Practical halacha
The Semicha Program
- Kashrut
- Niddah
- Shabbat
- Avelut
- Milah
- Huppa ve Kiddushin
Our programs
A complete rabbinic education: the halacha a community rabbi must know, the Torah that grounds it, and the skills to lead.
The Semicha Program
Led by our Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Avi Harari, the Semicha Program trains young men in the practical halacha they will be asked about every day as rabbis, teachers and leaders of our community.
Students learn in two daily sedarim, morning and afternoon, and in small shiurim with SRC's rabbanim. The program prepares them for semicha and for the realities of a pulpit, a classroom and a community.
Comprehensive Torah program
The foundation beneath the halacha
- Mishna
- Gemara Iyun
- Tur Bet Yosef
- Tanach
- Mussar
- Hashkafa
Beyond the sefer
A rabbi teaches, counsels and speaks for his community. SRC trains for all three.
- TeachingPedagogy and teacher training
- CounselingPastoral counseling
- SpeakingCommunications and public speaking
- MentorshipMentorship with active community rabbis
Shiurim and their rabbanim
Each of these shiurim can be sponsored for the year.
Halacha
Rabbi Avi Harari
3 hours of learning daily
Tur / Beit Yosef
Rabbi Shimon Alouf
1 hour of learning daily
Gemara
Rabbi Albert Setton
3 hours of learning daily
Talmud Torah Program
Rabbi Jack Savdie
2 hours of learning daily
Rabbinical Training
Rabbi Raymond Harari
2 hours of learning weekly
Tanach, Mussar & Philosophy
SRC rabbanim
Tanach 2 hours weekly, Mussar 15 minutes daily, Jewish Philosophy 1 hour weekly
Summer Learning Program
For young men 17–22
Eight weeks, daily
Our advanced summer program brings together current students, community rabbis (many of them SRC alumni) and young men eager to strengthen their learning.
It builds relationships between current and aspiring rabbis, and gives young men who may one day pursue semicha a real taste of the beit midrash. Esteemed rabbinic figures, including Hacham David Yosef, Rabbi Shemuel Pinchasi and Rabbi Yisrael Bitan, have delivered guest lectures.
The 2024 daily schedule
- 9:15–10:00
- Hebrutah prep
- Rambam's Hakdamah to the Mishnah with Rabbi Joseph Dana
- Megillat Eicha with Rabbi Shimon Nahum
- 10:00–12:15
- Gemara Hullin
- Shiur with Rabbi Alouf 10:00–11:00, Mon, Tue, Thu
- 12:15–1:00
- Hebrutah time
- Sha'ar HaBitachon with Rabbi Edward Benjamin
- Abudarham, Hilchot Berachot with Rabbi David Tawil
- 2:30–4:30
- Tur / Bet Yosef, Yoreh Deah: prep 2:30–3:30, shiur 3:30–4:30
- With Rabbi Harold Sutton (Mon, Tue, Thu) and Rabbi Ikey Tawil (Wed)
- 40+Young men enrolled in Summer 2024, July 1 – August 22
- 5Weekly shiurim, including Rabbi Harold Sutton, Rabbi Jack Savdie and Rabbi Shimon Nahum
Haburot are led by SRC graduates Rabbi Joseph Dana, Rabbi David Tawil, Rabbi Ikey Tawil and Rabbi Edward Benjamin. The program is graciously hosted by Congregation Magen David of West Deal.
Thinking about semicha?
If you are a young man from our community considering the rabbinate, or a parent of one, we would be glad to talk with you about the Semicha Program and what it asks of a student.