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How often do you study Na''ch, and do you have a set ritual for studying it, e.g. methodology, use of specific commentaries, or with a chavurah? By Na''ch, I mean the part of the Torah outside of the Chumash (Berei****, Shemot, Vayikra, Bamidbar, Dvarim). For the purposes of this question, let's not count the haftarot (prophetic selections that go with each week's Torah portion), Megillot around the time they are read, and Tehillim.
I've noticed that when Christians come to the Judaism forum, they rarely use the term Torah and go straight to the term Tanakh. I wonder why that is.
Glossary for Christians, since I thought "Tanakh" in the title might draw them in:
Chumash: the Five Books of Moses. In Hebrew, what Christians call Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy are known by the first phrase in the book. Hence "Berei****" simply means "In the Beginning...", etc.
Megillot: The "Scrolls" of the Bible read on specific holidays, for example the book of Ruth on Shavuot, Lamentations on Tisha B'Av, etc.
Tehillim: What Christians call the Psalms
I as a non-jew do read/study Nach quite a lot i have read Tehillim, Iyov, Mishleli with commentators such as Radak, Even Ezra, Metudzat David, and Meztudat Tzion-My favorite commentator as he gives explanations of the difficult Hebrew words and now reading Yechzkiel
My kids study Nev'iim in elementary school up until the 5th grade, at which point they shift and start learning Talmud 3-5 hours a day. By the time they are in Yeshiva, they'll be learning Talmud up to 8-10 hours a day. Learning Talmud makes peace in the world.
To answer Usario's OP, I have a fixed time to learn every day by doing Daf Hayomi (learning one full page of Gamara/Talmud a day). At the pace we're going, we expect to learn all of Shas (every volume of Gamara) in 10-11 years.
My kids study Nev'iim in elementary school up until the 5th grade, at which point they shift and start learning Talmud 3-5 hours a day. By the time they are in Yeshiva, they'll be learning Talmud up to 8-10 hours a day. Learning Talmud makes peace in the world.
To answer Usario's OP, I have a fixed time to learn every day by doing Daf Hayomi (learning one full page of Gamara/Talmud a day). At the pace we're going, we expect to learn all of Shas (every volume of Gamara) in 10-11 years.
I'm not asking about studying ("learning") Talmud, I'm asking specifically about Na''ch. Do you or your kids learn Na''ch after 5th grade?
Do you only have sons? Because when you say "my kids", it makes it sound like you are talking about all of your children.
I'm not asking about studying ("learning") Talmud, I'm asking specifically about Na''ch. Do you or your kids learn Na''ch after 5th grade?
Do you only have sons? Because when you say "my kids", it makes it sound like you are talking about all of your children.
My oldest girl is younger than 5th grade. All my others are boys, and no, Na"ch stops entirely by 6th grade in lieu of learning Gamara, which takes up half their day in school.
My oldest girl is younger than 5th grade. All my others are boys, and no, Na"ch stops entirely by 6th grade in lieu of learning Gamara, which takes up half their day in school.
That's so depressing. People wonder why this country is going down the toilet.
Ultra-Orthodox schools try to get away with teaching the most minimal level of non-Torah subjects as allowed by law, because subjects like Math, English, Science, and History are "bitul Torah": wasting time when you could be learning Torah, which contains all knowledge anyway.
That's so depressing. People wonder why this country is going down the toilet.
Yeah, they need to study more Shakespeare and social studies.
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