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Course Catalog 2013-2014 תשע”ד Introduction to the Course Catalog eshivat Yesodei HaTorah prides itself on providing Y the finest Torah education available for post high students in Israel. Our goal is to expose each student to essential Torah topics as well as to issues and ideas that are important to him as an individual. Our core curriculum ensures that each talmid will develop the ability to approach any Torah topic with confidence wherever he may be, whether preparing for shiur in Yeshiva University, learning with his chavruta in a secular college, or delivering a shiur at his local shul as a baal habayit. Additionally, our elective courses allow our students to explore a large array of topics that they find to be personally meaningful. In fact, many of these courses were developed specifically at the request of our students. We are most famous for our morning shiurim, during which our students achieve the ability to learn Gemara independently and in depth, while developing a genuine love for learning. Our afternoon and evening shiurim are equally important parts of our broad and holistic curriculum. Our core shiurim, electives, options for independent study, and opportunities to learn one-on-one with rabbeim give our students an unparalleled learning experience. Daily Schedule: Shacharit thru Mincha SHANA ALEPH AND SHANA BET 7:30 Shacharit, Followed by Breakfast 9:00 Morning Seder and Shiur I RABBI KAHN, RABBI ARRAM, RABBI HERCZEG, RABBI KROHN, RABBI LICHTMAN 11:00 Break 11:10 Morning Seder and Shiur II RABBI KAHN, RABBI ARRAM, RABBI HERCZEG, RABBI KROHN, RABBI LICHTMAN 12:30 Lunch 1:00 Break 3:00 Mincha Time Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 3:15 Bekiut I and Bekiut II RABBI WOLICKI, RABBI KROHN 4:15 Chumash with Ramban Halachah I – Hilchot Tefillah Chumash with Ramban Chumash with Ramban Halachah I – Hilchot Tefillah RABBI WOLICKI RABBI WOLICKI RABBI WOLICKI RABBI WOLICKI RABBI WOLICKI Chumash with Rashi Halachah II – Contemporary Chumash with Rashi Chumash with Rashi Halachah II – Contemporary RABBI HERCZEG Halachic Issues RABBI HERCZEG RABBI HERCZEG Halachic Issues RABBI KROHN RABBI KROHN 5:15 Jewish Philosophy Nach I RABBI GREENBERG Jewish Philosophy Jewish Philosophy Nach I RABBI GREENBERG RABBI WOLICKI RABBI WOLICKI RABBI WOLICKI Nach II RABBI LICHTMAN Nach II RABBI LICHTMAN 6:30 Dinner and Break Dinner and Break 7:30 Maariv Night Seder With Optional Shiurim RABBI BERGMAN, RABBI C. COHEN 7:45 Torah Research Skills I Night Seder With Optional Shiurim Night Seder With Optional A Nation in its Land (Shiurim RABBI KROHN (8:00 פלפול בסוגיות נבחרות (RABBI WOLICKI (7:45-9:15 Torah Research Skills II RABBI CHANAN (7:45) RABBI BERGMAN Jewish-Christian Polemics RABBI KROHN (7:45-9:15) Rambam Mishneh Torah MRS. TAYLOR (8:00) Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Maariv, followed by Open Seder With Optional Shiurim RABBI KAHN (7:45) RABBI ARRAM (7:45) Sicha Ruchanit Dinner & Break RABBI KAHN נקודות לומדות בפרשה RABBI KROHN (9:15-10:15) Talmudic Misogyny in Context RABBI WOLICKI (9:30-10:15) Rav Kook RABBI U. COHEN (8:30) RABBI CHANAN (7:45) Jewish Thought שב שמעתתא (RABBI WOLICKI (9:15 Biurei HaTefillah RABBI BERGMAN (8:30) RABBI U. COHEN (8:30) RABBI ARRAM (9:15) Michtav MeEliyahu Advanced Bekiut RABBI C. COHEN (9:15) RABBI ASHER (9:15) Chassidut Shana Aleph Late Aleph Shana Afternoon & Evening RABBI KAHN (9:30) 10:15-11:00 Ulpan Ulpan Maariv (10:15) RABBI CHANAN RABBI CHANAN (optional) Mishmar RABBI KAHN, RABBI WOLICKI, RABBI ARRAM (10:30) 3:15 Bekiut and Individual Learning Projects RABBI SIMKOVICH option to join shana aleph shiurim in Bekiut, Chumash, and Halachah 5:30 Topics in Hashkafa Biographies of Gedolim The Thought of Rebbe Nachman Machshava: Nefesh HaChaim RABBI HERCZEG