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Grades K–2
The course
Course contentsThe Talmud, Grades K–2
3 units, 6 chapters. Each lesson has a reading, key words and three checks.
Rabbis Who Told Stories
Stories
Hillel on One Foot; Honi and the Carob Tree, Akiva and the Water.
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Grades 3–5
The course
Course contentsThe Talmud, Grades 3–5
4 units, 8 chapters. Each lesson has a reading, key words and three checks.
From Sinai to the Mishnah
Origins
Written Torah and Oral Torah; Judah the Prince Writes It Down.
The Gemara and the Two Talmuds
The Talmud
Babylon and the Land of Israel; A Page of Talmud.
Famous Stories from the Talmud
Aggadah
The Oven of Akhnai: "It Is Not in Heaven"; Rabbi Akiva, Rachel and Beruriah.
Fair and Kind: Talmud in Everyday Life
Halakhah for Kids
Lost and Found, Honest Weights, Fair Wages; Tzedakah, Guests and Saving a Life.
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Grades 6–8
The course
Course contentsThe Talmud, Grades 6–8
4 units, 8 chapters. Each lesson has a reading, key words and three checks.
How a Page Is Read
Method
Mishnah, Gemara, Rashi, Tosafot: The Vilna Page; The Moves of the Gemara: Question, Proof, Objection, Answer.
The Rabbis and Their World
History
Second Temple to Yavneh; Tannaim and Amoraim: Academies, Empires and the Editors.
Sugyot in Paraphrase I: Time and Damages
Halakhah
Shabbat, the Shema and Hanukkah; The Ox, the Pit and the Fire: Damages and Neighbors.
Sugyot in Paraphrase II: Argument and Mercy
Aggadah and Ethics
Hillel and Shammai, Akhnai and "These and Those"; Aggadah: Pirkei Avot, Speech, Repentance.
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Grades 9–10
The course
Course contentsThe Talmud, Grades 9–10
3 units, 6 chapters. Each lesson has a reading, key words and three checks.
Reading Real Passages: Berakhot and Shabbat
Texts Close Up
Berakhot 2a–3a: The Evening Shema; Shabbat 31a and 21b: Hillel's Convert and the Hanukkah Lights.
Reading Real Passages: Bava Metzia and Sanhedrin
Texts Close Up
Bava Metzia 59b: The Oven of Akhnai and Wronging with Words; Sanhedrin 37a and Makkot 7a: One Life, and a Court That Rarely Kills.
Law and Story Together
Texts Close Up
Pirkei Avot 1–2: The Chain and the Sayings; Ta'anit and Yoma: Rain, Honi, Repentance and Yom Kippur.
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Grades 11–12
The course
Course contentsThe Talmud, Grades 11–12
3 units, 6 chapters. Each lesson has a reading, key words and three checks.
Talmudic Reasoning and Halakhah
Reasoning
The Thirteen Rules, Logic and the Codes; Responsa, Custom and Modern Questions.
The Talmud in History
History
Burning and Printing: From Paris 1240 to Vilna; Talmud Beyond the Yeshiva.
Great Debates and Capstone
Capstone
Honoring Parents, and "These and Those": A Whole Sugya; Capstone: Chavruta — Present a Sugya, Its Argument and Its Mercy.
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