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YESHIVA SHAAREI TORAH OF ROCKLAND
(Formerly Shaarei Torah Institute)
Retired Courses
Titles, descriptions, and credit recommendations for all learning experiences recommended for college credit within the Retired 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
Intensive Study Courses - Current
Survey Courses - Current
Titles of all evaluated learning experiences in the Retired Courses section
Note: In any given semester, a student may complete studies beyond a typical semester's course load. It is generally recommended that the credit awarded for each semester not exceed 16 semester hours.
Retired Foundation Courses
Jewish Thought: Mesilat Yesharim (JT311) or P211
Jewish Thought: Mesilat Yesharim (JT312) or P212
Jewish Thought: Mesilat Yesharim (JT313) or P213
Jewish Thought: Shaarei T’shuvah (JT321) or P111 or P311
Jewish Thought: Shaarei T’shuvah (JT322) or P112 or P312
Jewish Thought: Shaarei T’shuvah (JT323) or P113 or P313
Jurisprudence: Laws and Customs of Marriage (J311) or J111
Jurisprudence: Laws and Customs of Marriage(J312) or J112
Jurisprudence: Laws and Customs of Marriage(J313) or J113
Topics in Biblical Literature(B411) or B111, B211, or B301
Topics in Biblical Literature(B412) or B 112, B212, or B302
Topics in Biblical Literature(B413) or B113, B213, or B303
Topics in Biblical Literature(B421) or B311
Topics in Biblical Literature(B422) or B312
Topics in Biblical Literature(B423) or B313
Retired Intensive Study Courses
Talmud: Baba Mezia Intensive (TI211, TI411)
Talmud: Baba Mezia Intensive (T221)
Talmud: Baba Mezia Intensive (T231)
Talmud: Baba Mezia Intensive (TI212, TI412)
Talmud: Baba Mezia Intensive (T222)
Talmud: Baba Mezia Intensive (T232)
Talmud: Baba Mezia Intensive (TI213, TI413)
Talmud: Baba Mezia Intensive (T223)
Talmud: Baba Mezia Intensive (T233)
Talmud: Ketubot Intensive TI221, TI421)
Talmud: Ketubot Intensive (T321)
Talmud: Ketubot Intensive (T331)
Talmud: Ketubot Intensive (TI222, TI422)
Talmud: Ketubot Intensive (T322)
Talmud: Ketubot Intensive (T332)
Talmud: Ketubot Intensive (TI223, TI423)
Talmud: Ketubot Intensive (T323)
Talmud: Ketubot Intensive (T333)
Retired Survey Courses
Talmud: Baba Mezia Survey (TS111, TS311) or T211
Talmud: Baba Mezia Survey (TS112, TS312) or T212
Talmud: Baba Mezia Survey (TS113, TS313) or T213
Talmud: Ketubot Survey (TS121, TS321) or T311
Talmud: Ketubot Survey (TS122, TS322) or T312
Talmud: Ketubot Survey (TS123, TS323) or T313
Descriptions and credit recommendations
RETIRED FOUNDATION COURSES
Jewish Thought: Mesilat Yesharim (JT311)
(Formerly P211)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 15 hours (13 weeks).
Dates: September 1998 - August 2000.
Objectives: Discuss ethical concepts addressed in the text; explore various character traits discussed and analyzed in the text.
Instruction: A study and analysis of Mesilat Yesharim by the eighteenth century Jewish thinker, playwright, and poet Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato, as well as commentaries on the various concepts discussed. Topics covered include: introduction to the author and text; the study of ethics; righteousness versus wisdom; purpose of creation; man’s goal in this world; physical and spiritual nature of man; true perfection; the world to come; watchfulness; self-evaluation.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in Judaic Studies, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99).
Jewish Thought: Mesilat Yesharim (JT312)
(Formerly P212)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 15 hours (13 weeks).
Dates: September 1998 - August 2000.
Objectives: Discuss ethical concepts addressed in the text; explore various character traits discussed and analyzed in the text.
Instruction: A study and analysis of Mesilat Yesharim by the eighteenth century Jewish thinker, playwright, and poet Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato, as well as commentaries on the various concepts discussed. Topics covered include: zealousness; problems of laziness; acquiring zeal; natural aversion to exertion; fear of the future; temporary status in this world; guarding one’s health; fear of danger; spiritual cleanliness; deceit; separation from worldly pleasures; overindulgence.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in Judaic Studies, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99).
