Shiur

//ˈʃiː.ɚ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A lesson on a topic in the Tanakh. Judaism

    "Rabbi Bleich’s theological discourse on the topic, known as a shiur, has been viewed more than 4,000 times and downloaded nearly 1,000 from the Yeshiva University Web site “Torah Online.”"

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"Rabbi Bleich’s theological discourse on the topic, known as a shiur, has been viewed more than 4,000 times and downloaded nearly 1,000 from the Yeshiva University Web site “Torah Online.”"

Etymology

From Hebrew שִׁעוּר (shi'úr).

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