Courses
Talmud: Structure of the SugyaTalmud with TosafotTalmud with RishonimTanakh with RashiTanakh with Mikraot GedolotAdvanced Tanakh ExegesisMahshavah I (Jewish Thought)Mahshavah II (Jewish Thought)Mahshavah III (Jewish Thought)Topics in HalakhahHasidutConversion, Apostasy and the Nature of Jewish IdentityShabbat in the Ten CommandmentsLiturgy SkillsParashat Hashavua: In God's WildernessJudaism as a Spiritual PracticeIndependent Beit MidrashSihahShiur Klali (Integrated Communal Learning)Advanced Midrash Text: Shir HaShirim RabbahBasic Torah Reading

Tanakh with Rashi

Taught by: Steven Exler
Monday and Tuesday, 3:00-5:00pm, Friday, 10:30am-12:30pm

This course will focus on building skills in basic decoding of the text with Rashi's commentary.  After a basic introduction to Rashi's commentary and his approach to explaining the biblical text, we will focus on 1) how to decode Rashi's commentary and 2) using Rashi's commentary for thinking about the grammatical, thematic and theological issues that arise out of the Tanakh itself.  By the end of the summer, a student in this class should feel comfortable:

1. Independently pursuing further study of Rashi
2. Equipped to use Rashi as a tool for thinking more deeply about Tanakh in general