Naleket MEFORSHIM

MEFORSHIM are taught as separate units - independent of the CHUMASH TEXT units.

The rationale behind this approach is the recognition that while the end result appears to be quite similar [ ie. translate a given piece of text from the Hebrew into English etc ] , one needs to be aware that the focus of attention on studying a TEXT is possibly quite different from the study of a COMMENTARY to the text.

It is my thesis that it is precisely this lack of discrimination between the 2 disciplines, that has led to limited success in the teaching of BOTH the text and the commentary