Editing Yeshiva (section)

===Jewish law===
[[File:SA-EE1b.pdf|right|thumb|Page of ''Shulchan Aruch''; ''[[Even Ha'ezer]]'' section, laws of ''[[Ketubot]]''. The central block contains the law as presented by [[Yosef Karo]], interspersed with [[Shulchan Aruch#Moses Isserles|the glosses]] of the [[Moses Isserles|''Rema'']] in a [[Rashi script|"cursive" script]] and preceded by "הגה"; surrounding this are the [[Shulchan Aruch#Major commentaries|primary commentators]]  for the section (here, [[Samuel ben Uri Shraga Phoebus|''Beit Shmuel'']] and [[Moses ben Isaac Judah Lima|''Chelkat Mechokek'']]; on ''Yoreh Deah'', ''"Shakh"'' and ''"Taz"''), and [[Shulchan Aruch#Page layout|on the margins]] are various other commentaries and cross references.]]
Generally, a period is devoted to the study of practical ''halakha'' ("''Halakha LeMaaseh''"), emphasizing application as opposed to derivation. The text most commonly studied in Ashkenazi yeshivot is the ''[[Mishnah Berurah]]'', a commentary on the ''[[Shulchan Aruch]]'' originally published between 1884 and 1907. 
In Sephardic yeshivot, the ''Shulchan Aruch'' itself is more commonly studied, along with the [[Beit Yosef (book)|''Bet Yosef'']] commentary;  the ''[[Yalkut Yosef]]'' and [[Yaakov Chaim Sofer#Works|''Kaf Hachaim'']] are also often studied (similar to ''Mishnah Berurah'') while [[Yosef Hayyim#Works|''Ben Ish Hai'']] is a standard reference.  In [[Chabad]] yeshivot,<ref name="Rabbinical College of America"/> emphasis is placed upon study of ''[[Shulchan Aruch HaRav]]''. Beginning students are encouraged to also work through the [[Kitzur Shulchan Aruch (book)|''Kitzur Shulchan Aruch'']], so as to survey all areas of applicable ''halacha'' and to consolidate their prior, high school, knowledge; this is also often the practice outside of Chabad. More advanced students, additionally and similarly, review the ''[[Mishneh Torah]]'' through [[Daily Rambam Study|its daily study cycle]] (this is often outside of any ''seder''), here including  ''halachot'' relating to, for example, the Temple.

Students in ''[[Semikha]]'' (Rabbinic ordination) [[List of rabbinical schools#Orthodox|programs]], and often those in [[kollel]], devote the largest portion of their schedule to ''halakha''. The focus is on in-depth,<ref>See [https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/144842/jewish/Chapter-XXX.htm  ''Kuntres Eitz HaChayim'' ch 30]</ref> source-based<ref name="MaareiMekomot_1"/> study of those areas where (community) Rabbis will typically be asked ''"shaylas"'', i.e. halachic questions: the testing<ref name="Rabbinical College of America">[http://rca.edu/media/pdf/1120/NbJg11207139.pdf ''CATALOG''], [[Rabbinical College of America]]</ref><ref name="RCA"/><ref>[http://www.smicha.co.il/ smicha.co.il] – resource for the [[Chief Rabbinate of Israel#Semikhah|Semikha of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel]], maintained by Rabbi [https://www.srugim.co.il/tag/%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%91-%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%A9%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%90 Harel Shapira]</ref><ref name="RIETS">[https://www.yu.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/semikhah_requirements_final.pdf ''Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary - Semikhah Requirements'']</ref> invariably covers [[Kashrut]] (referred to as ''"Issur v'Heter"''), usually [[Shabbat]], often [[Niddah]], sometimes [[Bereavement in Judaism|Avelut]] (mourning) and/or [[Jewish wedding|marriage]]. This study, typically of two to four year's  duration,  encompasses a detailed analysis of the ''halakha'' in the ''[[Arba'ah Turim]]'' and ''Bet Yosef'', through its final presentation in the ''Shulchan Aruch'', with [[Shulchan Aruch#Major commentaries|its major commentaries]] (especially [[Shabbatai HaKohen#The "Shakh"|"''Shakh''"]] and [[David HaLevi Segal#Works|"''Taz''"]]), complemented by a survey of key [[History of responsa in Judaism|''She'elot u-Teshuvot'']] ([[responsa]]), recent and historical. The analysis, in turn, is built on a detailed knowledge <ref name ="JE"/> of all relevant Talmudic ''sugyas'', which are studied accordingly within the schedule,
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emphasizing the legal commentaries mentioned. Students in an Orthodox Semikha program will thus have a thorough 
<ref name ="JE">[https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/7333-hattarat-hora-ah Hattarat hora'ah], ''[[Jewish Encyclopedia]]''</ref>
background in Talmud, typically
<ref name="RCA">[http://www.rabbis.org/pdfs/SemichaGuidelines22Dec2015.pdf ''Semicha Standards''], [[Rabbinical Council of America]] Executive Committee, 2015.</ref> 
having spent at least four
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preceding years in Yeshiva; Kollel students likewise. (See {{slink|Rabbi|Orthodox and Modern Orthodox Judaism}}.) 
During the morning ''seder'', Semikha students continue their Talmud studies, learning the same ''masechet'' as the rest of the Yeshiva,
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often independently, but in many yeshivot, participating in the ''Rosh Yeshiva's'' ''shiur''. (Rabbis, then, [[Semikhah#Concept|will have been]] direct "students of the ''Rosh Yeshiva''" for their final four, or more, years of study.)