Jewish Thought: Mesilat Yesharim (JT313)
(Formerly P213)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 15 hours (13 weeks).
Dates: September 1998 - August 2000.
Objectives: Discuss ethical concepts addressed in the text; explore various character traits discussed and analyzed in the text.
Instruction: A study and analysis of Mesilat Yesharim by the eighteenth century Jewish thinker, playwright, and poet Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato, as well as commentaries on the various concepts discussed. Topics covered include: the trait of purity; the trait of saintliness; the love of God; saintliness in actions; humility; fleeing honor; fearing sin; fear of punishment; fear of divine majesty; holiness in mundane matters.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in Judaic Studies, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99).
Jewish Thought: Shaarei T’shuvah(JT321)
(Formerly P111 or P311)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 15 hours (13 weeks).
Dates: September 1998 - July 2003.
Objectives: Discuss the notion of repentance, as well as the various categories of Biblical commandments.
Instruction: A study and analysis of Shaarei T’shuvah by the medieval author and ethicist Rabbi Yonah of Geronah. The course covers an overview of the commandments, origin of repentance, an analysis of the requirements of repentance, and a detailed breakdown of the twenty principles of repentance. Topics covered include: Rabbeinu Yonah, the man and his times; background to Shaarei T’shuvah; Biblical origins to t’shuvah; individual obligation to repent; twenty principles of repentance; regret; forsaking the sin; humility; confession; prayer; motivations to repentance; the ten days of repentance; nine considerations for immediate perfection.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in Judaic Studies, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99).
Jewish Thought: Shaarei T’shuvah (JT322)
(Formerly P112 or P312)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 15 hours (13 weeks).
Dates: September 1998 - July 2003.
Objectives: Discuss the notion of repentance, as well as the various categories of Biblical commandments..
Instruction: A study and analysis of Shaarei T’shuvah by the medieval author and ethicist Rabbi Yonah of Geronah. The course covers an overview of the commandments, origin of repentance, an analysis of the requirements of repentance, and a detailed breakdown of the twenty principles of repentance. Topics covered include: the commandments; rabbinical edicts; honoring one’s parents; interest and usury; giving proper advice; charity; soothsaying; oppressing; taking bribes; forfeiting one’s portion in the world to come; excision.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in Judaic Studies, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99).
Jewish Thought: Shaarei T’shuvah (JT323)
(Formerly P113 or P313)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 15 hours (13 weeks).
Dates: September 1998 - July 2003.
Objectives: Discuss the notion of repentance, as well as the various categories of Biblical commandments.
Instruction: A study and analysis of Shaarei T’shuvah by the medieval author and ethicist Rabbi Yonah of Geronah. The course covers an overview of the commandments, origin of repentance, an analysis of the requirements of repentance, and a detailed breakdown of the twenty principles of repentance. Topics covered include: four categories of those who do not receive the countenance of God; slanderers; liars; flatterers; six categories of slanderers; analogy between a sick soul and a sick body; atonement; confession.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in Judaic Studies, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99).
Jurisprudence: Laws and Customs of Marriage (J311)
(Formerly J111)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 15 hours (13 weeks).
Dates: September 1998 - July 2002.
Objectives: Discuss the intricate laws and customs of the Jewish marriage process from the engagement until after the seven-day post-nuptial celebration period; discuss the various customs of different Jewish groups; prepare applicable texts from halachic sources.
Instruction: A study of the laws and customs of a wedding ceremony and the seven-day subsequent celebration period. Topics covered include: the engagement; the pre-marriage sabbath celebration; guarding the bridge and groom; fasting on the wedding day; the officiator; the ketubah; the amount of the ketubah; witnessing the ketubah.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in Judaic Studies, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99).
Jurisprudence: Laws and Customs of Marriage (J312)
(Formerly J112)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 15 hours (13 weeks).
Dates: September 1998 - July 2002.
Objectives: Discuss the intricate laws and customs of the Jewish marriage process from the engagement until after the seven-day post-nuptial celebration period; discuss the various customs of different Jewish groups; prepare applicable texts from halachic sources.
