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id: jewish-hevruta
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title: Hevruta Paired Study
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description: >-
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A Jewish practice of paired text study in which two partners read a text
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together and argue with and for each other to reach deeper
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understanding. Originating in the Talmudic tradition of havruta study
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in yeshivas.
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source: Jewish textual tradition / Heschel and Hartman Institute
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source_url: https://hartman.org.il/
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tags: [jewish, hevruta, study, dialogue, education]
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forked_from: null
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image: null
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steps:
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- headline: Choose a partner and text
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description: >-
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Two study partners (hevruta) choose a text — often a page of Talmud,
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a passage of Torah, or a philosophical text — and read it aloud
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together.
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- headline: Read closely, aloud
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description: >-
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The partners read the text line by line, aloud, pausing at each
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difficulty. Reading aloud surfaces what silent reading misses.
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- headline: Argue with and for
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description: >-
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Each partner argues their reading of a passage, then argues the
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other's reading charitably — taking the opposing view seriously
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enough to make it well.
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- headline: Rest on difficulty
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description: >-
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When a passage resists resolution, the partners leave the question
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open rather than forcing closure. The text's difficulty is part of
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the study.
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- headline: Summarise what shifted
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description: >-
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At the close, each partner names one thing they now understand
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differently than when they began.
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outcome: >-
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Each partner reaches a deeper understanding than either could alone,
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through the discipline of arguing with and for each other.
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practice: >-
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Hevruta is not debate to win. The discipline of arguing the other's view
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well is what distinguishes it. Choose a partner who will disagree, not
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one who will agree. |