A guided path through the Yerushalmi
This series is exactly what its name says: a run of shiurim in which Rabbi Yechezkel Hartman learns the Talmud Yerushalmi with his listeners. The subject is the Jerusalem Talmud — the discussions of the Amoraim of Eretz Yisrael — approached as an ongoing seder rather than a one-off lecture.
Learning the Yerushalmi as a series matters, because its difficulty compounds. A teacher who carries a listener from one sugya to the next builds the familiarity with its terse style and vocabulary that no single shiur could.
The value of a maggid shiur for this text
The Yerushalmi has far fewer accessible commentaries than the Bavli, which makes an experienced guide unusually important. A maggid shiur supplies the pshat, fills the gaps the text leaves unstated, and points out where the Yerushalmi diverges from the more familiar Bavli.
That is the work this series does. It lowers the entry cost to a text most learners find forbidding on their own, turning the Yerushalmi from something admired at a distance into something actually learned.
Following the series
Because the shiurim are sequential, the natural way to use them is in order, letting the sugyos build. A learner who stays with the series gains not only content but a feel for how the Yerushalmi argues.
For those already learning the Yerushalmi elsewhere, individual shiurim also serve as a second read on a given sugya — a useful companion when the text turns opaque.
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At a glance
Key takeaways
- This is a sequential series in which Rabbi Yechezkel Hartman teaches the Talmud Yerushalmi.
- The Yerushalmi's terse style and scarce commentaries make a guided shiur especially valuable.
- A series builds familiarity across sugyos in a way a single class cannot.
- Individual shiurim also work as a second read for those learning the Yerushalmi already.
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