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On-Line
Tehillim (Psalms) Course The Conservative Yeshiva is pleased to announce an On-Line Tehillim (Psalms) Course beginning the week of February 10, 2008. The 14-week course will study one Psalm each week and continue through the end of May, 2007. The course is open to Yeshiva alumni, members of USCJ congregations, USCJ staff, and others who are interested in furthering their Jewish learning through study of Psalms. Description: This course will study the Psalms of daily Pesukei DeZimra and of Kabbalat Shabbat. The goal of the course is to develop skills for the study of Tehillim in Hebrew, to develop familiarity with Biblical poetry in general and with Psalms specifically. The course is designed to provide tools for Psalms and Tanach study in Hebrew, as well as expand students understanding of Psalms that are part of the daily and weekly tefillot (prayers). Format of the course: Participants will be provided with prepared study materials for one Psalm each week. The materials are designed for use in hevruta (study with a partner), though they can also be used for individual study. It is expected that students will spend 1-2 hours each week with a hevruta studying the Psalm with the materials as a guide. Following completion of the study materials, students will participate in online discussion forums. The instructor will use the forums to respond to student questions and to further explicate the content and language of each Psalm. Study Materials: The study materials provided in the course serve as a guide to each individual Psalm. The materials include questions and insights regarding the background, setting, structure, language, poetics and spiritual meaning of each Psalm. The materials are designed for use with the Hebrew text of the Psalm, a Biblical lexicon and concordance. Additional explanation of the use of these tools as well as a bibliography will be provided. In addition to working on their own with the Hebrew text, students will be encouraged to make use of traditional and modern commentaries in Hebrew or English (depending on each student’s Hebrew language skills). References to secondary source material will be provided for many of the Psalms studied. Students of all Hebrew levels and Jewish learning backgrounds are welcome to join the class. The class will focus on Hebrew language skills and students are encouraged to make use of tools for improving Hebrew language throughout the course. Students should be self-motivated and willing to devote 1-2 hours per week to study. Hevruta study is strongly encouraged for all students including those with no prior experience in hevruta study! Instructor:
Rabbi Gail Diamond (RRC ’93) is the Assistant Director of the Conservative
Yeshiva in Jerusalem, where she has taught Psalms since 2001. She also
teaches for Project Oded, Bat Kol Institute, and the Reconstructionist
Rabbinical College, and formerly taught at the Academy for Jewish Religion
in New York. Gail served as a pulpit rabbi for seven years before making
aliyah in 2001.
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