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YESHIVA SHAAREI TORAH OF ROCKLAND
(Formerly Shaarei Torah Institute)
Intensive Study Courses
Titles, descriptions, and credit recommendations for all learning experiences recommended for college credit within the Intensive Study Courses section can be found below. To locate information on additional learning experiences, which have also been recommended for college credit, use the Organization Directory Page link above for a complete list of titles for all learning experiences or use the following links to go directly to other sections:
Foundation Courses - Current
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Titles of all evaluated learning experiences in the Intensive Study section
Talmud: Bava Basra Intensive (TI251, TI451)
Talmud: Bava Basra Intensive (TI351)
Talmud: Bava Basra Intensive (TI252, TI452)
Talmud: Bava Basra Intensive (TI352)
Talmud: Bava Kammah Intensive (TI261, TI461)
Talmud: Bava Kammah Intensive (TI361)
Talmud: Bava Kammah Intensive (TI262, TI462)
Talmud: Bava Kammah Intensive (TI362)
Talmud: Gittin Intensive (TI371) or (TI471)
Talmud: Gittin Intensive (TI372) or (TI472)
Talmud: Kiddushin Intensive (TI231, TI431)
Talmud: Kiddushin Intensive (TI331)
Talmud: Kiddushin Intensive (TI232, TI432)
Talmud: Kiddushin Intensive (TI332)
Talmud: Makkos Intensive (TI381) or (TI481)
Talmud: Makkos Intensive (TI382) or (TI482)
Talmud: Yevamot Intensive (TI241, TI441)
Talmud: Yevamot Intensive (TI341)
Talmud: Yevamot Intensive (TI242, TI442)
Talmud: Yevamot Intensive (TI342)
Descriptions and credit recommendations
Talmud: Bava Basra Intensive (TI351)
(Formerly Talmud: Bava Basra Intensive (TI251, TI451)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 97 hours (19 weeks); in addition, 361 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: Version 1: August 2001 - July 2006. Version 2: August 2006 - Present.
Objectives: Version 1 or 2: Prepare a textual, linguistic, and legal analysis of the applicable Aramaic Talmudic material; conceptualize and articulate the reasoning behind the various legal citations and opinions, honing and applying analytical skills to Talmudic explication, argumentation, and resolution as the basis for halochot analysis and final decision making; discuss classical Talmudic topical concepts and document a grasp of the technical as well as theoretical aspects of the Talmudic portions studied.
Instruction: Version 1: The third chapter Tractate Bava Basra lays down the laws of acquisition of properties, including the time period necessary for the acquisition of property through usage, and the proof necessary for such an acquisition. The student prepares the applicable Talmudic texts as well as the major halachic opinions of the rishonim and acharonim and the opinions of various other commentaries and decisors. The instructor guides the students in understanding the issues raised and assists them to deduce and elucidate the crux of these issues. Topics covered include: Conceptual differences between movable and immovable property; time period of three years needed for acquisition; continuity needed for the three year period; concept of reliability of a Migu; retracting testimony; contradictory witnesses. NOTE: This tractate is studied by all students in a given semester. While the scope of instruction is the same, the depth of study depends upon what level the student is in. Version 2: Topics are the same as the earlier version. Only one credit recommendation level is now in effect.
Credit recommendation: Version 1: First Level Students (TI251): In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion; or Second Level Students and beyond (TI451): In the upper division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (9/02)(2/08 revalidation). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the other Intensive Study course of the same title, and the two Survey courses of the same title. Version 2: In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion.
Talmud: Bava Basra Intensive (TI352)
(Formerly Talmud: Bava Basra Intensive (TI252, TI452)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 97 hours (19 weeks); in addition, 361 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: Version 1: February 2002 - January 2007. Version 2: February 2007 - Present.
Objectives: Version 1 or 2: Prepare a textual, linguistic, and legal analysis of the applicable Aramaic Talmudic material; conceptualize and articulate the reasoning behind the various legal citations and opinions, honing and applying analytical skills to Talmudic explication, argumentation, and resolution as the basis for halochot analysis and final decision making; discuss classical Talmudic topical concepts and document a grasp of the technical as well as theoretical aspects of the Talmudic portions studied.
