Torah Study on the Web

• The Tanach Study Center, has a tremendous amount of material for serious torah study each week. It includes questions for discussion, a class, related maps and graphics, and questions for further study. This is the place to go for some serious study on the parsha. [This Week] [Archives][Subscription Info]



• Chabad On-Line offers a huge wealth of material each week -- accessible to the beginner, as well as spiritual, chassidic, and kabalistic thought, and comments on other various Jewish issues. Check out some of the information on this week's parsha, also, see the various mailing lists below.
  
  
• Torat Hayim - Living Torah a new creation from the Adult Jewish Growth Department of the U.A.H.C. (Union of American Hebrew Congregations -- the group of Reform congregations in North America). It features the commentary of the week's parasha written by a U.A.H.C. scholar and an educational presentation on ways to study the parasha individually or with your family by a leading educator. [This Week] [Archives] [Subscribe from their page]

 
• Gates to Jewish Heritage is a comprehensive site dealing a great many aspects of Judaism, written by Rabbi David E. Lipman. Not only does it have torah commentary, but also information on the holidays, Talmud, ritual practice, and so on. Traditional practices are fully described, although it is written from a Reform perspective. [This Week] [Archives]

 
• Chancellor Schorsch, of JTSA (The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the Conservative Movement's primary rabbinic school) writes a weekly d'var torah, and is archived back to 1993. [Archives] [Subscription Info]

 
• Nishmas Chayim, a Torah center in Jerusalem, has a web site -- the main focus of which is "the spread of Torat HaChassidus and the furtherment of the spiritual aspects of Judaism." The site includes commentary on this week's parsha, archives, a fine selection of Chassidic stories, and more. [This Week] [Archives 57585758 and holidays]

 
• Torah Tidbits On-Line - is an insightful aliya-by-aliya sedra summary, articles relating to the parsha, ParshaPix (a great parent-child activity), stats, gematria, Jewish resources and more! TT is a great tool for educators, families, and others to prepare dvrei Torah, teach about the parsha and get in the Shabbat spirit. It is updated each Thursday. [This Week] [Arhcives] [Subscribe from this page]

 
• AishDas Society has some varied internet resources, including their Aspaqlaria parshah sheets. [Archives][Subscribe from their page]

 
• This week's Torah portion by Rabbi Jonathan Kraus, of Belmont, Mass. [This Week] [Archives][Subscribe from their page]

 
• The Jewish Communication Network's Interactive Torah Study, with Rabbi David E. Lipman, uses a selection from the weekly portion in order to facilitate the studying of Torah, Mishnah and Gemara each day (as recommended in the Talmud (B. Avodah Zarah 19b)). The Mishnah and Gemara exerpts are keyed to the parshat hashavuah.

 
• Torah Outreach Program, by Yaakov Fogelman, Jerusalem. These lengthy d'vrei torah are written from a truly traditional, yet modern and open, religious Zionist perspective. They include a synopsis of the entire portion and of the haftara, the accompanying prophetic reading, with comments of sages from all ages, including many allusions, and no-holds-barred commentary, on current events. These are unlike any other d'vrei torah you've ever read. [This Week] [Web Archives (back to 1996)] [Text Archives (back to 1994)]

 
• Torahfax in Cyberspace, by Rabbi Zalmen Marozov. The torah message at this page (usually) changes daily. Subscription information is on the page.

 
• Aish HaTorah of the North Coast has the Parsha of the Week, as well as what they bill as an Intelligent Search of their parsha database (which goes back a few years). You can search on words or concepts, the entire database or by parsha. [This Week] [Archives via intelligent search]

 
• Ohr Somayach of Jerusalem has a ton of study material, including some audio files. This Week's Publications includes their weekly Torah summary (in English, Hebrew, and German). Their archives include material in html, ascii, pdf/Acrobat, and Word for Windows formats. Also, see below for info on their lists. [This Week] [Archives][Subscribe from their page]

 
• Torah Educational Software sponsors a weekly Shiur by Rabbi Ari Kahn. The Shiur is based on sources in Talmud, Midrash, and Zohar. [Archives][Mail for subscription info]


• Think Jewish.com offer Torah discourses of the Lubavitcher Rebbe translated into English available through RealAudio. Included are discourses on the weekly parsha and on Chassidus, byte-sized insights, weekly lectures, mysticism and Tanya, and more.
• The Shabbat Torah Portion - sponsored by Temple Israel, of Westport, Conn., has outstanding and well-known commenators. [Archives][Their home page]

 
• The Jewish Outreach Center in Ra'anana, Israel, under the direction of Rabbi Shmuel Weiss, has weekly D'var Torah, a weekly Torah Trivia and "ask the Rabbi" sections. [This Week] [Archives]

 
• Rabbi Yaakov Silverstein hosts the WebReb, which includes a weekly d'var torah. One can also subcribe to his list from that site.

