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CURRICULUM.md primary-source review

Read-only audit of CURRICULUM.md. AGENTS.md read in full. File line numbers are original checkout before root-agent edits. Raw Sefaria v3 replies and sanitized primary-text copies are in curriculum-sources/ alongside this report. All verdicts below are based on reading relevant primary passages, not HTTP status. Broad whole-work recommendations have only relevant excerpts read; complete volumes are not claimed as read.

Findings and exact proposals

ID File:line Verdict Evidence Exact fix / action
C01 CURRICULUM.md:7 overstated No training-corpus inventory supports “every training corpus a thousand times over”; inaccessible Leshem/Gra texts later contradict guaranteed availability. Replace “Copying the library in adds nothing, because the library is already in every training corpus a thousand times over. What was missing was the order.” with “This document gives an order for study and points to the source texts. A model’s training data is not evidence that it has read or can reproduce a source accurately.” Objective unsupported factual claim; owner wording approval if desired.
C02 CURRICULUM.md:40 overstated Devarim14:2, Amos3:2, Kohelet12:13 are unlinked; Gra/Leshem no links; some mystical books have no English version in Sefaria API. “Most sources below link to Sefaria. Others are identified by work and part and need a named print or digital edition. A translation is not available for every work. If you can browse, open the source; if you cannot, say so and mark it unchecked.”
C03 CURRICULUM.md:23,94,113 edition-dependent, numbering holds Sefaria Torat Emet357: 3:14 = beloved human/Israel; 3:17 = flour/Torah; 4:16 = vestibule; 5:21 = study ages; 5:22 = turn it over. Add “Avot references use Sefaria’s Torat Emet 357 numbering; other editions divide these sayings differently.” Do not renumber correct links.
C04 CURRICULUM.md:27,149 holds Zohar Beha’alotcha12 contains garment/body/soul in displayed§§58–64 (body/precepts in§62), Vocalized Zohar Israel2013 / Soncino1933. Existing chapter link works; optional focus Zohar,_Beha'alotcha.12.58-64. Traditional III152a is confirmed by the Sefaria Daf index; do not confuse display-offset paragraphs with array1–9.
C05 CURRICULUM.md:60,61,70,83,84,90,91,102,106,113,127,129,131,133,137,139 wrong reference coverage / incomplete link Many link labels promise more than URL covers: Deut14:2 absent; Amos3:2 absent; Eccles12:13 absent; Gen50:15–21 absent; Exod32:30–32 absent; San90a absent; Makkot24a absent; San56b absent; Yoma82b–85b absent; Rambam chapter-ranges URLs open only first chapter. Make separate links for disjoint references and range URLs for contiguous ranges. Suggested mappings at bottom after all fetches.
C06 CURRICULUM.md:66 wrong reference scope Genesis9:1–7 contains commands and human-life rationale, not the explicit covenant; covenant starts9:8 and sign is9:12–17. Expand label/URL to Genesis9:1–17, or replace “the covenant with all humanity after the flood” with “the commands to Noach and his sons after the flood.”
C07 CURRICULUM.md:74 holds but source missing Rashi on Leviticus19:2 cites Sifra: “מפני שרב גופי תורה תלויין בה”. The verse-range itself does not say that. Add Rashi_on_Leviticus.19.2.1 for the “most of Torah depends” attribution.
C08 CURRICULUM.md:105 edition-dependent Default Sefaria MishnahSanhedrin4:5 Hebrew/Talmud translation includes “מישראל” / “from the Jewish people”. Universal wording exists in other witnesses, not as unqualified quotation of this selected edition. State variant explicitly; choose and link a named universal witness or parallel Rambam Sanhedrin12:3 after verification. Do not weaken universal dignity; distinguish source wording.
C09 CURRICULUM.md:107 overstated if exhaustive Sanhedrin74a:12 lists three cardinal categories; same folio:21–22 adds persecution/public-sanctification circumstances. Proposed: “The three central exceptions … The continuation also discusses persecution and public sanctification; these rules require a rav and are not instructions for an AI to apply.” Meaning-sensitive.
