Emerging from practice based research, this book combines philosophical analysis and pedagogical guidance for understanding and advancing a distinctive form of Jewish learning - the study of texts by a pair of learners (havruta text study). It breaks new ground by offering a model of havruta learning situated in philosophical hermeneutics - an art of interpretation- and learning theories and by treating havruta learning as composed of interpersonal, intra-personal and textual practices, which can be taught and learned. This effective approach - particularly relevant to working with teachers, adult learners and teenagers- aims for the integration of the pedagogical with the ethical, imaginative and critical thinking with human interactions, and of learning with text based conversations. Included are illustrative lesson plans, teachers' notes and students' reflections, exercises for students, and other instructional materials for teaching core concepts and practices.