Instruction: A study of the laws and customs of a wedding ceremony and the seven-day subsequent celebration period. Topics covered include: the wedding; the escorts; laws of a mourner; emptying the pockets during the ceremony; placing ashes on the forehead of the groom; the witnesses; testimony; the ring; a gold or silver ring; language of marriage; reading of the ketubah; breaking of the glass.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in Judaic Studies, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99).
Jurisprudence: Laws and Customs of Marriage (J313)
(Formerly J113)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 15 hours (13 weeks).
Dates: September 1998 - July 2002.
Objectives: Discuss the intricate laws and customs of the Jewish marriage process from the engagement until after the seven-day post-nuptial celebration period; discuss the various customs of different Jewish groups; prepare applicable texts from halachic sources.
Instruction: A study of the laws and customs of a wedding ceremony and the seven-day subsequent celebration period. Topics covered include: Ashkenazic and Sephardic customs during the wedding ceremony; giving of the ring; the seven-day post-nuptial celebration period; new guests; grace after meals during the seven-day celebration period; the wine used.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in Judaic Studies, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99).
Topics in Biblical Literature (B411)
(Formerly B111, B211, or B301)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 41 hours (13 weeks); includes 26 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: September 1997 - July 2003.
Objectives: Prepare a textual and linguistic analysis of the Bible, as well as a comparative analysis of the various commentaries studied; discuss and analyze literary aspects of the Bible’s main narrative line; recognize the range of traditional Biblical exegesis and its exegetes; explore conceptual, literary, and moralistic implications of the text and applied commentary.
Instruction: A study and analysis of the Five Books of Moses in their original Hebrew text. Topics covered include: understanding the types of people who fought in Jewish wars; laws and rights of the first born; the power of prayer; study of the first of the Ten Commandments; the difference between the prophecy of Moses and of other prophets; understanding the liturgy and vernacular of Genesis; introduction to repentance and the realization of the need to repent; comparison of the personalities of Noah and Abraham; the roots of languages; understanding the concept of reincarnation; the idea of two worlds; a perfect universe based on pure truth.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 2 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99).
Topics in Biblical Literature (B412)
(Formerly B112, B212, or B302)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 41 hours (13 weeks); includes 26 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: September 1997 - July 2003.
Objectives: Prepare a textual and linguistic analysis of the Bible, as well as a comparative analysis of the various studied commentaries; discuss and analyze literary aspects of the Bible’s main narrative line; recognize the range of traditional Biblical exegesis and its exegetes; explore ethical, narrative, and universal applications of the text and applied commentary.
Instruction: A study and analysis of the Five Books of Moses in their original Hebrew text. Topics covered include: analysis of darkness; sibling rivalry and jealousy; discussion of the miracle of Hanukkah; good and evil inclinations; the bondage in Egypt; the plagues; Passover; the four questions of the Seder; languages of redemption; the difference between slavery and servitude; the dispute between Arizal and the Raavad.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 2 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99).
Topics in Biblical Literature (B413)
(Formerly B113, B213, or B303)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 41 hours (13 weeks); includes 26 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: September 1997 - July 2003.
Objectives: Prepare a textual and linguistic analysis of the Bible, as well as a comparative analysis of the various studied commentaries; discuss and analyze literary aspects of the Bible’s main narrative line; recognize the range of traditional Biblical exegesis and its exegetes; explore ethical, narrative, and universal applications of the text and applied commentary.
Instruction: A study and analysis of the Five Books of Moses in their original Hebrew text. Topics covered include: resurrection of the dead; order of creation of heaven and earth; the age of the world; the purpose of creation; the contradictory nature of the matzoh; the significance of the waters of the red heifer; the significance of the Sabbath before Passover; identifying the kosher species in the Bible; study of the laws of Priests; the body and the soul.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 2 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99).
Topics in Biblical Literature (B421)
(Formerly B311)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 41 hours (13 weeks); includes 26 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: September 1998 - July 2003.
Objectives: Prepare a textual and linguistic analysis of the Bible, as well as a comparative analysis of the various studied commentaries; discuss and analyze literary aspects of the Bible’s main narrative line; recognize the range of traditional Biblical exegesis and its exegetes; explore ethical, narrative, and universal applications of the text and applied commentary.