RABBI WOLICKI of Breslov How We Think About Unthinkables RABBI KAHN RABBI ARRAM RABBI SIMKOVICH 6:30 Dinner and Break Dinner and Break 7:30 Maariv Night Seder With Optional Shiurim RABBI BERGMAN, RABBI C. COHEN 7:45 Torah Research Skills Night Seder With Optional Shiurim Night Seder With Optional Shiurim A Nation in its Land (RABBI BERGMAN RABBI KROHN (8:00 פלפול בסוגיות נבחרות (RABBI ARRAM (7:45-9:15 Open Seder With Optional Shiurim, RABBI CHANAN (7:45) Rambam Mishneh Torah Jewish-Christian Polemics RABBI ARRAM (7:45) MRS. TAYLOR (8:00) Learning with Shana Aleph Students Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Maariv, followed by נקודות לומדות בפרשה (RABBI KROHN (9:15-10:15) RABBI KAHN (7:45 Dinner & Break Rav Kook Talmudic Misogyny in Context RABBI CHANAN (7:45) Sicha Ruchanit RABBI WOLICKI (9:15) RABBI U. COHEN (8:30) Jewish Thought RABBI KAHN, RABBI WOLICKI (9:30-10:15) (RABBI U. COHEN (8:30 שב שמעתתא Biurei HaTefillah RABBI ARRAM (9:15) RABBI BERGMAN (8:30) Advanced Bekiut Michtav MeEliyahu RABBI ASHER (9:15) RABBI C. COHEN (9:15) Chassidut RABBI KAHN (9:30) 10:15-11:00 Ulpan Ulpan Maariv RABBI CHANAN RABBI CHANAN Shana Bet LateShana Afternoon & Evening (optional) Mishmar RABBI KAHN, RABBI WOLICKI, RABBI ARRAM (10:30) Gemara Morning Seder and Shiur – Gemara B’Iyun Gemara Bekiut I DAILY 9:00 AM RABBI WOLICKI esodei HaTorah’s Gemara B’Iyun shiurim are renowned as the most This Gemara shiur focuses upon content and vocabulary, Y effective shiurim in shana ba’aretz programs for helping students gain as well as the halachic and hashkafic issues presented by the the ability to learn Gemara independently and in depth. Each of our five levels Gemara. By the end of the year, students will have finished an is tailored to help students – no matter how advanced or limited their back- entire masechet. grounds – achieve new levels of proficiency and mastery. All five levels include DAILY 3:15 PM significant portions of time for independent preparation and study. Gemara Bekiut II Gemara B’Iyun I RABBI KROHN RABBI ARRAM In this shiur, students have the opportunity to study a complete masechet, This shiur focuses upon the basic Gemara text with Rashi, and emphasizes through independent preparation and review. There are also daily chazara core reading and translating skills. As students acquire greater abilities, sessions, allowing participants to review that which they learned, ensuring the shiur will progress toward more in-depth analysis of the Gemara. that they understand the Gemara correctly. DAILY 3:15 PM Gemara B’Iyun II RABBI KROHN Gemara Bekiut- Advanced This shiur focuses upon Gemara, Rashi, and Tosafot, with an emphasis on RABBI ASHER precise translation as a means of understanding the text on a deeper level. This shiur will provide a framework for those students who want to study DID YOU KNOW THAT…? an additional masechet in addition to those that we learn as part of the Gemara B’Iyun III regular yeshiva curriculum. Students will learn a certain amount every Yesodei HaTorah was RABBI LICHTMAN day, and this weekly shiur will allow them to investigate a given sugya the first yeshiva named This shiur concentrates primarily upon Gemara, Rashi, and Tosafot, and in greater depth. a Gold Member of the enables students to understand and analyze the precise meaning of these TUESDAY 9:15 PM and other Rishonim. S. Daniel Abraham Israel Torah Research Skills Program of Yeshiva Gemara B’Iyun IV RABBI WOLICKI, RABBI ARRAM, RABBI KROHN University. RABBI KAHN Students will acquire the ability to research Torah topics, in order to deliver This advanced shiur is a Rishonim shiur, concentrating on Rashi, Tosafot, meaningful and interesting divrei Torah, compose Torah articles, develop Rambam, Ritva, Rashba, as well as other commentaries. Students will shiurim, and better