 
• Torah from Dixie is a publication out of Atlanta. Issues contain enjoyable discussion of the parsha of the week. Each issue also contains Think Tank, which poses thought-provoking & philosophical queries relating to the Torah portion. [This Week] [Archives/Back issues] [Subscription Info]

 
• KAVANNAH: Resources for Kabbalah and Jewish Meditation, features a weekly mystical/spiritual drash on the weekly parashah, as well as related suggestions for personal spiritual practice. [This Week][Archives]

 
• Parsha Moments, is a weekly d'var torah, by the Chicago Community Kollel. [This Week]

 
• Parsha Page is a survey of parsha thoughts from Gedolei Yisroel compiled by Fred Toczekl, of Anshe Emes Synagogue, in Los Angeles. [This Year's Parashot]

 
• The Weekly Lesson is a column written by Rabbi Jeremy Milgrom, that appears in Jewish Heritage Online Magazine. [This Week]

 
• Congregation M'kor Shalom, in Cherry Hill, NJ, also has a D'var Torah on the weekly portion, written by Dr. Edmond Weiss. [This Week]

 
• Surf and Soul, Jewish Surfers Internationals and Rabbi Nachum Shifren "The Surfing Rabbi" from Israel brings you The Weekly Schmooze: The One Minute Fabrengen. This week's and past week's are avaliable via their home page.

 
• This Month's Torah Portions, written by Dr. Rachelle Luna and Rabbi Lawrence Forman, contains one-paragraph summaries of the torah portions of the current month, as well as archives. [This Week/Month]

 
• United Synagogue Youth the high school age affiliate of The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, has a collection of d'vrei torah, written by rabbis and students. [This Week] [Archives][Subscription Info]

 

Archived D'vrei Torah

• The Shamash Archived D'vrei Torah - contains a great deal of archived d'vrei Torah (at least 20 per parasha), with a good search engine. This search engine not only examines the commentary distributed by Shamash listproc's, but also other d'vrei torah stored at the Shamash mainframe. It is the largest and most diversified archive of torah commentary that I know of.

 
• The Chabad Gopher Site archives a ton of Chabad material. Although it's not diversified as the Shamash archives is, it is the only other archive I am aware of that has 100's of megabytes of material.


• Kolel: A Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning, a liberal Yeshiva in Toronto, has begun putting up a collection of Parshat HaShavua: Divrei Torah. Also at their site is a weekly Reb on the Web column, which includes a short summary of the parsha, a Parsha Puzzler, and a reader's Question of the week. [This Week] [Archives] [Subscription Info] [Their home page]

 
• The Masorti Movement in Israel, has started storing past commentaries, Parashat Hashvua.

 
• Yeshiva University's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary has started storing Enayim L'Torah, the weekly parsha, at their web site

 
• The New York Kollel of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion has begun (in fall 1996) to collect D'vrei Torah from it's faculty.

 
• Brandeis University Hillel has a gopher site of d'vrei torah written by their students.

 
• South Penninsula Hebrew Day School, in Sunnydale, Calif., has archived Torah discussions by the former Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Mordechai Elliyaho - "shlita".

 
• Torah Discussions, by Steve Gandi, is a nice collection of dvrei torah, relating torah portions to modern day morals and ethics.

 
• The Torah Academy of Bergen County (N.J.) has a collection of d'vrei torah from their student publication: Kol Torah.

 
• B'nei Akiva of Great Britain produces Shabbat LaHashem, a commentary on the weekly portions.

 
• Torah Talk - short d'vrei torah adopted for use by Eric Simon (the author of this web page) for the Temple Bulletin of Beth El Hebrew Congregation.

 
• Northeast Council of the UAHC has started the UAHC NEC Divrei Torah Collection.

 
• The Rice Hillel Gopher Site has mostly references to the same info that is on Shamash and some of Virtual Jerusalem's stuff, but it is organized nicely, for a gopher site.

 

Other Torah Related Pages

• Audio Classes - These are various Torah study and other Jewish material which are in "real audio" format. There are .ra files and tapes for each parsha.
• Ellie's Torah Trope Tutor is designed to help people learn how to chant from the Torah. Musical Notations and .wav files are included.