Instruction: A study and analysis of the Bible in its original Hebrew text. Topics covered include: analysis of Abraham and Noach; masseh avot siman lebanim; visit of angels to Abraham; dialogue between Abraham and Ephron; payment for Machpelah cave; personalities of Jacob and Esau; sale of patrimony of first born; Joseph’s dreams; Jacob’s burial in Israel; exclusion of the tribe of Levi from bondage.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 2 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99).
Topics in Biblical Literature (B422)
(Formerly B312)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 41 hours (13 weeks); includes 26 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: September 1998 - July 2003.
Objectives: Prepare a textual and linguistic analysis of the Bible, as well as a comparative analysis of the various studied commentaries; discuss and analyze literary aspects of the Bible’s main narrative line; recognize the range of traditional Biblical exegesis and its exegetes; explore ethical, narrative, and universal applications of the text and applied commentary.
Instruction: A study and analysis of the Bible in its original Hebrew text. Topics covered include:the tribe of Levi and the bondage; prophecy of Moses; Israelites at the Red Sea; Jethro; Israelites in the Desert; the treaty between the Jews and God in the Desert; Purim and Esther; the Hebrew language; the Tabernacle; sacrifices.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 2 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99).
Topics in Biblical Literature (B423)
(Formerly B313)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 41 hours (13 weeks); includes 26 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: September 1998 - July 2003.
Objectives: Prepare a textual and linguistic analysis of the Bible, as well as a comparative analysis of the various studied commentaries; discuss and analyze literary aspects of the Bible’s main narrative line; recognize the range of traditional Biblical exegesis and its exegetes; explore ethical, narrative, and universal applications of the text and applied commentary.
Instruction: A study and analysis of the Bible in its original Hebrew text. Topics covered include: personal redemption on Passover; the ten plagues in Egypt; the splitting of the Red Sea; leprosy; circumcision; the Tabernacle; the lighting of the menorah; Joshua, the servant of Moses; the incenses.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 2 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99).
RETIRED INTENSIVE STUDY COURSES
Talmud: Baba Mezia Intensive (TI211, TI411)
(Formerly T221 or T231)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 65 hours (13 weeks); in addition, 247 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: September 1998 - July 2003.
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 Baba Mezia discusses the laws of civil matters concerning disputes in ownership and the laws of legal documents. 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: dispute regarding ownership; possession in determining ownership; court mandated methods of settling disputes in ownership; acquisition of objects through seeing them; swearing falsely; placing the burden of proof of a dispute upon the claimant; admission to part of a claim; enacting rabbinic ordinances of rabbinic law; grabbing objects in view of the court; consecration of objects of questionable ownership; giving tithes of animals; returning lost loan documents; returning lost ketubah documents; acquiring an object for another person. NOTE: This tractate is studied by all students in a given trimester. While the scope of instruction is the same, the depth of study depends upon what level the student is in.
Credit recommendation: First Level Students (TI211): In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 4 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion; or Second Level Students and beyond (TI411): In the upper division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 4 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the two other Intensive Study courses of the same title, and the three Survey courses of the same title.
Talmud: Baba Mezia Intensive (TI212, TI412)
(Formerly T222 or T232)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 65 hours (13 weeks); in addition, 247 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: September 1998 - July 2003.
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 Baba Mezia deals with the obligation to return a lost object to its owner, establishing when one may keep it or must announce the found object and locate the owner. 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: categories of lost objects and their return; giving up hope of return of lost objects; eventual knowledge and factual knowledge; exemptions to obligations to return lost objects; rules of susceptibility of objects to impurity; reconciling elements of scriptural sources; reclaiming of lost objects; methods of proof of ownership; intentional abandonment of property; claiming of lost objects through recognition; classes of lost objects which must be returned; finding an object in a package; minimum value of a lost object requiring its return. NOTE: This tractate is studied by all students in a given trimester. While the scope of instruction is the same, the depth of study depends upon what level the student is in.
Credit recommendation: First Level Students (TI212): In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 4 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion; or Second Level Students and beyond (TI412): In the upper division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 4 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the two other Intensive Study courses of the same title, and the three Survey courses of the same title.
