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HU Credits:
4
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Talmud
Semester:
Yearly
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Aharon Glatzer
Coordinator Office Hours:
Thursday 16:30 - 17:30
Teaching Staff:
Aharon Glatzer
Course/Module description:
The Talmud Bavli, since its inception, has served as the basis for all Jewish thought and culture; however, there are many difficulties that prevent the beginner from understanding the Talmud.
The Mechina for Talmud focuses on skill building for independent learning of the Talmud, an understanding of the Talmudic discourse, the structure of a passage and its explication.
Moreover, students will learn Mishna and will come into contact with all Talmudic literature and its language - Babylonian Aramaic - in addition to the post-Talmudic literature from the Geonic period until the "Shulkhan Aruch" including the Siddur (prayer book) and structure of the Jewish prayer.
Course/Module aims:
a) Improvement of the student’s self-study ability of the Babylonian Talmud tractates.
b) introduction of the Talmudic literature: Mishnah, Tosefta, Halachic & Aggadic Midrash, the Babylonian & Palestinian Talmud and their commentators, the adjudicative and the Responsa literature, Jewish prayer and it’s details , and more
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Interpret issues from the Babylonian Talmud.
Identify the structures of issues in the Babylonian Talmud.
Translate basic sentences in Babylonian Aramaic.
Interpret a Mishnah.
Compare parallel Talmudic literature sources.
Use basic post Talmudic literature.
Use auxiliary literature and databases of Talmudic literature.
Critically read research literature on the Talmud.
Attendance requirements(%):
90%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Most learning is a continuous reading and study of specific Talmud chaptersStudy including accurate translation of the Aramaic words, clarifying terms, annotation content, clarification of the structure of matter, its course and its trend, various extensions and summary. Before each class students are required to prepare the study text with leading questions and other reading materials.
Course/Module Content:
The course will include approximately ten pages of Babylonian Talmud from tractates B'rachot (Fourth Chapter) and Baba M'tsiaa (sixth Chapter).
In addition, we will learn Babylonian Aramaic, chapters of the Mishnah, the siddur and structure of prayer, knowledge of the post-Talmudic literature from Geonic period to the the Shulchan Aruch.
Required Reading:
1. מ' אלון, המשפט העברי, עמ' 852 – 902.
2. האנציקלופדיה העברית, ערך 'תלמוד', סעיפים א, ב, ג, ד, ה, ז, ח, יג.
3. י' גפני, יהדות בבל ומוסדותיה בתקופת התלמוד, ירושלים תשל"ה, עמ' 9 – 20, 53 – 59, 79 – 87.
4. Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2d ed. Midreshei Halakhah, Vol. 14, pp. 193-199, 202-203 (הקדמה + סעיפים 1,2,6).
5. Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2d ed. Midrash, Vol. 14, pp. 182-185
6. ד' רוזנטל, תרומתם של כתבי היד לחקר התלמוד, http://jnul.huji.ac.il/dl/talmud/rosenthal.htm
7. י' זוסמן, 'תורה שבעל פה' פשוטה כמשמעה, מחקרי תלמוד ג, ירושלים תשס"ה, עמ' .209-258; 344-355.
8. ע' פליישר, "לקדמוניות תפילות החובה בישראל", תרביץ נט (תש"ן), עמ' 397 - 442
9. י' מדן, "עיון במשנת חסידים", ספר היובל לישיבת הר עציון (תשנח), עמ' 231-269
10. י' פרנקל, עיונים בעולמו הרוחני של ספור האגדה, תל אביב תשמ"א, עמ' 52 - 57
Additional Reading Material:
ד' רוזנטל, "מסורות ארץ ישראליות ודרכן לבבל", קתדרה 92 (תשנ"ט), עמ' 7 - 48
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 70 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 15 %
Project work 15 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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