JLI: Decoding The Talmud

​Decoding the Talmud, a new six-week course from the Rohr Jewish  Learning Institute, aims to introduce the Talmud, its mysteries, and  its treasures to curious students of all backgrounds. Participants will  explore the origins of its material and meet the great sages who composed  it. They will become acquainted with the Talmud’s content and style to  understand why an intellectual study of the Talmud is, in effect, a spiritual  religious practice.

To understand what the Talmud is, it is essential to experience it. The course  will include several deep dives into Talmudic sugyot (discussion topics).  Participants will learn how to navigate the twists and turns of a Talmudic  discussion and appreciate the attentive focus on every detail the authors of  the Talmud maintained. These explorations will be accompanied by visual  study aids that enable new students to follow the sugya’s complexities.