understand the interplay between Chazal, the Rishonim, learn how a precise reading of each Rishon brings out its true meaning, and and the Acharonim. The course also includes a public speaking component discover how the Rishonim can be used as a means to better understand where students deliver divrei Torah and/or chaburot which are then critiqued the textual issues in the Gemara. and discussed. SUNDAY 7:45 PM Gemara B’Iyun V RABBI HERCZEG The highest level morning shiur furthers the skills acquired in the other shiurim, and teaches students to analyze the Gemara and Rishonim on a very deep level. The shiur particularly concentrates upon utilizing the Maharam Shif and Maharshah to grasp the true meaning of Rashi and Tosafot. Tanach DID YOU KNOW THAT…? Chumash with Rashi Nach I RABBI HERCZEG RABBI GREENBERG One of our recent alumni who was accepted to the The aim of this course is to impart to the students an approach to the study of Yesodei’s Nach course is a unique, in-depth textual analysis of selected Rashi based on the methods of the classical commentators such as Mizrachi, perakim throughout Tanach designed to teach students how to study prestigious Masmidim Honors Gur Aryeh, and Maskil LeDavid. The format will be a combination of lectures on Tanach in a thorough and deep manner. Utilizing the methodologies of Program of Yeshiva University various aspects of Rashi, and working through Rashi’s commentary on selected Chazal, the Rishonim and contemporary Tanach scholars, students chose Yesodei HaTorah passages of the Torah. amass a full toolkit of analytical skills for approaching Tanach SUNDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY 4:15 PM and uncovering the timeless hidden ideas and messages it specifically because he knew contains. our program would prepare Chumash with Ramban MONDAY, THURSDAY 5:15 PM him best to receive this honor. RABBI WOLICKI Nach II Ramban was one of the most brilliant and prolific Rishonim, a unique scholar RABBI LICHTMAN equally at home in Talmudic and philosophical discussions. His Torah commen- tary is perhaps the greatest expression of his genius, combining classic textual This alternate Nach course offers students the opportunity to see a wide exegesis with tremendous insights into Jewish thought.
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    F i n e J u d a i C a . printed booKs, manusCripts & autograph Letters including hoLy Land traveL the ColleCtion oF nathan Lewin, esq. K e s t e n b au m & C om pa n y thursday, m ay 2nd, 2013 K est e n bau m & C o m pa ny . Auctioneers of Rare Books, Manuscripts and Fine Art A Lot 318 Catalogue of F i n e J u d a i C a . PRINTED BOOK S, MANUSCRIPTS, & AUTOGRAPH LETTERS INCLUDING HOLY L AND TR AVEL THE COllECTION OF NATHAN LEWIN, ESQ. ——— To be Offered for Sale by Auction, Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 at 3:00 pm precisely ——— Viewing Beforehand: Sunday, April 28th - 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm Monday, April 29th - 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm Tuesday, April 30th - 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Wednesday, May 1st - 10:00 am - 6:00 pm No Viewing on the Day of Sale This Sale may be referred to as: “Pisgah” Sale Number Fifty-Eight Illustrated Catalogues: $38 (US) * $45 (Overseas) KestenbauM & CoMpAny Auctioneers of Rare Books, Manuscripts and Fine Art . 242 West 30th street, 12th Floor, new york, NY 10001 • tel: 212 366-1197 • Fax: 212 366-1368 e-mail: [email protected] • World Wide Web site: www.Kestenbaum.net K est e n bau m & C o m pa ny . Chairman: Daniel E. Kestenbaum Operations Manager: Jackie S. Insel Client Accounts: S. Rivka Morris Client Relations: Sandra E. Rapoport, Esq. (Consultant) Printed Books & Manuscripts: Rabbi Eliezer Katzman Ceremonial & Graphic Art: Abigail H.