke eternal questions and dilemmas in our modern lives. SECOND SEMESTER: Interpersonal and familial struggles of promise and disappointment, of loyalty and betrayal, of reward and suffering in the subsequent narratives of Genesis inspire our symbiotic relationships within allies and foes. Students will: 1. Significantly increase their Hebrew vocabulary and grammar skills, refining their understanding of the original Biblical text 2. Acquire skills to examine the gaps and difficulties in a Biblical text, including skills of Biblical interpretation and modern literary tools. 3. Understand the Biblical text in a broader context of ancient historical times. 4. Discover personal relevance in dilemmas woven deep within the text, through written reflections, partnered conversation, and class discussions. Required text: Bereishit - Torat Hayim edition, volume 1 MISHNA/TALMUD LEVEL: BET MEESH HAMMER-KOSSOY Sun., Tues., Thurs. 8:30-11:30 In this course students will be introduced to the world of the Ta’anaitic Sages through an in-depth study of their most famous and important text – the Mishnah, which became the Page 2 of 14 basis for all Jewish Law. In this class students will develop skills and analytical tools to decipher the conceptual categories and legal reasoning of the Mishnah. The course aims to train the student to comprehend and question the text independently, through critical analysis of language and structure. During the first part of the year, we will focus on the Tractate of Makkot, which deals with major issues of criminal justice--conspiring witnesses, cities of refuge and corporal punishment. Afterwards, we will move on to Megilla, which includes laws of Purim, synagogue and Torah reading. In-depth attention will be paid to the specifics of criminal and ritual law as well as the overarching meta- halahkic concepts and theological and philosophical messages the Sages are trying to convey in their discussions. In the second half of the year we will begin learning Gemara, probably Megilla. TALMUD GIMMEL LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE RAHEL BERKOVITS Sun., Tues., Thurs. 03:8-11330 This class is designed to get you reading Talmud! The course will focus on basic skills—understanding the structure of the Talmudic passage and how to follow its complex arguments, acquiring key terms and basic vocabulary, and gaining a sense of how to think about a page of Talmud. Through an in-depth study, students will learn how to approach the study of the Mishnah, the first collection of Oral Law, and the Talmud, the “commentary” on the Mishnah. Both the Mishnah and the Talmud will be examined as independent literary texts open to interpretation, as well as cornerstones of halakha as it develops. Students will seek to grasp the literary power of the Talmud and will have the opportunity to examine and discuss a number of existential and halakhic questions that preoccupied the Sages from 0-600 CE and yet are still relevant to today. On the assumption that answers are always buried within questions themselves, an emphasis will be placed on asking good questions, over and above getting “the right answer.” In-depth attention will be paid to the overarching meta-halahkic concepts and theological and philosophical messages the Sages are trying to convey in their discussions. This course aims to train the student to comprehend and question the text independently, through critical analysis of language and structure. TALMUD DALET LEVEL: ADVANCED LEAH ROSENTHAL Sun., Tues., Thurs. 8:30-11:30 Introduction to the intricacies of the Talmudic discourse. Careful attention is paid to the Talmud’s language, terminology and structure as we follow the discussions of the Talmud. The ultimate goal of this course is to bring students as close to independence as possible in their ability to study a page of Gemara. We will be studying Masechet Kiddushin. In Elul, we will be studying the 8th Chapter of Masechet Yoma. Page 3 of 14 TALMUD HEH LEVEL: ADVANCED ZVI HIRSCHFIELD Sun., Tues., Thurs. 8:30-11:30 We will be learning Tractate Avoda Zara, focusing on the Rabbis struggle to articulate and regulate the relationship between Jews and non-Jews living as a minority culture. We will carefully examine the development of Jewish law, and continue past the Talmudic discussion into the teachings of the Rishonim on the sugyot. Course requirements include at least one year of intensive Talmud study, and the ability to make one's way through a sugya with a havruta. Required books: Tractate Avoda Zara ITT (INTENSIVE TANAKH TRACK) MICHAEL HATTIN LEVEL: PCJE/Fellows Sun., Tues., Thurs. 10:45-11:45 Course description will be made available for the select students in this course. KOLLEL TALMUD LEVEL: KOLLEL DANIEL REIFMAN Sun., Thurs. 8:30-11:30 This course is designed for experienced Talmud students looking for more independence in preparing sugyot on their own. Following a close structural analysis of the gemara itself, we will examine the distinctive ways that different rishonim frame and then resolve difficulties in the gemara text, as well as the ways they conceive of the relationships between parallel sugyot. This semester we will study the 7th chapter of Bava Kamma, a classic text of yeshiva study covering fundamental topics in criminal and property law. KOLLEL HALAKHA: Aveilut and Nidda LEVEL: KOLLEL ELISHA ANCSELOVITS TUESDAYS, 8:30-11:30 (Additional personal hours of havruta study are required) In this shiur, we learn halakhot in depth from Tanakh through contemporary poskim. The goals of this shiur are: 1. To unpack the contradictory human concerns that halakhot address 2. To learn to make decisions by actually incorporating all of the contradictory underlying concerns 3. To work on speaking these human concerns in rabbinic language Page 4 of 14 8:30-11:30 Monday/Wednesday TEXT & TODAY LEVEL: Open to All CORE BIBLICAL STORIES DANIEL ROTH Mon., Wed. 8:30- 11:30 This course will study each week one of the core stories found the Bible. The Bible is full of stories that have been subject to a vast range of contradictory interpretations over the past two thousand years. Each story will be analyzed through the combination of the study of Biblical interpretations from early pre-rabbinic and rabbinic commentaries, through medieval traditional Jewish interpretations, up to modern Biblical scholarship. The goals of the course are both to study the 30 key stories in the Bible through the history of their interpretation as well as to empower students with the tools needed to explore the relevance of these stories to our lives today. All texts will have English translation and will be appropriate for novices as well as seasoned learners. MISHNA LEVEL: ALEPH ZVI HIRSCHFIELD Mon., Wed. 8:30-11:30 We will be studying Mishna Tracate Berakhot. In addition to developing reading and translation skills, we will explore how the Mishna is a demonstration of the Rabbinic project to develop the ideas, practices, and religious worldview of the Jewish people in a world without a Temple or sovereign homeland. Central topics will include communal prayer, blessings before and after food, and the recitation of the Shema. Requird books: Mishnah Berakhot menukad HUMASH LEVEL: BET MEIR SCHWEIGER Mon., Wed. 8:30-11:30 The goal of this course is to give students the ability to analyze a section of humash with an introduction to the classic medieval commentaries. For this class, students are expected to have a very basic knowledge of
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