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Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland | Evaluated Learning Experience

Talmud: Kiddushin Survey (TS231)

Formerly Talmud: Kiddushin Survey (TS131, TS331, and T211)
Length: 

Version 1 and 2: 97 hours (19 weeks); in addition, 213.5 hours of supervised peer study.

Location: 
Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, 91 West Carlton Road, Suffern, New York.
Dates: 

Version 1: August 1999 - July 2006. Version 2: August 2006 - Present.

Instructional delivery format: 
Traditional classroom model
Learner Outcomes: 

Version1 and 2: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: prepare a textual, linguistic, and legal analysis of the applicable Talmudic material; discuss the underlying principles to derive halachic conclusions; follow the dynamics of Talmudic argumentation leading to halachic resolutions; develop a comparative study of the various opinions raised.

Instruction: 

Version 1: The first half of the second chapter of Tractate Kiddushin focuses on the various legal aspects of marriage, including the use of agents and conditional marriages. Students prepare the applicable Talmudic texts as well as the major halachic opinions of the rishonim and acharonim, and the opinions of various other commentaries and decisors. The instructor guides students in understanding the issues raised and assists them to deduce the crux of these issues. Topics include: getting married using an agent; redivision of assets using a court appointed trustee; evaluation of properties by the courts; misappropriation of property by a guardian; jurisdiction of a father over his daughter; sale of a Jewish maidservant; return of monies insufficient to aggregate to one marriage agreement; the sale of loans of indebtedness; the writing of legal documents; the validity of unexpressed intentions; kiddushin where cohabitation is illegal. NOTE: This tractate is studied by all students in a given trimester. While the scope of instruction is the same, the depth of study depends upon what level the student is in. Version 2: Topics are the same as the earlier version. Only one credit recommendation level is now in effect.

Credit recommendation: 

Version 1: First Level Students (TS131): In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 3 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion; or Second Level Students and beyond (TS331): In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (7/00). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the other Survey course of the same title, and the two Intensive Study courses of the same title. Version 2: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 3 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Jurisprudence, Near Eastern Studies, or Religion (5/06 revalidation) (3/21 revalidation). NOTE: Credit can be awarded for this course, the other Survey course of the same title, and the two Intensive Study courses of the same title.

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