Instruction: Version 1: Continuation of the third chapter of Tractate Bava Basra discussing the laws of properties and their acquisitions and the laws of partnerships. The student prepares the applicable Talmudic texts as well as the major halachic opinions of the rishonim and acharonim and the opinions of various other commentaries and decisors. The instructor guides the students in understanding the issues raised and assists them to deduce and elucidate the crux of these issues. Topics covered include: Establishment of the lineage of a father and its continuity through the children; reliability; sing fruits of the land of orphans; claimants’ requirements to prove their case; walls between neighbors; paying for the wall; resolving monetary disputes; liens taken to ensure payment. NOTE: This tractate is studied by all students in a given semester. While the scope of instruction is the same, the depth of study depends upon what level the student is in. Version 2: Topics are the same as the earlier version. Only one credit recommendation level is now in effect.
Credit recommendation: Version 1: First Level Students (TI252):In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion; or Second Level Students and beyond (TI452): In the upper division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (9/02)(2/08 revalidation). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the other Intensive Study course of the same title, and the two Survey courses of the same title. Version 2: In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion.
Talmud: Bava Kammah Intensive (TI361)
(FormerlyTalmud: Bava Kammah Intensive (TI261, TI461)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 97 hours (19 weeks); in addition, 361 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: Version 1: August 2002 - July 2006. Version 2: August 2006 - Present.
Objectives: Version 1 or 2: Prepare a textual, linguistic, and legal analysis of the applicable Aramaic Talmudic material; conceptualize and articulate the reasoning behind the various legal citations and opinions, honing and applying analytical skills to Talmudic explication, argumentation, and resolution as the basis for halochot analysis and final decision making; discuss classical Talmudic topical concepts and document a grasp of the technical as well as theoretical aspects of the Talmudic portions studied.
Instruction: Version 1: The first chapter of the Tractate Bava Kammah discusses the laws of damages, including the sources for requirement of payments, and various applications and damages. The student prepares the applicable Talmudic texts as well as the major halachic opinions of the rishonim and acharonim and the opinions of various other commentaries and decisors. The instructor guides the students in understanding the issues raised and assists them to deduce and elucidate the crux of these issues. Topics covered include: The obligation to pay for damages done to the property of others; concept that a punishment can only be derived directly from the biblical text; false witnesses; personal objects doing damage in the public domain; refuse causing damage. NOTE: This tractate is studied by all students in a given semester. While the scope of instruction is the same, the depth of study depends upon what level the student is in. Version 2: Topics are the same as the earlier version. Only one credit recommendation level is now in effect.
Credit recommendation: Version 1: First Level Students (TI261): In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion; or Second Level Students and beyond (TI461):In the upper division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (4/04). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the other Intensive Study course of the same title, and the two Survey courses of the same title. Version 2: In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion.
Talmud: Bava Kammah Intensive (TI362)
(Formerly (TI262, TI462)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 97 hours (19 weeks); in addition, 361 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: Version 1: February 2003 - January 2007. Version 2: February 2007 - Present.
Objectives: Version 1 or 2: Prepare a textual, linguistic, and legal analysis of the applicable Aramaic Talmudic material; conceptualize and articulate the reasoning behind the various legal citations and opinions, honing and applying analytical skills to Talmudic explication, argumentation, and resolution as the basis for halochot analysis and final decision making; discuss classical Talmudic topical concepts and document a grasp of the technical as well as theoretical aspects of the Talmudic portions studied.
Instruction: Version 1: The first chapter of the Tractate Bava Kammah discusses the laws of damages, including the sources for requirement of payments, and various applications and damages. The student prepares the applicable Talmudic texts as well as the major halachic opinions of the rishonim and acharonim and the opinions of various other commentaries and decisors. The instructor guides the students in understanding the issues raised and assists them to deduce and elucidate the crux of these issues. Topics covered include: Liens; laws of a watchman’s obligations; payment for stolen property by the thief; fines levied against a thief; relinquishing ownership rights to an object. NOTE: This tractate is studied by all students in a given semester. While the scope of instruction is the same, the depth of study depends upon what level the student is in. Version 2: Topics are the same as the earlier version. Only one credit recommendation level is now in effect.