Child Appropriate Torah Education

This is a new section, introduced for Jewish Web Week. If you are aware of any pages that should be included in this new section, please contact the webauthor.

• The Family Parsha, produced by Aish HaTorah, is the best parsha lesson I've seen for young children. Family Parsha is designed to help parents discuss with their children some of the values contained in the weekly Torah portion. Each issue contains a short synopsis of the Torah portion, followed by a contemporary story that conveys a relevant lesson. The story ends with a series of questions divided by age-level: for ages 3-5,  6-9, and 10-13.  [This Week] [Archives] [Subscription Info]

 
• Teen Classes, eight of them from Project Genesis.

 
• Parsha Parenting , produced by Project Genesis. These are the weekly classes of Rabbi Shlomo Goldberg, which are sent each week to the parent body and friends of Yeshiva Ohr Eliyahu of Los Angeles. Each class intends to focus the reader on an aspect of parenting and teaching youngsters. The power of the message is such that the lessons are applicable to Jews of all backgrounds and situations.  This isn't for children -- but for parents of children.



• There are two lists from Chabad, they are:
  • For Friday Night Designed to be read aloud at the Shabbat table, "For Friday Night" is a discussion of the weekly Torah portion. This imparts the traditional atmosphere of "words of Torah" at the table, and also provides a useful conversation starter. (By Dr. Tali Loewenthal)
  • "Please Tell Me What the Rebbe Said" - Using stories and parables, this collection illustrates the Rebbe's thoughts on a child's level. Acclaimed by educators, it conveys insights on the Holidays and the Torah portions.
  You can subscribe to them at their subscription page.
   
• Family Shabbat Table Talk Provided by the U.A.H.C., this page includes a short Torah summary, a lesson, and questions/suggestions for Torah talk that are especially appropriate for families and children, designed to be introduced at our Erev Shabbat meals.  [This Week][Archives][Subscription Info]

 
• Parsha on Parade, part of the great Torah Tots site, includes a parsha summary, and 'coloring pages' images that the user can print -- suitable for crayons.

 
• Kinder Torah "is material on the parsha for the parents to say over to the children at the Shabbos table. It is designed to keep the kids interested and participating at the Shabbos table. It is also to teach them some mussar and/or middos tovos from the parsha." [This Week] [Archives][Subscription Info]

 
• Stories on the weekly Torah portions, some taken from Once upon a Chasid. The page is part of a larger site, Your Jewish Connection for Kids, put together by high schooler Rena Berkowitz.

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The Weekly Parsha

• DvarTorah - Weekly D'var Torah - Rabbi Dovid Siegal
• Haftorah - The Additional Readings - Rabbi Dovid Siegal
• Hamayaan - The Torah Spring, by Shomo Katz.
• Lifeline - Weekly Dvar Torah by Project Genesis Director, Rabbi Yaakov Menken.
• Parsha Insights - Rabbi Yisroel Ciner is a Rebbe at Neveh Tzion, located in Telzstone (outside of Yerushalayim).
• Parsha Parables - Stories and Medrash - Rabbi Kamenetzky of Yeshiva of South Shore
• Parsha Parenting - The Weekly classes of Rabbi Shlomo Goldberg, which are sent each week to the parent body and friends of Yeshiva Ohr Eliyahu of Los Angeles. Each class intends to focus the reader on an aspect of parenting and teaching youngsters. The power of the message is such that the lessons are applicable to Jews of all backgrounds and situations.
• Parsha Summary - A short summary of each of the seven sections of the weekly Torah Reading, by Rabbi Aron Tendler.
• Perceptions - Rabbi Pinchas Winston provides subtle but important insights that pertain to everyday life
• Rabbi's Notebook - Rabbi Aron Tendler
• RavFrand - Rabbi Frand of Ner Yisrael's Weekly D'var Torah (from the tapes)

