Chicago Jewish Academy - Memoirs Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Q-IEBIUIRS Acad DEPARTMENT OF JEWISH STUDIES The school day beguns at SIJ AM wnth Shacharns fmornlngl servuces In e Synagogue The Jewush Studues taught all mormng to both bovS and gurls may be classlfled under the following dnvnslons Tanach fTorah and Prophetsj Talmud Agadah Hebrew and Relnguon A selected staft of rabbns and teachers Instruct the learning and lrterature DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL STUDIES The Engllsh classes are nn session durung the afternoon Hebrew whuch as cluded un the Language Arts Department ns requured ot each hugh school student After a refreshing lunch peraod regular classes meet These Include such departments as Englnsh language arts soctal studies mathematncs scuence commerce muslc manual arts and physical educatnon Twenty three ' z' . . ' ' ' ' ' th . . - - . H H : I I I . . . . . students in these various subjects, chosen from the immense storehouse of Jewish , . , . I I . . in- , . , . . I I . D 7 I I . I I I I

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WIPMUIRS 4.4 wa 'pw up mm 'win mar' K g ww fr 'bv I ' Yf fd T IS THE PU12PosE ot our school to mtegrate secular studxes Wlth a thorough lGW1Sl1 edu catmon m order to foster rel1g1ous hvmg and learnmg among the rank and t1le of Amemcan lew1sh youth We the students proudly uphold and promote thls motto of our school and pledge ourselves to l1ve up to 1ts mdeals as symbol1zed by the torch and the Torah scroll f as we to com me Tow stu KI wtf some wok 91.1 occu afcon 2 I .' I7 ' ' 7 ' t 0 N Q Q H . N 1 X X N 'wil f I I u 'LJ N lllllllll ll ' ' ' ' '-m.,,,m ',,,,.l-vf ' ' I' ' ' --1'-.1 qvff' Hsu n.,- I tab? -'I A . . . .?4l ' I l 4 J min- i I. - I , . . .ll zulu' ' uyk-nfl ,:...,l.,, 4 '1'k ' ' ' .- M-A -f . '. .l, 'Tw-4' um ' , '- llllllllllllf' I A I K ' . 9 ' ll lv' L 9 . L l I P . u T ty-t

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Tanach Mishnah Agadah and selected sugyos MEMOIRS 11 ' JEWISH STUDIES ln the Academy every boy and gurl ns offered a thorough and well balanced secondary Jewish edu cation an the fundamental courses of study The first period nn the schedule of morning classes beginning at 900 AM and lasting tlll 'IO 30 AM IS devoted to the study of Talmud As the class advances the students are Introduced nn turn to the commentaries of Rash: Tos fos and other Meforshlm There IS a Preparatory Class and five classes an Talmud Upon promotion from the highest shauur m the Academy the student contmues an has Talmudlc studies ot the Hebrew Theological College The second period U030 11001 as known CHAZOROH the study period for the Talmud students durmg which they review the days shalur The boys meet an the Parlor and an small groups lnvestugate all peculiarities of the lesson and with the and of their teachers all the difficulties that arlse are clarified This individual guidance and supervised studv IS of great benefit to all students The third period UT 00 to T2 00l as devoted to the intensive studv of Torah and Nach and Shulchon Aruch There three periods are followed by the study of Hebrew In all of its aspects as a llvnng Talmud Tefllah btzlbur the ancient tradition of communal prayer ln the synagogue IS an Important part of the daily school program The students who themselves conduct the services an a dignified manner are thus trained to participate nn the order of the prayers Not only do thev learn to feel at home the synagogue but they also ac quure the essential shul know ledge which all laymen should possess Each morning and after noon services are held In the syn agogue On Rosh Choclesh and other minor holidays when school as an session, services are also conducted The earnestness of prayer us great lt mspures and stumulates the students to hope that their prayers will be an swered language The. school day begins with the morning services m the synagogue conducted by the boys which trams them for synagogue and participation leadership IH the traditional manner of baale batim SYNAGOGUE Twenty four D J 7-7 ' ' ' : - : ' as n u I ' I . . , I . . . , , , . . , , . . . , - , I 1 1 I ' ' H . ,, . . . . . ' : : , . . . . . . , , The girls, organized into their own classes, are taught ' I ' I ll I II I , A . . . . , , ' ' ll ' ll II ' I ' Il ' l I . I. . . ' ll . ll I , ' u ' Il ll - I - ,