RAB 404 Talmud Berakhot
We will explore sugyot throughout tractate Berakhot of the Babylonian Talmud. The goal is to introduce students to the talmudic origins of key elements of the daily liturgy (notably but not exclusively the Shema and Amidah), as well as to provide a rigorous grounding in the structure and flow of the talmudic sugya, key talmudic terminology, and the nature of talmudic argumentation. We will also discuss the central place the BT occupies in Jewish religion and culture.