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[cellio]

I met with my rabbi this morning. More about our rambling philosophical conversation later, but one outcome is that we're going to study talmud together. (This arose from my saying that in order to make informed decisions I need to develop the tools, and how do I do that?) I know it's traditional to start with Bava Metzia, but most of the issues I brought up in passing, to illustrate points, were about Shabbat, so we're going to start there.

I've never done one-on-one talmud study before; this will be neat. I've taken a couple classes with Rabbi Staitman over at Rodef (where I was by far the most engaged person in the class, to the point of feeling self-conscious about it), and I receive "classes" via the net that are not very interactive at all (lectures, really, though questions are taken). But this will be much better, and will let us ramble in whatever direction seems most appropriate.

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[indigodove.livejournal.com]

What a great opportunity! I'm happy for you :-)

And I know what you mean about being the most engaged person in the class, to the point of feeling self-conscious about it...wierd feeling, huh?

[seanmcguire.livejournal.com]

That's really cool.

I wonder if there are similar interactions in Christianity. Christianity is more and more attractive to me, but I'd need to really think about it and study it hard, and having someone to work with to do that could be very helpful...

[indigodove.livejournal.com]

Sean,

I'll bet rubylou knows some people in your area...

Cool!

[goljerp]

Cool!

Talmud study just ain't the same doing it solo. Of course, what do I know, never having really had a steady talmud partner. Or really studying Talmud in any organized fashion. I took a meta-talmud class once... um...

Seriously, though, I've got lots of friends who are Rabbis and/or Rabbinical students, and from what I've heard, it's the one on one which can be really fun.