Announcement: New VBM Courses

Yeshivat Har Etzion’s Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash‘s new curriculum for 5772 (2011-12) has been posted, featuring 16 weekly written courses:

http://www.vbm-torah.org/courses.htm.

As always, the courses are free of charge. Classes begin next week.

We are pleased to offer several exciting new courses, including:

• The Book of Daniel, Rav Yaakov Medan
• Great Biblical Exegetes, Dr. Avigail Rock
• Principles of Faith, Rav Joshua Amaru
• Ethics of Interpersonal Conduct, Rav Binyamin Zimmerman

Continuing courses include: Talmudic Aggada, The Temple, Topics in Halakha, The Laws of Shabbat, Parashat haShavua, Sefer Shemuel, Gemara Gittin, Gemara Megilla, Talmudic Methodology.

The Virtual Beit Midrash is the world’s foremost online academy of Torah studies, featuring high level courses in Talmud, Halakha, Bible, and Jewish Philosophy. The goal of the VBM is to provide anyone with a window on the beit midrash, making regular Torah learning and Jewish education available to all. Over 40,000 people have studied in the VBM over the past seventeen years!

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