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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

Advanced Midrash Text: Shir HaShirim Rabbah

Taught by: Rabbi Shai Held
Tuesday, 1:15-2:45pm

In this class we'll be exploring the classic collection of Midrashim on Shir HaShirim.  We'll be paying close attention both to Midrashic method (how are the Rabbis reading various verses to yield new meanings?) and to religious ideas (what can we learn, for example, about revelation and about God's love for Israel from these texts?).  Though all are welcome, all texts will be studied in Hebrew, and the pace will be fairly rapid.