Jewish Law - Center for Academic and Religious Excellence
Organization
Descriptions and credit recommendations for all evaluated learning experiences
Varies.
June 2015 - Present.
Upon successful completion of the examination, students will be able to demonstrate proficiency as follows: explain the various laws of reciting blessings; discuss the laws regarding interruptions while reciting a blessing; discuss the principles and laws of ikar and tofel; identify foods exempt from blessings after having eaten bread; discuss and explain laws regarding changes of location; describe the priority and order in which blessings are recited; summarize laws regarding when a blessing is not required; discuss situations regarding various mistakes made before, after, or while reciting a blessing; review laws regarding Birkas Hamazon, and Blessings Acharonos; and discuss laws regarding blessings and prayers over various fruits and vegetables, juices and soups.
In order to prepare for this examination, students study the following topics: prerequisites for reciting a blessing; laws of reciting a blessing – speed, concentration laws of speaking and pausing while reciting a blessing; laws of blessings over foods that are not single entities; laws defining and discussing change of location, traveling; laws discussing priority of blessings; and laws regarding blessings on the Sabbath and festivals.
In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 6 semester hours in Comparative Law, Judaic Studies, Religious Studies, or Sociology (6/15) (4/21 revalidation).
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June 2015 - Present.
Upon successful completion of the examination, students will be able to demonstrate proficiency as follows: explain the laws of the Sabbath in regard to the kitchen; distinguish between laws delineated in the Torah versus those prescribed by Sages; discuss various permissible ways of putting food into hot vessels on the Sabbath; identify permissible and forbidden methods of reheating and serving cooked foods; identify forbidden methods of normal cooking processes on the Sabbath; discuss the creation of a new entity on the Sabbath; and discuss laws relating to setting and clearing tables on the Sabbath.
In order to prepare for this examination, students study the following topics: cooking on the Sabbath; immersing foods in hot vessels; keeping food hot on the Sabbath; laws relating to borer; grinding and cutting food; marinating and salting food; creating a new entity; opening food packages; and the laws of muktzah.
In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 6 semester hours in Jewish Law, Judaic Studies, Religious Studies, Near Eastern Studies, or Sociology (6/15) (4/21 revalidation).
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June 2015 - Present.
Upon successful completion of the examination, students will be able to demonstrate proficiency as follows: differentiate between Biblical prohibitions versus Rabbinic prohibitions; define and identify categories of work; discuss various permissible ways of performing necessary activities; identify activities that are prohibited because they may lead to violations of other prohibitions; discuss activities other than those connected with the preparation of food; and discuss various garments that are permitted and forbidden to be worn on the Sabbath.
In order to prepare for this examination, students study the following topics: writing and erasing; earning money; sewing and tearing; carrying inadvertently in the public domain; shearing; laundering; tying and untying; gathering and winnowing; sifting; coloring; trapping and slaughtering; scraping and cutting; building and demolishing; and kindling and extinguishing a fire.
In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 6 semester hours in Jewish Law, Judaic Studies, Near Eastern Studies, Religious Studies, or Sociology (6/15) (4/21 revalidation).
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June 2015 – Present.
Upon successful completion of the examination, students will be able to demonstrate proficiency as follows: identify and explain the general principles of the Jewish Festivals; discuss which activities are permitted for food preparation; explain the principle of mitoch and its application to the laws of the festivals; discuss the laws of preparing on the holiday for the next day; discuss how the 39 categories of work forbidden on the Sabbath apply to the festivals; discuss laws pertaining to living creatures; identify different types of muktzah and their laws; discuss the use of various appliances; examine laws regarding illness and injury; and discuss the day of the first night of the festival, especially regarding candle lighting and eruv tavshilin.
In order to prepare for this examination, students study the following topics: activities permitted for food preparation; the principle of mitoch, activities that are forbidden on the Sabbath and on the festivals; muktzah; treatment of illness and injuries; laws of candle lighting; and laws of eruv tavshilin.
In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 6 semester hours in Jewish Law, Judaic Studies, Religious Studies, or Sociology (6/15) (4/21 revalidation).
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June 2015 - Present.
Upon successful completion of the examination, students will be able to demonstrate proficiency as follows: discuss the dietary prohibitions and differentiate between Biblical prohibitions versus Rabbinic prohibitions to broaden and solidify the separation of meat and dairy; list the obligations of resolving any meat/dairy issue; discuss the laws of permitted food and drinks; describe methods of cooking, particularly as they apply today; and list and describe the different methods of rendering utensils kosher, when and how each method is used.
In order to prepare for this examination, students study the following topics: the prohibition of mixing meat and dairy; precautionary prohibitions; common meat/dairy problems and their solutions; the importance of consulting a Rabbi; and avoiding problems while cooking and while washing dishes.
In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 6 semester hours in Jewish Law, Judaic Studies, Religious Studies, or Sociology (6/15) (4/21 revalidation).