Additional Learning

• Halacha Overview An Introduction to Jewish Law, based on excerpts from Maimonides' code, the Mishneh Torah, by Rabbi Dr. Azriel Rosenfeld
• Halacha-Yomi - Jewish Law, Daily
• HaLashon - The Ethics of Speech - Ellen Solomon
• Iyov - Discussion of the Book of Job - R. Yitzchak Schwartz, R.Y. Orchos Chaim
• Lifecycles - Practical, Halachic, and philosophical information about the events a Jew encounters throughout a lifetime, by Rabbi Yehuda Prero.
• Maharal - Pirkei Avot, The Sayings of the Fathers, with Commentary - Rabbi Shaya Karlinsky, R.Y. Darche Noam Institutions
• Mussar-Psych - Torah Insights by a Rabbi/therapist Ephraim Becker into the age-old question of "What makes us tick?"
• Rambam - Maimonides' Review of Torah Law - R. Yitzchok Etshalom
• Ramchal - Jewish Ethics from The Path of the Just - R. Yaakov Menken
• Tefila - The form and function of Jewish Prayer - R. Chaim Szmidt
• Women in Judaism - A broad range of topics on women and Jewish spirituality, law and philosophy, with special attention given to the many ways in which Judaism speaks to women, even (or especially) in modern times.
• Yehoshua Reflections - A study of Sefer Yehoshua, the book of Joshua--a text full of rich ideas related to the travails of the Jewish people while settling into their cherished homeland.
• YomTov - Thoughts on the holidays and events in the Jewish calendar - R. Dr. Yehudah Prero

Advanced Classes

• Business-Halacha - Everyday Business situations - the class will initially be based on translations of a weekly business law column by Rabbi Tzvi Shpitz, a Rosh Kollel and Av Bais Din in Ramot, Jerusalem. The translation is being done by Rabbi Aaron Tendler of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore.
• Haaros - What do Chasidic texts and Musar (Ethical) sources, legal and kabalistic books, ancient and modern texts, have in common? Investigating spiritual challenges from a wide range of sources, Haaros shows the hidden relationship between different parts of the Torah; all currents flow from the same stream. By Rabbi Yaakov Bernstein, formally Rosh Kollel of the Savannah Kollel, writer for the Ba'er Hativ Project of Torah Umesorah.
• Jerusalem Views - A Shiur based upon classical sources of Jewish thought to introduce the reader to the depth of Jewish philosophy.
• Maseches Kinim - taught by by Rabbi Menachem Moshe Oppen
• Mikra - P'shuto shel Mikra, Divrei Torah on the Parsha, by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom, Educational Coordinator of the Jewish Studies Institute of Yeshiva of Los Angeles
• Mishna B'rura - An English translation of this Chofetz Chaim's classic Halachick work.
• Weekly Halacha - This weekly anthology explores one selected Halachic topic related to the Parsha, usually according to Mishna Brura, by Rabbi Doniel Neustadt.

Teen Classes
 

• TeenLine - This class will not just be a thought about Jewish teenlife, but also a venue to publicize activities, announcements and important news. This list will serve to unify our diverse presentations while at the same time encouraging teens to make this site a place to return to.
• Band-Stand: This weekly internet class for teens will discuss and promote Jewish Music among the teen population in the wider Jewish community. We will provide and accept advice, suggestions and assistance to and from kids interested in expressing their Jewish Music in a public forum. Come share your music, lyrics and creativity with us - and bring your friends too.
• Prayer: This class will teach Jewish Prayer and Meditation, and attempt to reveal the beauty and relevance it has in our daily lives. We look forward to hearing your questions and difficulties in order to effect a meaningful experience.
• Siman-U-Mesorah: This class will present source material, detailed discussion and access to most any topic in Judaism, including information not easy to come by.
• Straight-Talk: This class will provide Straight talk about what's going on in teen life right now, a chance to ask questions, a place to be accepted. Practical, realistic advice on everything from relationships and smoking to self-esteem and independence, all from a Jewish perspective.
• Teen Issues: attempts to challenge Jewish youth with questions of their identity their place in society and the world at large. Each week our subscribers will be e-mailed an article that will address an issue, pose a question, suggest a thought or just plain entertain. It is our hopes, that through this, our subscribers will be inspired to be more Jewishly involved at home and school. We hope that we can help you answer some of your questions, but more importantly, we hope we can help you ask more questions!
• Teen Talk : how teens relate to issues like peer pressure, friends, making choices, labels and stereotypes, free time, expectations... and things that are  more directly "Jewish".
• TGIF: This weekly internet class for teens looks at current events and common culture through the lens of contemporary Judaism. "At least we try to do that.  Sometimes we wander and that's when the fun begins."

