Studying

Katy finished her final paper (and has now become a confirmed expert on the Kedushah [“sanctification”] prayer in its many varieties) and, although she’s still doing Hebrew classes in the morning, she’s had lots of time to be spend time with friends all around the city. I haven’t been able to join her for quite as many nights on the town, since I’m mostly spending these final days in Jerusalem studying for exams and writing papers. Fortunately, traditional Jewish studying tends to be a fairly social activity, and my study partners and I have found lots of nice places to read the Talmud and the Shulchan Aruch.

With my chevrutas (study partners) Meir and Risa at Cafe Atara, a cafe noted for its delicious chai tea (illustrated here)


In the Beit Midrash (Study Hall) of the Conservative Yeshiva


In the Beit Midrash of the Schechter Institute