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Structured Curriculum

A dedicated track for each subject, one unified memory across all of them

Each track is divided into clear conceptual stages with concrete milestones. Move forward when the logic holds, not by an arbitrary calendar. A root mastered in Chumash counts automatically when you meet it in the Mishnah.

Reading Hebrew letters Available

קְרִיאָה

From the aleph-bet and the vowels to reading a line smoothly. For children and adults.

From first letters to fluid decoding. Each consonant, vowel pattern, and syllable is tracked until you read with effortless confidence.

  1. Letters: Recognize all 22 letters and the 5 final forms. (Milestone: Every letter named on sight.)
  2. Vowels: Each vowel sign and its sound in their tradition. (Milestone: Every vowel read with any letter.)
  3. Blending: Syllables into words. (Milestone: Short words read without spelling out.)
  4. Smooth reading: Short lines read aloud. (Milestone: A line of siddur or Chumash read with few stops.)
  5. Fluency: Reading at prayer or reading speed. (Milestone: A paragraph read at an easy pace.)

Hebrew Available

עִבְרִית

Words, roots and patterns until a page reads without help. Modern Hebrew, or the Hebrew of the sources.

Vocabulary, verbal stems (binyanim), and roots (shorashim) built through graded authentic texts. The fading reader gently removes training wheels.

  1. First words: The first hundred words, with nekudot and translation. (Milestone: 100 words known.)
  2. Roots: Words grouped by shoresh; the main noun patterns. (Milestone: Twenty roots recognized in new words.)
  3. Verbs: Binyanim and conjugation, recognized in reading. (Milestone: A verb's root, binyan and person named.)
  4. Graded reading: Stories at about 95% known words, nekudot fading. (Milestone: Ten graded readers finished.)
  5. Reading unaided: Real text without nekudot or translation. (Milestone: A page of real text read alone.)

Torah with commentary Available

חֻמָּשׁ

The Torah verse by verse: translating, then the questions the commentators ask, in every voice.

The five books of the Torah with full morphology. Compare classical commentaries (Rashi, Ramban, Ibn Ezra) alongside literary and historical-critical analysis.

  1. Translating with help: Read and translate a pasuk with help. (Milestone: A parsha's first aliyah translated.)
  2. Translating alone: Translate common pesukim alone. (Milestone: A chapter translated with little help.)
  3. The text's questions: Spot what in a pasuk invites a question. (Milestone: Five questions found unprompted.)
  4. Commentary: Read a commentary in its own words. (Milestone: A Rashi read and explained.)
  5. Many voices: Compare readings across lenses. (Milestone: A pasuk explained three ways.)

Mishnah Available

מִשְׁנָה

The Mishnah mishnah by mishnah: the case, the voices and the reasons, then review until it holds.

All 63 tractates in vocalized Hebrew, with Dr. Joshua Kulp’s English commentary. Track arguments, identify Tannaitic rulings, and outline whole chapters.

  1. Reading a mishnah: Read with translation; meet the cast (tanna kamma, named tannaim). (Milestone: A perek read.)
  2. Explaining it: Say the case, the rulings and the reasons. (Milestone: Five mishnayot explained alone.)
  3. A perek as a whole: The order and how the mishnayot connect. (Milestone: A perek outlined.)
  4. Holding it: Review until it stays; memorize if they want. (Milestone: A perek reviewed three times.)
  5. A tractate and beyond: A masechta, a seder, all six orders. (Milestone: A siyum.)

Talmud Available

גְּמָרָא

The give-and-take of the Talmud: its terms, following a sugya, then the commentators.

The give-and-take (shakla v’tarya) of the Talmud. Structural vocabulary, mapping sugyot, testing Brisker chakirot, and untangling Tosafot.

  1. Terms and structure: The vocabulary of the back-and-forth. (Milestone: Thirty terms known.)
  2. A sugya with help: Follow a sugya while the map is built together. (Milestone: A sugya mapped together.)
  3. A sugya alone: The learner builds the map; it gets checked. (Milestone: A sugya mapped alone.)
  4. Rashi: Read Rashi on the daf. (Milestone: A daf with Rashi.)
  5. Tosafot: Its question and why it asks. (Milestone: A Tosafot explained.)

