Hebrew Bible

==Nach<!--'Nach (Bible acronym)' redirects here-->==
'''Nach'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA-->, also anglicized '''{{visible anchor|Nakh}}'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA-->, refers to the [[Nevi'im]] and [[Ketuvim]] portions of Tanakh.<ref name=Tiferet>{{cite web
|website=[[Yeshiva University]]
|url=https://www.yu.edu/israel-program/women-schools/Tiferet
|title=Guide to Israel Schools (Tiferet)
|quote=.. classes in Chumash, Nach, Practical Halacha, Tefilla, ...
|access-date=2020-06-19
|archive-date=2020-06-22
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622055010/https://www.yu.edu/israel-program/women-schools/Tiferet
|url-status=live
}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine
|magazine=[[Jewish Action]] (OU)
|url=https://jewishaction.com/religion/education/whos_afraid_of_change_rethinking_the_yeshivah_curriculum
|title=Who's Afraid of Change? Rethinking the Yeshivah Curriculum
|quote=know little Nach, are unexcited by the study of ..
|access-date=2020-06-19
|archive-date=2020-06-23
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623140147/https://jewishaction.com/religion/education/whos_afraid_of_change_rethinking_the_yeshivah_curriculum/
|url-status=live
}}</ref> Nach is often referred to as its own subject,<ref name="NachTeacher" /> [[The Living Torah and Nach|separate from Torah]].<ref>{{cite book  |isbn=978-1885-22007-3
   |title=The Living Nach
   |author=Rabbi [[Aryeh Kaplan]]|year=1995
 |publisher=Moznaim Publishing Corporation
 }}</ref>

It is a major subject in the curriculum of Orthodox high schools for girls and in the seminaries which they subsequently attend,<ref name="Tiferet" /> and is often taught by different teachers than those who teach Chumash.<ref name="NachTeacher">{{cite web
   |url=https://www.jcot.org/tova-warburg-sinensky-our-new-yoetzet-halakha.html
   |title=Tova .. our new ..
   |quote=Tova joined the .. faculty this fall as a Nach teacher ..  High School for Girls.
   |access-date=2020-06-19
   |archive-date=2020-06-21
   |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621201944/https://www.jcot.org/tova-warburg-sinensky-our-new-yoetzet-halakha.html
   |url-status=live
   }}</ref> The curriculum of Orthodox high schools for boys includes only some portions of Nach, such as the book of Joshua, the book of Judges,<ref>covered in or before 8th grade (so it is a review)</ref> and the Five Megillot.<ref>''Esther, Rus, Shir HaShirim, ''
Eicha'' and ''KoHeles'': these are read aloud in synagogue, each at a particular point in the yearly Holiday cycle.''</ref>
See {{slink|Yeshiva#Torah and Bible study}}.