Credit recommendation: Version 1: First Level Students (TI262): In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion; or Second Level Students and beyond (TI462):In the upper division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (4/04). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the other Intensive Study course of the same title, and the two Survey courses of the same title. Version 2: In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion.
Talmud: Gittin Intensive (TI371)
(Formerly (TI471)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 97 hours (19 weeks); in addition, 361 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: September 2003 - Present.
Objectives: Prepare a textual, linguistic, and legal analysis of the applicable Aramaic Talmudic material; conceptualize and articulate the reasoning behind the various legal citations and opinions, honing and applying analytical skills to Talmudic explication, argumentation, and resolution as the basis for halochot analysis and final decision making; discuss classical Talmudic topical concepts and document a grasp of the technical as well as theoretical aspects of the Talmudic portions studied.
Instruction:The first chapter of the Tractate Gittin discusses the laws of divorce, including writing of the divorce contract, delivery of said contract validity of contracts written in foreign lands, number of witnesses needed, and type of witnesses required. The instructor guides the students in understanding the issues raised and assists them to deduce and elucidate the crux of these issues. Topics covered include: Overview of the writing of the divorce contract; delivery of said contract; discussion regarding validity of contracts written in foreign lands; number of witnesses needed; type of witnesses required; discussion of whether the proxy can act as a witness; in depth analysis of the acceptance of the husband’s argument about the validity of the divorce contract.
Credit recommendation: In the upper division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (8/04). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the other Intensive Study course of the same title, and the two Survey courses of the same title.
Talmud: Gittin Intensive (TI372)
(Formerly TI472)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 97 hours (19 weeks); in addition, 361 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: February 2004 - Present.
Objectives: Prepare a textual, linguistic, and legal analysis of the applicable Aramaic Talmudic material; conceptualize and articulate the reasoning behind the various legal citations and opinions, honing and applying analytical skills to Talmudic explication, argumentation, and resolution as the basis for halochot analysis and final decision making; discuss classical Talmudic topical concepts and document a grasp of the technical as well as theoretical aspects of the Talmudic portions studied.
Instruction: The first chapter of the Tractate Gittin involves the laws of divorce and the eighth chapter involves the laws of the get-giving process, including types of parchment necessary for the get, who may deliver the get, the ability of one’s estate to acquire something, conditions in the get, and the expiration of a get. The student prepares the applicable Talmudic texts as well as the major halachic opinions of the rishonim and acharonim and the opinions of various other commentaries and decisors. The instructor guides the students in understanding the issues raised and assists them to deduce and elucidate the crux of these issues. Topics covered include: the type of parchment necessary for the get; analysis of who may deliver the get; examination of the ability of one’s estate to acquire something; laws of conditions in the get; discussion regarding the lifespan of a get; in depth analysis of the handover of the get; and acceptable reasons for divorce.
Credit recommendation: In the upper division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (8/04). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the other Intensive Study course of the same title, and the two Survey courses of the same title.
Talmud: Kiddushin Intensive (TI331)
(Formerly (TI231, TI431)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 97 hours (19 weeks); in addition, 361 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: Version 1: August 1999 - July 2006. Version 2: August 2006 - Present.
Objectives: Version 1 or 2: Prepare a textual, linguistic, and legal analysis of the applicable Aramaic Talmudic material; conceptualize and articulate the reasoning behind the various legal citations and opinions, honing and applying analytical skills to Talmudic explication, argumentation, and resolution as the basis for halochot analysis and final decision making; discuss classical Talmudic topical concepts and document a grasp of the technical as well as theoretical aspects of the Talmudic portions studied.
Instruction: Version 1: The first half of the first chapter of the Tractate Kiddushin discusses the laws of getting married, including the various methods of the ceremonial acquisition and sources for many of the aspects of the marriage process. The student prepares the applicable Talmudic texts as well as the major halachic opinions of the rishonim and acharonim and the opinions of various other commentaries and decisors. The instructor guides the students in understanding the issues raised and assists them to deduce and elucidate the crux of these issues. Topics covered include: Methods used in the marriage procedure; analysis of the money used; rights of a father in his daughter’s marriage; the language used in a marriage ceremony; using a loan to marry; marriage using the principle of a guarantor; evaluating items used for marriage; comparison of concepts used in marriage and divorce. NOTE: This tractate is studied by all students in a given semester. While the scope of instruction is the same, the depth of study depends upon what level the student is in. Version 2: Topics are the same as the earlier version. Only one credit recommendation level is now in effect.