Mussar: character Available

מוּסָר

Rabbi Mendel of Satanov's thirteen middot, one a week, with a one-minute daily check-in. Private.

Rabbi Mendel of Satanov’s thirteen character traits (middot). One trait per week with an introspective daily check-in completely private to you.

  1. First cycle: Thirteen weeks, one middah each. (Milestone: A cycle completed.)
  2. Second cycle: Again, noticing what changed. (Milestone: A second cycle.)
  3. Ongoing: Cycles as a habit. (Milestone: Four cycles: a year.)
Text in Action

Mishnah Berakhot 1:1

מֵאֵימָתַי קוֹרִין אֶת שְׁמַע בְּעַרְבִית מִשָּׁעָה שֶׁהַכֹּהֲנִים נִכְנָסִים לֶאֱכֹל בִּתְרוּמָתָן עַד סוֹף הָאַשְׁמוּרָה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים עַד חֲצוֹת רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר עַד שֶׁיַּעֲלֶה עַמּוּד הַשָּׁחַר מַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁבָּאוּ בָנָיו מִבֵּית הַמִּשְׁתֶּה אָמְרוּ לוֹ לֹא קָרִינוּ אֶת שְׁמַע אָמַר לָהֶם אִם לֹא עָלָה עַמּוּד הַשַּׁחַר חַיָּבִין אַתֶּם לִקְרוֹת וְלֹא זוֹ בִּלְבַד אֶלָּא כָּל מַה שֶּׁאָמְרוּ חֲכָמִים עַד חֲצוֹת מִצְוָתָן עַד שֶׁיַּעֲלֶה עַמּוּד הַשָּׁחַר הֶקְטֵר חֲלָבִים וְאֵבָרִים מִצְוָתָן עַד שֶׁיַּעֲלֶה עַמּוּד הַשָּׁחַר וְכָל הַנֶּאֱכָלִים לְיוֹם אֶחָד מִצְוָתָן עַד שֶׁיַּעֲלֶה עַמּוּד הַשָּׁחַר אִם כֵּן לָמָּה אָמְרוּ חֲכָמִים עַד חֲצוֹת כְּדֵי לְהַרְחִיק אֶת הָאָדָם מִן הָעֲבֵרָה

From what time may one recite the Shema in the evening? From the time that the priests enter [their houses] in order to eat their terumah until the end of the first watch, the words of Rabbi Eliezer. The sages say: until midnight. Rabban Gamaliel says: until dawn. Once it happened that his sons came home [late] from a wedding feast and they said to him: we have not yet recited the [evening] Shema. He said to them: if it is not yet dawn you are still obligated to recite. And not in respect to this alone did they so decide, but wherever the sages say “until midnight,” the mitzvah may be performed until dawn. The burning of the fat and the pieces may be performed till dawn. Similarly, all [the offerings] that are to be eaten within one day may be eaten till dawn. Why then did the sages say “until midnight”? In order to keep a man far from transgression.

Torat Emet 357, via Sefaria (https://www.sefaria.org); source: http://www.toratemetfreeware.com/index.html?downloads. License: Public Domain. Mishnah Yomit by Dr. Joshua Kulp, via Sefaria (https://www.sefaria.org); source: http://learn.conservativeyeshiva.org/mishnah/. License: CC-BY.

With Chavruti, your assistant never dumps a lecture. It starts with the textual prompt: What is the underlying case, and what is the dispute between the Tannaim?

Modes of Study

Any track, in the way that fits you

The Talmudic Sparring Partner

Read line-by-line. Challenge the premise, propose a chakira, and have the assistant test your logic against Tosafot.

The Literature & Philosophy Seminar

Examine the text through comparative Near Eastern history, literary motifs, and ethical philosophy.

Targeted Spaced Review

Short, high-impact rounds of what's due. Retain roots, pesukim, and core legal concepts for years.

Class Preparation & Review

Pre-read difficult sugyot before attending a shiur, or rebuild and verify what you learned afterward.

Voice Mode Reading

Listen and respond aloud in your assistant's voice mode, using your chosen pronunciation tradition.

Thematic Inquiry

Explore a broad ethical, historical, or legal theme across Tanakh, Midrash, and Halakha with multiple viewpoints.

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