Talmud: Baba Mezia Intensive (TI213, TI413)
(Formerly T223 or T233)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 65 hours (13 weeks); in addition, 247 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: September 1998 - July 2003.
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 third chapter of the Tractate Baba Mezia discusses the obligations and liabilities of a custodian who has assumed responsibility for another’s property. 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: responsibilities and liabilities of watchmen; the four categories of watchmen; owner’s forfeiture of rights to thief’s payment of double penalty in favor of borrower; disputes between the debtor and the creditor concerning loans with collateral; definition of negligence; a renter who lends out the object to another, transferring responsibility to another watchman; payment of theft; obligations of a watchman towards rotting fruit; method of reimbursing one who takes care of another’s field; custodians of property. NOTE: This tractate is studied by all students in a given trimester. While the scope of instruction is the same, the depth of study depends upon what level the student is in.
Credit recommendation: First Level Students (TI213): In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 4 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion; or Second Level Students and beyond (TI413): In the upper division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 4 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the two other Intensive Study courses of the same title, and the three Survey courses of the same title.
Talmud: Ketubot Intensive (TI221, TI421)
(Formerly T321 or T331)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 65 hours (13 weeks); in addition, 247 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates:September 1998 - July 2003.
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 Ketubot discusses the legal principles of marriage, as well as the legal applications of these principles in relations between man and woman in marriage. The issues raised analyze and elucidate the underlying principles of the marital relationship. 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: support of the betrothed after twelve months’ waiting time; laws and customs of chupas niddah; unintentional actions; civil marriages; laws of mourning; permissibility of marriage during the mourning period; origins of aninus; origins of customs with respect to the chosson; leniency of a double Rabbinic ordinance; various laws of the Sabbath; laws concerning the seven-day post-nuptial celebration period. NOTE: This tractate is studied by all students in a given trimester. While the scope of instruction is the same, the depth of study depends upon what level the student is in.
Credit recommendation: First Level Students (TI221): In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 4 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion; or Second Level Students and beyond (TI421): In the upper division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 4 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the two other Intensive Study courses of the same title, and the three Survey courses of the same title.
Talmud: Ketubot Intensive (TI222, TI422)
(Formerly T322 or T332)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 65 hours (13 weeks); in addition, 247 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: September 1998 - July 2003.
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 Ketubot discusses the legal principles of marriage, as well as the legal applications of these principles in relations between man and woman in marriage. The issues raised analyze and elucidate the underlying principles of the marital relationship. 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: cases of doubt; origin of the ketubah; deciding Jewish law; conversions; marriage customs; ketubah of a priest; statutory and supplemental provisions of a ketubah; civil matters and judgements. NOTE: This tractate is studied by all students in a given trimester. While the scope of instruction is the same, the depth of study depends upon what level the student is in.
Credit recommendation: First Level Students (TI222): In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 4 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion; or Second Level Students and beyond (TI422): In the upper division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 4 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the two other Intensive Study courses of the same title, and the three Survey courses of the same title.
Talmud: Ketubot Intensive (TI223, TI423)
(Formerly T323 or T333)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 65 hours (13 weeks); in addition, 247 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: September 1998 - July 2003.
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 third chapter of the Tractate Ketubot lays down the laws of compensation, fines and penalties relating to the violation of certain categories of women, a distinction being drawn between these and others, in whose case some or none of the forms of compensation or fines are applicable. 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 Kute sects; payment of fines; heavenly intervention; punishment by judicial courts; laws of Sabbath; damages and injuries in Jewish law; rules of testimony. NOTE: This tractate is studied by all students in a given trimester. While the scope of instruction is the same, the depth of study depends upon what level the student is in.
Credit recommendation: First Level Students (TI223): In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 4 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion; or Second Level Students and beyond (TI423): In the upper division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 4 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the two other Intensive Study courses of the same title, and the three Survey courses of the same title.
RETIRED SURVEY COURSES
Talmud: Baba Mezia Survey (TS111, TS311)
(Formerly T211)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 65 hours (13 weeks); in addition, 162.5 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: September 1998 - July 2003.
Objectives: Prepare a textual, linguistic, and legal analysis of the applicable Talmudic material; discuss the underlying principles to derive halachic conclusions; follow the dynamics of Talmudic argumentation leading to halachic resolutions; develop a comparative study of the various opinions raised.