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Sponsored by Aish HaTorah

Weekly Parshas

• Appel's Parsha Page -- by Rabbi Yehuda Appel
• Brainstorming With Baars -- by Rabbi Stephen Baars (who claims to be the only rabbi to perform at the Improv Comedy Club in Los Angeles), who is now the Educational Director of Aish HaTorah in Washington DC. He says: "Read my Brainstorming emails. If the first paragraph doesn't grab you, then maybe you should check your pulse!"
• Shraga's Weekly -- by Rabbi Shraga Simons. This is one of my favorites.
• Shabbat Shalom Weekly -- by Rabbi Kalman Packouz
• Mi-Oray Ha-Aish -- by Rabbi Ari Kahn.  Kabbalistic and Midrashic illuminations on the parsha for the advanced student.
• Mayanot -- Deep examination of the parsha, with philosophic/kabbalistic bent by Rabbi Noson Weisz.

Other Aish educational email lists

• 48 Ways This is a fabulous page -- check it out.
• Calendar & Holidays
• Pirkei Avos A tour through the treasury of Jewish ethical wisdom.
• Rav Pliskin's Daily Lift - by Rabbi Zelig Pliskin, a Personal Development Coach and the author of 10 books on spiritual and emotional growth, including Gateway to Happiness and Guard Your Tongue. For this email list, Rabbi Pliskin exerpts bite-sized tidbits from his from these books. "Start your day the Pliskin way. It has twice the impact of coffee - and no caffeine."

 

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Weekly Parshas

• Forethoughts And Afterthoughts
• Parsha Pearls
• A Drop Of Dikduk
• Women's View On The Parsha

Other JewishAmerica educational email lists

• The Sabbath Prayers
• A Bit of Maharal

Sponsored by Shamash

To subscribe to any of the lists in this section send the following message to listproc@shamash.org:

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l-torah - Liberal Judaism Torah Discussion - torah discussion with a slightly wider perspective then many others. Includes all ld-torah messages.

ld-torah - Liberal D'vrei Torah - Same as l-torah, but just the d'vrei torah, with no discussion.

torahfax - Chicago Torah Network Shabbat Fax: discussion of the weekly Torah portion.

top - Torah Outreach Program, by Yaakov Fogelman, Jerusalem.

dvartorah - Talks on the Parsha from around the World

shabbatshalom - Insights into Torah and life and personal growth by Rabbi Kalman Packouz of Yeshivat Aish HaTorah

maggid - Weekly discussion of Torah and Musar in story form of the Maggidim of old

etz-chaim - Weekly Dvar Torah by Etz Chaim NCSY. These are also archived at Shamash (see Archives, above.

enayim - Yeshiva University's weekly d'var Torah

bytetorah - A Byte of Torah

outorah - Torah Insights (sponsored by Orthodox Union).

mj-ravtorah - Weekly Dvar Torah based on Rav Soloveicheck

oxford-judaism - Rav Botach's Essays

shemakol - The MTA Weekly Dvar Torah

ucsj-torah - A torah discussion list sponsored by UCSJ

likpeshat - HTC's Weekly on the Torah Portion

daf-hashuvua - Weekly Sedra United Synagogue of London

t-toons - Torah Toons Gazette

shabbas-doc - Shabbas.doc - Torah and news for families

ltw - Learn Torah With Torah for adults

j-seminar - Discussions of Tanach from a scholarly perspective

russian-torah - Weekly torah portion in Russion and discussions

uscj-talmud - A talmud discussion list sponsored by the USCJ

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• parsha - Parshas Hashavua from Virtual Jerusalem
• yitorah - National Council of Young Israel Weekly Divrei Torah by different Young Israel rabbis each week.
• etz-chaim - the Torah Tidbits weekly D'var Torah sheet of the Orthodox Union's Israel Center.
• bht-weekly - Weekly Words of Torah from Bircas Hatorah
• parsha-themes - focuses in particular on psychological insights into personalities in the Torah, tracing the development of various figures as they undergo personal change, and themes of leadership, by rabbinical student Eitan Mayer of Yeshiva Univ.
• Sponsored by Ohr Somayach:
• weekly - weekly summary by Ohr Somayach.
• jadaismo - Highlights of the weekly summary by Ohr Somayach in Spanish.
• parasha-page - Weekly Torah insight by Mordecai Kornfeld of Jerusalem
• parasha-qa - In-depth question on Parashat HaShavua with Rashi

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For The Kids

• "Please Tell Me What the Rebbe Said" - Using stories and parables, this collection illustrates the Rebbe's thoughts on a child's level. Acclaimed by educators, it conveys insights on the Holidays and the Torah portions.
• For Friday Night Designed to be read aloud at the Shabbat table, "For Friday Night" is a discussion of the weekly Torah portion. This imparts the traditional atmosphere of "words of Torah" at the table, and also provides a useful conversation starter. (By Dr. Tali Loewenthal)

Gopher Site archives the material. Gopher is a text retrieval system, which has many files available to be read on-line, e-mail them to yourself or save the files and then download them directly to your own computer. Or, visit the Chabad Web Site. Back to Table of Contents. 

