In addition to the Elementary Talmud objectives, students are required to read and discuss six to eight folios of the Babylonian Talmud with the entire commentary of Rashi and basic Tosafos translation, including all Aramaic and Hebrew vocabulary, expressions, rules and patterns, including the catch phrases and patterns unique to Tosafos (im tomar, yesh lomar, ode yesh lomar, etc.); apply analytical skills in Talmudic explication; follow the dynamics of talmudic argumentation leading to halakhic conclusions and resolutions; utilizing Rashi and Tosafos to articulate the underlying assumptions and consequences of the legal principles implicit in the text.