Instruction: The sixth chapter of Tractate Baba Mezia discusses laws regarding hiring of workers and the renting of domestic animals and the various rights and responsibilities of a worker vis-à-vis his employer. 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 the crux of these issues. Topics covered include: responsibilities and rights of workers; meeting job commitments; breech of trust between employer and employee and amongst employees; parameters of laborers versus contractors; workers abandoning a job; compensation for canceled jobs; compliance in rental stipulations; watchmen and their responsibilities; when borrower's responsibility becomes effective; using a borrowed object together with the owner; guarding a watched object. NOTE: This tractate is studied by all students in a given trimester. While the scope of instruction is the same, the depth of study depends upon what level the student is in.
Credit recommendation: First Level Students (TS111): In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 2 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion; or Second Level Students and beyond (TS311): In the upper division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 2 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the two other Survey courses of the same title, and the three Intensive Study courses of the same title.
Talmud: Baba Mezia Survey (TS112, TS312)
(Formerly T212)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 65 hours (13 weeks); in addition, 162.5 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: September 1998 - July 2003.
Objectives: Prepare a textual, linguistic, and legal analysis of the applicable Talmudic material; discuss the underlying principles to derive halachic conclusions; follow the dynamics of Talmudic argumentation leading to halachic resolutions; develop a comparative study of the various opinions raised.
Instruction: The seventh chapter of Tractate Baba Mezia discusses laws regarding hiring of workers and the various rights and responsibilities of a worker vis-à-vis his employer, including the requirement of the employer to feed his workers. 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 the crux of these issues. Topics covered include: precedents regarding workers rights; starting and ending times for workers; aggadic literature regarding R’ Eliezer b’ R’ Shimon; the beauty of Jerusalem; acceptance of the yoke of Torah; aspects of halachic decisions; showing mercy for all living things; Elijah the Prophet, the person; adhering to heavenly rulings; practices regarding feeding workers; history of illnesses; Biblical and Rabbinic sources and requirements of feeding one’s laborers; ramifications of prohibition without any physical actions; eating bread kneaded with milk; study of Rabbinic ordinances. NOTE: This tractate is studied by all students in a given trimester. While the scope of instruction is the same, the depth of study depends upon what level the student is in.
Credit recommendation: First Level Students (TS112): In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 2 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion; or Second Level Students and beyond (TS312): In the upper division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 2 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99). ). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the two other Survey courses of the same title, and the three Intensive Study courses of the same title.
Talmud: Baba Mezia Survey (TS113, TS313)
(Formerly T213)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 65 hours (13 weeks); in addition, 162.5 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: September 1998 - July 2003.
Objectives: Prepare a textual, linguistic, and legal analysis of the applicable Talmudic material; discuss the underlying principles to derive halachic conclusions; follow the dynamics of Talmudic argumentation leading to halachic resolutions; develop a comparative study of the various opinions raised.
Instruction: The eighth chapter of Tractate Baba Mezia discusses the legal responsibility of a borrower for the object borrowed. Questions of doubt in ownership arising during an exchange of property are discussed, as well as the rights and responsibilities of renters. 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 the crux of these issues. Topics covered include: discussion of the norm when using a borrowed object together with the owner; prohibition against cursing one’s parents; various responsibilities of watchmen; linguistic analysis of added letters in the Torah; purchasing land rights to produce; responsibilities of a husband toward a wife’s property; exemption of a borrower for responsibility for the borrowed object; settlement of objects in dispute; using the property of the Holy Temple; case method of deciding Jewish law; eviction of tenants; requirements of mezuzah; payments of rentals; disputes between landlords and tenants; redemption of the first born; responsibility of landlord versus tenant for structural damage of a rental house. NOTE: This tractate is studied by all students in a given trimester. While the scope of instruction is the same, the depth of study depends upon what level the student is in.
Credit recommendation: First Level Students (TS113): In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 2 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion; or Second Level Students and beyond (TS313): In the upper division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 2 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the two other Survey courses of the same title, and the three Intensive Study courses of the same title.
Talmud: Ketubot Survey (TS121, TS321)
(Formerly T311)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 65 hours (13 weeks); in addition, 162.5 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: September 1998 - July 2003.
