Week 12 · Torah, People, and Hebrew
Messiah, Disputation, and Jewish Boundaries
Questions 169–193
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Objectives
Explain this week’s central concepts accurately, respectfully, and in clear language.
Answer Questions 169–193 in complete sentences and correct them after discussion.
Connect belief and law to observable practice in home, synagogue, and community.
Core content
Mashiach; Satan; Ramban and the 1263 Disputation; tzniut, yichud, and negiah.
Required reading
Hayim Halevy Donin, To Be a Jew; Aryeh Kaplan, Handbook of Jewish Thought; Chumash with Rashi; the community’s siddur.
Practical observance
Map personal boundary changes needed for Orthodox communal life and review them with the sponsoring rabbi.
Hebrew strand
Practice 10–15 minutes daily: letters, vowels, and ten recurring siddur words. Record one passage that became easier this week.
Homework and reflection
Complete written responses for 169–193; mark every answer that depends on local custom or rabbinic ruling.
Write 150–250 words: “How should this week’s learning change the way I live?”
Record attendance, practice completed, uncertainties, and one question for the sponsoring rabbi.
Rabbinic checkpoint
Explain Jewish messianic criteria and begin practicing interpersonal boundaries safely and consistently.