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This one-year immersive learning program is designed to enhance prospective semikha students’ Jewish textual literacy, fluency and skills. The program, offered in conjunction with Maharat, is primarily aimed at semikha program applicants, but also accepts those looking to spend a year in immersive learning of Talmud, Tanakh, Halakha, and Makhshava. 

​Full scholarships and stipends are available. 

Applications for the 2024-2025 academic year are due by March 1, 2024.

To learn more about the Beit Midrash Program, please contact Ruthie Simon at rsimon@yctorah.org to schedule a conversation.

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Rikmah Students A black and white photographic image of two people, one masculine in appearance and the other feminine in appearance, both are smiling and facing directly at the camera from the middle of the image. Only the top half of these people are visible and the background is transparent. The woman is in front and to the right, she appears to be in her 30s-40s with a light skin tone. She has shoulder length dark hair, squarish glasses, a large, top-heavy, head-wrap, a light solid colored dress with puffy shoulders and a necklace made of large interlocking chain links. The man has a similar glasses, skin tone and seems to be a similar age to the woman. He has a plaid patterned shirt, a large white keepah that is barely visible from the camera angle, black hair which is short aside from a long pair of payote which go down to mid chest height and a beard that goes down to his collar bone and seems a little untidy, he also has a mustache.

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