Objectives: Prepare a textual, linguistic, and legal analysis of the applicable Talmudic material; discuss the underlying principles to derive halachic conclusions; follow the dynamics of Talmudic argumentation leading to halachic resolutions; develop a comparative study of the various opinions raised.
Instruction: The fifth chapter of Tractate Ketubot discusses the various rights and responsibilities of husband and wife in marriage. The student prepares the applicable Talmudic texts as well as the major halachic opinions of the rishonim and the opinions of various other commentaries and decisors. The instructor guides the students in understanding the issues raised and assists them to deduce the crux of these issues. Topics covered include: amount of ketubah - statutory and supplemental; property liens for a ketubah; the gifts bequeathed in extremis; waiver of otherwise illegal stipulations in monetary matters; 12 month preparation; principles of determining intent; parameters of spousal support; property of the Holy Temple; child custody practices; fetal influences during pregnancy; levirate marriage; maintenance of a wife through an agent; child support laws and customs. NOTE: This tractate is studied by all students in a given trimester. While the scope of instruction is the same, the depth of study depends upon what level the student is in.
Credit recommendation: First Level Students (TS121): In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 2 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion; or Second Level Students and beyond (TS321): In the upper division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 2 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the two other Survey courses of the same title, and the three Intensive Study courses of the same title.
Talmud: Ketubot Survey (TS122, TS322)
(Formerly T312)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 65 hours (13 weeks); in addition, 162.5 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: September 1998 - July 2003.
Objectives: Prepare a textual, linguistic, and legal analysis of the applicable Talmudic material; discuss the underlying principles to derive halachic conclusions; follow the dynamics of Talmudic argumentation leading to halachic resolutions; develop a comparative study of the various opinions raised.
Instruction: The sixth and seventh chapters of Tractate Ketubot discuss the various rights and responsibilities of husband and wife in marriage. The student prepares the applicable Talmudic texts as well as the major halachic opinions of the rishonim and the opinions of various other commentaries and decisors. The instructor guides the students in understanding the issues raised and assists them to deduce the crux of these issues. Topics covered include: rights of possession of a lost object that has been found; disposition of wife’s income from various sources; dowry; evaluations of property; monies brought into marriage; marrying off an orphan; charitable practices; loans as a form of charity; requirements of charity; inheritance laws; laws of vows; blemishes in sales; pre-existing conditions. NOTE: This tractate is studied by all students in a given trimester. While the scope of instruction is the same, the depth of study depends upon what level the student is in.
Credit recommendation: First Level Students (TS122): In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 2 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion; or Second Level Students and beyond (TS322): In the upper division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 2 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the two other Survey courses of the same title, and the three Intensive Study courses of the same title.
Talmud: Ketubot Survey (TS123, TS323)
(Formerly T313)
Location: Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Length: 65 hours (13 weeks); in addition, 162.5 hours of supervised peer study.
Dates: September 1998 - July 2003.
Objectives: Prepare a textual, linguistic, and legal analysis of the applicable Talmudic material; discuss the underlying principles to derive halachic conclusions; follow the dynamics of Talmudic argumentation leading to halachic resolutions; develop a comparative study of the various opinions raised.
Instruction: The eight and ninth chapters of Tractate Ketubot discusses the various rights and responsibilities of husband and wife in marriage, in particular, the rights of a husband to use the property of the wife while they are married. The student prepares the applicable Talmudic texts as well as the major halachic opinions of the rishonim and the opinions of various other commentaries and decisors. The instructor guides the students in understanding the issues raised and assists them to deduce the crux of these issues. Topics covered include: usage of wife’s property; investing wife’s monies; laws of profits; assessing property; property sales with liens; delayed transfer of ownership; levirate marriages; hierarchy of creditors; prenuptial agreements; conditions contrary to Biblical and Rabbinic law; lost ketubah. NOTE: This tractate is studied by all students in a given trimester. While the scope of instruction is the same, the depth of study depends upon what level the student is in.
Credit recommendation: First Level Students (TS123): In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 2 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion; or Second Level Students and beyond (TS323): In the upper division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 2 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (6/99). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the two other Survey courses of the same title, and the three Intensive Study courses of the same title.
Updated 9/18/07
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