Torah Parasha Class

 

The Torah Parasha class is designed to prepare the students for Torah based discussions and debates. Therefore, one requirement of this class is that each student how to prepare to lead a discussion based on the weekly commentary that is provided by the instructor. The Torah Parasha class allows weekly interactions between the instructor and the students participating. This is an open forum therefore each student is allowed to participate in the discussion. This makes the weekly interaction this class fun and dynamic. As a result, this class moves through the scriptures and spiritual concepts based on the leading of the Ruach HaKodesh. The instructor for the Torah Parasha class is Rabbi Yaakov benYosef.

The Torah Parasha class also requires the use of Skype for the weekly audio meetings. The following instructions are for the download, activation and meeting times required for this class. In the event that an individual desires to take this class and cannot use Skype or misses a class there is an alternative method that requires a weekly review written about the commentary that is provided weekly.

Skype Meeting times for the different locations of the world.

TORAH PARASHA

Western Hemisphere 
North and South America
Thursdays:
  20:00 CST  to 21:00 CST
8:00pm CST to 9:00pm  CST

21:00 EST to 22:00 EST
9:00pm EST to 10:00pm  EST

18:00 PST to 19:00 PST
6:00pm PST to 7:00pm  PST

Eastern Hemisphere
European, Middle East, Asia and Africa and other countries
Thursdays:
 20:00 to 21:00 Jerusalem Time
8:00pm to 9:00pm Jerusalem Time

To access the Torah Parasha voice chat room:

To access the audio chat classroom:

Download and install Skype.

Skype Download Link locations:

Add ravyby to your Skype contacts list. So that Rabbiy Yaakov can also add your Skype Id to his contacts list, send your ID to him at: studentinfo

Launch Skype on or a little before the class is scheduled to start.

Unfortunately, countries are not unified in regard to the seasonal, time changes. Please notify the rabbi when the time change occurs in your country. If you do not notify the rabbi he will not be online at the same time that you are.

Format:
Student led discussion. Be prepared, the discussion will determine the grade.

If you choose not to use the Skpe option you will need to write a weekly paper reviewing the assignments.