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Tanakh
		Parashat Ha-shavua - the Weekly Torah Reading - An analysis of the parasha, incorporating innovative approaches as well as traditional commentaries. This course was originally sent out ten years ago and is being repeated. Instructor: Rav Yonatan Grossman Level: Advanced One hour Note: If you would like to get this course as e-mail attachments in MSWORD format, please subscribe to YHE-Parsha-w below
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		Introduction to Parashat Ha-shavua A beginners-level examination of the weekly Torah portion, discussing themes and teaching one how to learn parasha. Instructor: Rav Yaakov Beasley Level: Beginner One hour
		The Book of Shemuel (2) This course will use textual and literary analysis to illuminate the figures of Shemuel, Shaul, and David, as well as to clarify the meaning of the text. This year we will commence with I Shemuel chapter 16, David's anointment. Previous classes are archived. Instructor: Rav Amnon Bazak Level: Intermediate One hour
		Studies in Sefer Tehillim This course seeks to reveal the themes and religious messages of the psalms by examining their structure and literary form. Instructor: Rav Elchanan Samet Level: Intermediate One hour
Halakha
		Topics in Halakha A weekly shiur discussing a specific halakhic question, an analysis of a broad halakhic topic, or the meaning and philosophy behind a particular aspect of the Halakha. Instructor: Yeshiva staff Level: Advanced One hour
		Laws of the Festivals A course on the laws of the chagim. Each topic will commence with an examination of the primary sources, tracing the halakha from the relevant gemarot through the rishonim and acharonim, and will address practical applications as well. Instructor: Rav David Brofsky Level: Intermediate One hour
-- repeat --		Mishna Berura (2) A guide to accompany the self-study of the Mishna Berura. The study sheets summarize and expand on the basic issues in the assigned sections of the Mishna Berura, beginning this year with Shulchan Arukh Orach Chaim 55, the laws of Kaddish. Instructors: R. Yosef Zvi Rimon & R. Asher Meir Level: Intermediate One hour
Jewish Philosophy
		Sichot of the Roshei Yeshiva Addresses (sichot) on the weekly parasha by the Roshei Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion, Harav Yehuda Amital and Harav Aharon Lichtenstein. Level: all Half an hour
		Mikdash (2) The course will examine the importance and role of the Temple in Tanakh, Halakha, Jewish philosophy, and history. This continues our series on Jerusalem, but is independent of the previous parts. Instructor: Rav Yitzchak Levi Level: All One hour
		Faith and the Holocaust (2) Where was God in the Holocaust? How can we continue afterwards? This course will explore how a broad array of Orthodox thinkers grappled with these and other questions. Instructor: Rav Tamir Granot Level: All One hour
		Modern Rabbinic Thought An analysis of major themes in the thought of some of the most important and creative rabbinic thinkers of the last two hundred years, including the Tiferet Yisrael, Rav Hirsch, the Netziv, the Meshekh Chokhma, the Seridei Esh, and Rav Hutner. Instructor: Rav Yitzchak Blau Level: All One hour
		Understanding the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy A close analysis of the meaning of each of the "thirteen attributes of mercy," the central component of Selichot, based on Talmudic sources and later philosophical writings. Instructor: Rav Ezra Bick Level: All One hour (ten weeks)
Talmud
		Gemara Ketubot An analysis of the major issues in the gemara, geared for students who are learning the basic text on their own. Instructors: Rabbanei HaYeshiva Level: Advanced 2-4 hours
		Introduction to the Study of Talmud A structured tutorial on how to learn Gemara, starting from the basics, using text and commentaries. We will be studying the final chapter of Kiddushin. Instructor: Rav Michael Siev Level: Beginner 1-2 hours
		Reading Midrash: Vayikra Rabba This class will give you the tools necessary to study classical midrashic texts on your own. You will learn to understand the logic behind Chazal's interpretations of the Bible and to recognize the important literary forms through which Chazal formulate their ideas. Instructor: Dr. Moshe Simon-Shoshan Level: All One hour
		Talmudic Methodology A shiur using different talmudic topics to illustrate the nature of rabbinic legal thinking, emphasizing the analytic methods practiced in modern Yeshivot. Instructor: Rav Moshe Taragin Level: Intermediate One hour
		SPECIAL HOLIDAY PACKAGES Special packages sent out before each holiday, with articles on philosophic and halakhic topics, to enhance our appreciation of the holiday.

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The Virtual Beit Midrash is dedicated in memory of

Israel Koschitzky zt"l

by his children and grandchildren