Welcome.
Producing a big picture Course on the entire Talmud has been a long time dream and I’m thrilled Patrons of the Talmud is getting a lot of enthusiastic support.
A number of people have asked me to show them some sample videos to get a better idea of how the whole program works. So here they are.
I’ve produced three different videos to demonstrate each level of the program.
The goal in Level One is to help people master the order of the 63 Masechtos in Shas. The names of the Masechtos and their place within the overall framework help people begin the process of building an organized understanding of Torah She’ Baal Peh. In the sample video I’ve chosen to focus on Seder Moed.
The goal in Level Two is then give people a big picture orientation of each Masechta. The major topics are identified and we map out the Masechta perek by perek. By the end of Level Two people will have a map of the entire Shas in their mind and know what’s in the 525 perakim topic by topic.
The goal in Level Three is to present people with a more detailed overview of each of the topics. That way when they begin learning Mishnayos and Gemara inside they have fluency in over 600 concepts that commonly come up all over Shas.
My long term goal is then to produce a Level Four. The goal of Level Four is to help people learning Shas Mishnayos on the inside master the material by organizing each perek Mishna by Mishna with Simanim. I hope to produce a sample video shortly.
You’ll get a very good idea of how the program works and whether it’s effective based on the following videos.
I have three overall goals for every video:
1. To be extremely clear and easy to follow.
2. To make you feel like you learned a ton in a short amount of time, and that it was worth it.
3. To have you walk away with the material at your fingertips and wanting to learn more.
Please let me know how I do on all three counts.
Thanks for taking the time to watch them. I hope this will only be the beginning.
Avraham