A few Talmud questions have come in to Lookjed, and I thought that some of you
may want to respond.



Here's one -





From: hillelandsima@...
To: lookjed@...
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 7:38 PM

I'm looking for suggestions for a class that I'm teaching. The students are
bright 7th - 10th grade kids from strong Conservative backgrounds who attend
public school and come - voluntarily - to a 2 hour, learning program once a
week.



The class is entitled 'A Taste of Talmud' and, as its name implies, is meant to
be a survey type course to give the kids a little exposure to Gemara. The class
runs for 45 minutes and I provide the students with a handout each week with a
small section of Gemara in translation. We read and analyse the text as in any
Gemara shiur. For the first few weeks of the class I chose selections from Rosh
Hashan, Yoma and Succah. Now I am looking for suggestions for other sugyot that
are a) self-contained and can be 'covered' in one (or two) sessions and, b) are
interesting / relevant to kids of this age. Thanks for your help.



Hillel Lichtman


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