Hatikvah - A Blog About Life in Rabbinical School

Matt and Jen's blog about their adventures while Matt is in rabbinical school. Hatikvah, the name of the Israeli national anthem, means "the hope." This blog reflects their many hopes and adventures about their experiences during this process.

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Looking to the Fall

In my undergraduate and graduate education, there was nothing quite as fun as registering for the next semester's set of classes. There is so much home and anticipation and there's the great feeling of a clean slate (especially if it's been a bad semester) in the future. Well, I am equally giddy about my fall schedule and now that it is summer, I can hardly stop thinking about it.

In the fall I will continue my foray into Talmud study with a three-day-a-week class on the Mishnah which includes thrice weekly working with my study partner in the Beit Midrash (house of study or study hall) three afternoons a week. That one class is nine units and represents almost half of my class load. My Hebrew class is reduced to twice weekly with "Advanced Hebrew Expression" but I don't feel I've mastered basic Hebrew expressions yet! I will continue my close study of the Torah with a new Bible faculty member who stats in the fall. I will also be exploring the realm of the mystical in a Kabbalah class. And, if I can swing it, I will be taking a course from the MBA program on fundraising and marketing. I might have to jettison a class or two, depending on how the waters look in the fall. But I'm excited for the future!

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