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In developing the pastoral counseling program at YCT, I am able to fuse my experience in psychiatry and my passion for the Jewish community. The more my students come to know themselves, the more open they can be with their own congregants, and, ultimately, they will represent a compassionate and halakhic Judaism. Dr. Michelle Friedman, Chair, Department of Pastoral Counseling |
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 Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School is dedicated to creating Torah scholars (talmidei chachamim), spiritual leaders, and morei horaah for their future communities. The Yeshiva offers its students a core curriculum of Talmud, Halakha, Tanakh, and Machshevet Yisrael, preparing them for their role while nurturing them both intellectually and spiritually. We believe that effective Jewish leaders must transmit a passion for Judaism that goes beyond the analysis of text. Thus, we strive to encounter texts not just as an intellectual exercise, but as an act of avodat Hashem. A unique combination of a small, and highly diverse student body, an intellectually honest and caring staff creates a welcoming and intellectually stimulating atmosphere at YCT. Our culture encourages personal spiritual growth, intellectual openness, self-awareness and reflection. Read more about more about our academics and culture.
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The span of our academic curriculum, in depth, breadth and methodology goes far beyond that of classic Orthodox rabbinical schools. Talmud and Halakha form the core of the curriculum and are strongly supplemented with classes in Tanakh and Jewish Thought. Classical approaches to subject matters are complemented with academic and innovative methodologies. Our overall goal is to create knowledgeable, broadminded and critical-thinking Torah scholars, halakhic decisors and spiritual leaders. |
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Our rabbinical school is unique in its combination of a small, and highly diverse student body, an intellectually honest and stimulating staff, and a welcoming, open atmosphere. |
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Recognizing the critical importance that pastoral counseling plays in the rabbinate, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah places particular emphasis on its Pastoral Counseling Curriculum. Yeshivat Chovevei Torah is the only rabbinical school with a four-year pastoral counseling program. Taught by leading psychiatric professionals, this intensive curriculum includes formal classroom instruction, role-playing, clinical experience and mentored field work. The formal curriculum consists of classroom instruction and role-playing exercises. Students are taught the basic tools of interviewing, how to recognize mental illness and the resources available to them as rabbis. Particular emphasis is placed on topics that rabbis regularly encounter: religious doubt and personal change; rites of passage; adolescence; substance abuse; marital and family problems; sexual function and dysfunction; homosexuality; domestic violence; loss, tragedy and bereavement; and response to catastrophe. |
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