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Sponsored Yeshivat Har Etzion

The Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash - Email-courses in Torah and Judaism - is sponsored by Yeshivat Har Etzion. The Virtual Beit Midrash seeks to provide yeshiva style courses and shiurim in Torah and Judaism to students of all ages outside the Yeshiva walls, opening, to the greatest extent possible, a window into the Beit Midrash. Courses are sent out weekly to subscribers, who are able to communicate with course instructors or coordinators.

You can subscribe by visiting their site, or by sending the following message to lists@vbm-torah.org.

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The courses for Fall 5761 (2000) are:

TORAH TEXT STUDY

• YHE-Parsha - Parashat Hashavua - The Weekly Torah Portion An analysis of the parasha, incorporating innovative approaches as well as traditional commentaries. The course has an associated moderated discussion list, YHE-Par.D - for comments, questions, and discussion of each shiur. This list must be subscribed to separately.
• YHE-Parsha.ML - Themes and Structure in Parashat Ha-shavua A revised version of our original Parashat Ha-shavua series, with special attention to issues of structure in parshiot and the overall theme of each sefer.
• YHE-IntParsha - Introduction to Parashat Hashavua - A weekly examination of selected portions of the week's Torah reading with an emphasis on understanding the respective exegetical methodologies of the major commentators including Rashi, Rashbam, Ibn Ezra

and Ramban (Nachmanides). The course is geared for beginners but is open to all levels.
• YHE-Tehillim - Tehillim - The Book of Psalms - Each installment in this series attempts to examine the thematic unity and literary techniques of one mizmor. Its goal is to present a message embedded in each psalm which can help us understand our relationship with our Creator.
• YHE-Haftora - Analysis of the weekly reading from the prophets, examining both the internal theme as well as the connection with the weekly Torah reading.

 

TALMUD

• YHE-Metho - Talmudic Methodology - A shiur using different talmudic topics to illustrate the nature of rabbinic legal thinking, emphasizing the analytic methods practiced in modern Yeshivot. The course has an associated discussion list, YHE-Meth.D, for comments, questions, and discussion of each shiur, moderated by the instructor. This list must be subscribed to separately.
• YHE-Sota - Gemara Sota - Designed for students studying Talmud on their own, devoting a number of hours a week, the shiur will include sources for preparation and a yeshiva-level analysis of what has been learned during the week. A faculty member is available for questions. Level: Advanced
• YHE-Shemitta  - The Laws of Shemitta - An analysis of the basic concepts of the sabbatical year, following the order of the Mishna Sheviit.  Level: Advanced

 

HALAKHA

• YHE-Halak - Topics in Halakha - A weekly shiur analyzing a specific halakhic question, an analysis of a broad halakhic topic, or the meaning and philosophy behind a particular aspect of the Halakha.
• YHE-Shabbat - The Laws of Shabbat A guided introduction to Hilkhot Shabbat, emphasizing the underlying principles in order to understand the practical applications, including cases arising in modern life.
• YHE-MB - Mishna Berura - Designed for students who wish to study Halakha independently,devoting a number of hours a week, the shiur accompanies the study of theMishna Berura by providing background, explanations, expansion of select points, and applications to new questions.
• YHE-UndHalakha - Understanding the Practice and Meaning of Halakha - The course will examine the practice of halakhic Judaism, explicating the meaning and significance of select laws, such as Shabbat, prayer, kashrut, holidays, charity, etc.  Appropriate for all levels. [Repeat of the 5758 shiur]
• YHE-Kitzur - Meaning in Mitzvot - The course will follow the sequence of laws in the popular halakhic digest, the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, explaining the inner meaning and significance of the practices of daily Jewish observance.

