Editing Yeshiva (section)

===Chavruta-style learning===
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Yeshiva students prepare for and review the [[Shiur (Torah)|''shiur'']] (lecture) with their ''chavruta'' during a study session known as a ''seder''.<ref name="Forta"/> In contrast to conventional classroom learning, in which a teacher lectures to the student, ''chavruta''-style learning requires the student to analyze and explain the material, point out the errors in their partner's reasoning, and question and sharpen each other's ideas, often arriving at entirely new insights of the meaning of the text.<ref name="jeff">{{cite web|url=http://www.rebjeff.com/1/category/singing/1.html |title=Bringing the People Together |date=24 February 2011 |access-date=23 June 2011 |publisher=Reb Jeff}}</ref> A ''chavruta'' is intended to help a student keep their mind focused on the learning, sharpen their reasoning powers, develop their thoughts into words, organize their thoughts into logical arguments, and understand another person's viewpoint.<ref name="zobin">{{cite book |pages=104&ndash;106 |title=Breakthrough to Learning Gemora: A Concise, Analytical Guide |last=Zobin |first=Zvi |year=1996 |publisher=Kest-Lebovits}}</ref> The shiur-based system was [[Telshe Yeshiva#Rabbi Eliezer Gordon|innovated at the Telshe yeshiva]], where there were five levels.

Chavruta-style learning tends to be animated, as study partners read the Talmudic text and the commentaries aloud to each other, and then analyze, question, debate, and argue their points of view to arrive at an understanding of the text. In the heat of discussion, they may wave their hands, pound the table, or shout at each other.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WVvAe_U9stsC |page=422 |title=The Blackwell Reader in Judaism |last1=Neusner |first1=Jacob |last2=Avery-Peck |first2=Alan J. |publisher=[[Blackwell Publishers]] |year=2001 |isbn=0-631-20738-4}}</ref> Depending on the size of the yeshiva, dozens or even hundreds of pairs of ''chavrutas'' can be heard discussing and debating each other's viewpoints.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-20wAAAAYAAJ&q=chavruta |title=Ein Yaakov: The Ethical and Inspirational Teachings of the Talmud |page=xxix |last=Finkel |first=Avraham Yaakov |year=1999 |publisher=Jason Aronson |isbn=0-7657-6082-7}}</ref> Students need to learn the ability to block out other discussions in order to focus on theirs.<ref name="Forta"/>