Credit recommendation: Version 1: First Level Students (TI231): In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion; or Second Level Students and beyond (TI431):In the upper division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (7/00). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the other Intensive Study course of the same title, and the two Survey courses of the same title. Version 2: In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (5/06 revalidation).
Talmud: Kiddushin Intensive (TI332)
(Formerly (TI232, TI432)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 97 hours (19 weeks); in addition, 361 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: Version 1: August 1999 - July 2006. Version 2: August 2006 - Present.
Objectives: Version 1 or 2: Prepare a textual, linguistic, and legal analysis of the applicable Aramaic Talmudic material; conceptualize and articulate the reasoning behind the various legal citations and opinions, honing and applying analytical skills to Talmudic explication, argumentation, and resolution as the basis for halochot analysis and final decision making; discuss classical Talmudic topical concepts and document a grasp of the technical as well as theoretical aspects of the Talmudic portions studied.
Instruction: Version 1: The end of the first chapter of the Tractate Kiddushin continues the discussion of marriage, including the monies used for the process, laws of acquisition, parental responsibilities toward children, and laws of acquisition of objects. The student prepares the applicable Talmudic texts as well as the major halachic opinions of the rishonim and acharonim and the opinions of various other commentaries and decisors. The instructor guides the students in understanding the issues raised and assists them to deduce and elucidate the crux of these issues. Topics covered include: Permissibility of betrothed to partake in husband’s tithes; evaluation of currency; methods of acquisition of merchandise; gifts to slaves; Jewish maidservants; responsibilities of a father to his son; honoring one’s parents; the prohibition to denigrate one’s parents. NOTE: This tractate is studied by all students in a given semester. While the scope of instruction is the same, the depth of study depends upon what level the student is in. Version 2: Topics are the same as the earlier version. Only one credit recommendation level is now in effect.
Credit recommendation:Version 1: First Level Students (TI232): In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion; or Second Level Students and beyond (TI432): In the upper division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (7/00). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the other Intensive Study course of the same title, and the two Survey courses of the same title. Version 2: In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (5/06 revalidation).
Talmud: Makkos Intensive (TI381)
(Formerly (TI481)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 97 hours (19 weeks); in addition, 361 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: September 2005 - Present.
Objectives: Prepare a textual, linguistic, and legal analysis of the applicable Aramaic Talmudic material; conceptualize and articulate the reasoning behind the various legal citations and opinions, honing and applying analytical skills to Talmudic explication, argumentation, and resolution as the basis for halochot analysis and final decision making; discuss classical Talmudic topical concepts and document a grasp of the technical as well as theoretical aspects of the Talmudic portions studied.
Instruction: The first chapter of the Tractate Makkos discusses the laws of Zomemim witnesses, who are guilty of a specific kind of false testimony and are punished with the very same consequence they had planned to inflict upon their victims - reciprocal punishment; extensive study of the various disqualifications that may render witnesses or testimony invalid. The instructor guides the students in understanding the issues raised and assists them to deduce and elucidate the crux of these issues. The instructor guides the students in understanding the issues raised and assists them to deduce and elucidate the crux of these issues.
Credit recommendation: In the upper division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (5/06). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the other Intensive Study course of the same title, and the two Survey courses of the same title.
Talmud: Makkos Intensive (TI382)
(Formerly (TI482)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 97 hours (19 weeks); in addition, 361 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: February 2005 - Present.
Objectives: Prepare a textual, linguistic, and legal analysis of the applicable Aramaic Talmudic material; conceptualize and articulate the reasoning behind the various legal citations and opinions, honing and applying analytical skills to Talmudic explication, argumentation, and resolution as the basis for halochot analysis and final decision making; discuss classical Talmudic topical concepts and document a grasp of the technical as well as theoretical aspects of the Talmudic portions studied.