 

JEWISH PHILOSOPHY

• YHE-Sichot - Sichot of the Roshei Yeshiva - Addresses (sichot) on the weekly parasha by the Roshei Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion, Harav Yehuda Amital and Harav Aharon Lichtenstein. The sichot examine fundamental principles of Judaism and their application to daily life.
• YHE-mussar - Mussar for Moderns - An introduction to mussar - Jewish ethics - which will explore topics of concern to man in general and modern man in particular.
• YHE-Rav - Introduction into the Thought of Introduction to the Philosophy of Rav J.B. Soloveitchik  An analysis of the writings of one of the most creative and influential Jewish thinkers of our time. Topics include: the role of religion in the modern world, philosophy of halakha, man's crisis and redemption, prayer, repentence, Torah study, and Zionism.
• YHE-JewPhi - Jewish Philosophy Confronts the Modern World Prof. Rosenberg analyzes major issues of modern culture and philosophy against the backdrop of the Jewish philosophical tradition, using Rav Yehuda Halevi's 11th-century masterpiece, The Kuzari, as his starting point.
• YHE-maharal - The Maharal on Pirkei Avot  This course will study Avot, the tractate of Mishnah that deals with broad questions of the well-lived Jewish life, focusing on the commentary of Maharal, a sixteenth century rabbi whose writings present many stimulating and innovative perspectives.

 

Miscelleneous

• YHE-Holiday - Holiday Specials - Special packages sent out before each holiday, with lectures and sichot on various topics, to enhance the appreciation of the holiday.

Selected back archival material is avaliable at http://www.vbm-torah.org/webarch.htm

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Other Weekly Torah subscriptions

• Shabbat LaHashem, a commentary on the weekly portions produced by B'nei Akiva of Great Britain. The above reference contains a subscription form.

Nishma, an organization "distinguished by its devotion to the critical investigation of contemporary issues", produces five publications, including one called Insight, a weekly study in Torah, which is available via fax or email.

I'm not sure how to subscribe to these -- nevertheless, the following are addresses of other lists.

• torahfax@netaxis.qc.ca
• yys@dorsai.org - weekly torah portion from Chabad
• LTW@torahaura.com - ToraAura in California. Each weekly commentary is written by a different person and represent views all over the spectrum. There is a charge (I think $65/year) for this one.

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Talmud

Daf Yomi

Daf Yomi, a "page (Daf) a day (Yomi)," refers to the system of Talmud study founded in 1927 by Rabbi Meir Shapiro. The goal was to unite Jews all over the world by having them study the same page of Talmud each day, and to enable the Jewish layman to accomplish the great achievement of completing the entire Talmud which, with his system of a page a day, would take seven years (2,711 pages). Last cycle over 100,000 Jews took part.

• The Dafyomi Advancement Forum is an organization dedicated to promote this study. Among the resources at that web site are: links to orther Talmud resources, and a seven-year calendar of readings for the Daf Yomi program. The following are the free mailing lists available from the organization:
• Insights to the Daf - concise essays on choice subjects, ranging from clarifications of difficult points in Gemara and Rashi, to overviews of the Rishonim & Poskim and helpful charts.
• Review the Daf - Review questions on nearly every point mentioned in the Daf, with a full set of detailed answers (mailed separately) for quick review of the Daf.
• Discuss the Daf with the Kollel - Questions sent to the Kollel on general interest topics are shared with the readers of this list. Participate in a group discussion, offering your own solutions for other readers' questions!
• Background to the Daf - Help with hard-to-read lines or words, brief abstracts on unfamiliar subjects, notes on variant Girsa'os, translations and contextual background for verses cited by the Gemara, geographical information.
• Point-by-Point Summary of the Daf - Full summary of the Daf in outline form. Excellent for review of the 'Shakla v'Tarya' or for preparing a Daf for the first time.
• Concise Hebrew Review of the Daf - Dafyom's only Hebrew mailing at present, these concise notes enable one to review entire Perakim in minutes! Comes in Hebrew Word (.doc) Dagesh (.dgs) and HTML (.htm) formats, through Email attachments. Mailed approximately every 15 Dafim.



• Daf Yomi on the Web has audio shiurim (English) on line. Most are in realaudio format, and they are just starting to put up some in .mp3 format.
  
  
• E-daf.com has pictures (.gif files) of pages of Talmud (Vilna Shas), so you can see the text as you hear the shiurim
  
  
• Ohr Somayach Weekly Daf- Insights, explanations and comments from the seven pages of Talmud studied in the course of this week's worldwide Daf Yomi cycle by Rav Weinbach, Dean of Ohr Somayach.
  
  
• Yechivat Chovevei Torah has RealAudio archives.

Other

There is a Email Talmud Study Group, run by Eliot Shimoff and Amitai Halevi. Currently, they are going through Bava Metzia, page by page. Signup information is available.