Instruction: The second chapter of the Tractate Makkos discusses the laws of exile for one who kills another person inadvertently and delineation of levels of unintentional killing. The instructor guides the students in understanding the issues raised and assists them to deduce and elucidate the crux of these issues.
Credit recommendation:In the upper division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (5/06). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the other Intensive Study course of the same title, and the two Survey courses of the same title.
Talmud: Yevamot Intensive (TI341)
(Formerly (TI241, TI441)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 97 hours (19 weeks); in addition, 361 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: Version 1: September 2000 - August 2006. Version 2: September 2006 - Present.
Objectives: Version 1 or 2: Prepare a textual, linguistic, and legal analysis of the applicable Aramaic Talmudic material; conceptualize and articulate the reasoning behind the various legal citations and opinions, honing and applying analytical skills to Talmudic explication, argumentation, and resolution as the basis for halochot analysis and final decision making; discuss classical Talmudic topical concepts and document a grasp of the technical as well as theoretical aspects of the Talmudic portions studied.
Instruction: Version 1: The first chapter of the Tractate Yevamot discusses the laws of levirate marriages, including various cases of exemption from the requirement of the levirate marriage and a fundamental study of the framework of the marriage itself. The student prepares the applicable Talmudic texts as well as the major halachic opinions of the rishonim and acharonim and the opinions of various other commentaries and decisors. The instructor guides the students in understanding the issues raised and assists them to deduce and elucidate the crux of these issues. Topics covered include: The concept of levirate marriages; discussion of the fifteen relatives with whom a levirate marriage is forbidden; exemption of a co-wife in the marriage of a brother to a relative; Biblical sources for the exemptions of relatives; rule of positive commandments pushing aside negative commandments; nature of this rule; Yibum with a Sotah wife. NOTE: This tractate is studied by all students in a given semester. While the scope of instruction is the same, the depth of study depends upon what level the student is in. Version 2: Topics are the same as the earlier version. Only one credit recommendation level is now in effect.
Credit recommendation: Version 1: First Level Students (TI241): In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion; or Second Level Students and beyond (TI441):In the upper division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (8/01). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the other Intensive Study course of the same title, and the two Survey courses of the same title. Version 2: In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (5/06 revalidation).
Talmud: Yevamot Intensive (TI342)
(Formerly (TI242, TI442)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 97 hours (19 weeks); in addition, 361 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: Version 1: February 2001 - January 2007. Version 2: February 2007 - Present.
Objectives: Version 1 or 2: Prepare a textual, linguistic, and legal analysis of the applicable Aramaic Talmudic material; conceptualize and articulate the reasoning behind the various legal citations and opinions, honing and applying analytical skills to Talmudic explication, argumentation, and resolution as the basis for halochot analysis and final decision making; discuss classical Talmudic topical concepts and document a grasp of the technical as well as theoretical aspects of the Talmudic portions studied.
Instruction: Version 1: The first and tenth chapters of the Tractate Yevamot continue the discussion of levirate marriages, including the reliability of the testimony of a single witness when normally two witnesses are relied upon. The student prepares the applicable Talmudic texts as well as the major halachic opinions of the rishonim and acharonim and the opinions of various other commentaries and decisors. The instructor guides the students in understanding the issues raised and assists them to deduce and elucidate the crux of these issues. Topics covered include: Concept of binding of a widow to her brother in law; inheritance of the deceased; intent in a marriage ceremony; testimony on a deceased man in order to permit the widow to remarry; testimony of a single witness versus a pair of witnesses; analysis of the tithes; punishment exacted by Rabbinical courts. NOTE: This tractate is studied by all students in a given semester. While the scope of instruction is the same, the depth of study depends upon what level the student is in. Version 2: Topics are the same as the earlier version. Only one credit recommendation level is now in effect.
Credit recommendation:Version 1: First Level Students (TI242): In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion; or Second Level Students and beyond (TI442): In the upper division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (8/01). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the other Intensive Study course of the same title, and the two Survey courses of the same title. Version 2: In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 6 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (5/06 revalidation).
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