 

The Rabin Mishnah Study Group, is "is dedicated to the daily study of Mishnah by lay people (in memory of Yitzchak Rabin z"l) in the spiritual climate of Conservative Judaism. The selected tractate is studied in a consecutive manner: a Mishnah is presented in modern english with basic explanatory notes, and then members will post their comments, queries and responses to the list. When fruitful discussion seems to be complete on one Mishnah the process will be repeated with the next." The discussion is lead by Rabbi Simchah Roth of the Rabbinical Assembly in Israel.

 

Gates to Jewish Heritage is a comprehensive site dealing a great many aspects of Judaism, written by Rabbi David E. Lipman. Not only does it have torah commentary, but also information on the holidays, Talmud, ritual practice, and so on. Traditional practices are fully described, although it is written from a Reform perspective. The Talmud archives contains a host of current issues discussed in the context of Talmud.

 

The Jewish Communication Network's Interactive Torah Study, with Rabbi David E. Lipman, uses a selection from the weekly portion in order to facilitate the studying of Torah, Mishnah and Gemara each day (as recommended in the Talmud (B. Avodah Zarah 19b)). The Mishnah and Gemara exerpts are keyed to the parshat hashavuah.

 

Rabbi Judith Z. Abrams, Ph.D. offers a free Talmud class over the internet. For more information, see http://www.compassnet.com/~maqom/, or write her at: maqom@compassnet.com.

 

The New York Kollel of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion started (in fall 1996) Conversations with Talmud, an online discussion of Talmud, led by faculty-member Harry Resnick.

 

The New York Kollel of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York Kollel also has an online class, given by Rabbi Abrams, called Spirituality, Text Study, and Community Building.

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Torah-related and Jewish Distance Learning

• JTSA (The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the Conservative Movement's primary rabbinic school) offers distance learning classes for academic credit, professional development and adult education. The courses for the fall of 1998 are:
• Introduction to Talmud
• Translating Jewish Theology for Educational Settings
• Introduction to Jewish Theology
• Women in Rabbinic Literature
• Methods of Teaching Prayer
• A Guide to the Internet for Jewish Educators
Information on Registration.

Jewish University In CyberspacE (J.U.I.C.E.), offers distance learning classes each spring and each fall.
 

• CD Rom'mu, offers an on-line class called The Story of Torah. The weekly, course will start March 2, 1998. "Learn how to navigate through the Torah and the Jewish Bible, and acquire the tools to uncover the layers of meaning in the biblical narrative. The goal of this course is an increased ability to study Torah independently or in a class."

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Torah and Talmud Texts on the Internet

Note from this web page author: This is a relatively new section. If you are aware of any other resources that this section ought to have, please let me know. Thanks

Reading Hebrew on the Web

• The simplest, clearest instructions on how to get your Netscape Browser to display hebrew is a page written by Nadav Caine.

 
• Probably to most complete resource for Hebrew on the Internet is a site at Hebrew University. This site includes not only Web information, but how to include Hebrew in an HTML document, Hebrew converters, email, and text editors, etc., and links to other resources.

 
• For other platforms, you probably want to check out the How to read Hebrew documents on the Web section of Andy Tennenbaum's Judaism and Jewish Resources page; or

 

Torah/Talmud Texts in Hebrew

• The full Hebrew text of the Tanach (Bible), Babylonian Talmud, and the Talmud Yerushalmi is available from Snunit at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem for Web browsing. There are hypertext links between psukim in Tanach and any mention of them in the Talmud and vice versa.

 
• You can also get your own complete shareware copy of the above texts in Hebrew (Tanach, Mishne Torah, Targum, Mishnah, Toseftah, Yerushalmi, and Bavli). It is in ASCII-Hebrew.

 
• The entire Mishna, in arranged in tabular form and color-coded, appears at The Structured Mishnah in Hebrew. It is in ASCII-Hebrew, best viewed with IE5.

 
• The World O.R.T. Union has the entire Torah, divided up by parsha, in tranliterated Hebrew (i.e., English letters to approximate the Hebrew pronunciation), by aliya, and verse-by-verse, along with the English translation. There are also links to the appropriate Haftarah portion (again, in English and transliterated Hebrew). This site is especially appropriate for those becoming bar/bat mitzvat, as it even includes a Bar/Bat Mitzvah Parsha Calculator, as well as information (and .wav files) demonstrating how to chant the parsha.

 

Torah/Talmud Texts in English

• The World ORT Union has put together a site that contains the Complete Torah in English along with some hyperlinked comments. (See just above for the Hebrew-transliterated version).

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