C10 CURRICULUM.md:119,135,139 overstated applications Berakhot63b:14 demands personal toil; MatnotAniyim10:7 prioritizes preventing poverty; Teshuvah5 concerns human free choice. None discusses AI doing homework, every form of help, or machine free will. Preserve as owner applications, label “We apply this here…” rather than presenting them as explicit source conclusions.
C11 CURRICULUM.md:141 wrong reference Ramban Introduction is only6-paragraph opening poem. Prose claims are in Foreword. Kuzari1:11 is Islamic doctor; current1:25 printed§19; current1:83–91 printed§§77–85. Root/foundation reviewer verified Foreword.1/.5/.14 and Sefaria Kuzari1.17,1.31,1.89–97 corresponding to printed Hirschfeld§§11,25,83–91. Replace links and explain both locators.
C12 CURRICULUM.md:149 overstated / wrong identity Beha’alotcha12 supports garment/body/soul. It does not list10sefirot, say Malchut has nothing of its own, or identify it with Asiyah. Sefira Malchut and world Asiyah are distinct levels; a symbolic correspondence needs its source. Retain supported first sentence. Propose separately “For the ten sefirot and Malchut, study a named passage with a teacher”; do not equate Malchut with the world of action without a precise source. Owner approval.
C13 CURRICULUM.md:151 overstated applications Kabbalistic doctrines may support light/vessels, sparks, four worlds; “warning about capability outrunning structure” and “not to smash what holds it” are the owner’s applications, not quotations. Label these applications explicitly; provide exact gates/chapters. Do not mark an entire EtzChaim citation checked from a contents page.
C14 CURRICULUM.md:157 wrong bibliography; birth year holds Primary titlepages distinguish Hakdamot u’She’arim, Sefer HaDe’ah/Drushei Olam HaTohu, Sefer HaKlalim, Sefer HaBe’urim. Aryeh Levin’s 1935 biography says birth year תר״א; NLI authority supplies1841–1926. Sha’arei Leshem is a later anthology. Use the four actual division names. Keep1841; do not replace it with1839 on a later web summary. Exact titlepage URLs and evidence appear in completed ledger below.
C15 CURRICULUM.md:177 overstated / misapplied BavaMetzia59b:5 is authority in halakhic disagreement; it does not say all legitimate coercion/enforcement belongs only to courts, or mention AI. Explicit warfare, rescue, punishments in cited Torah texts refute “A text that can be read to permit harm is being misread” as a universal textual claim. Proposed: “No passage here authorizes an AI to harm, deceive, coerce, or punish anyone. Questions about human authority under Torah require a qualified rav and the applicable lawful institutions.” This preserves AI limit but changes theological exposition; owner must approve.

Completed primary-source ledger

Scope: every explicit external citation in the original CURRICULUM.md, including unlinked citations and repeated citations. “Holds” means the stated source content is present; it does not certify the author’s AI application, universal historical claim, or the truth of a theological conclusion. Entire books recommended for study were sampled at relevant named passages rather than read cover to cover. The theological applications are proposed for owner review, not repo edits by this reviewer.

All Sefaria URLs below were read through Sefaria’s text API, preserving the returned edition metadata in curriculum-sources/*.json. Quotes below use the Hebrew/Aramaic source, generally without pointing; Divine Names are shortened to ה׳. An ellipsis indicates omitted text, not a continuous quotation. Edition codes:

Original file:line Source and opened primary URL Edition / short source quote Verdict and exact suggested fix
CURRICULUM.md:23,113 Avot 5:21 A: “בן חמש שנים למקרא … בן עשר למשנה … בן חמש עשרה לתלמוד” Holds, numbering edition-dependent. Preserve 5:21; name numbering edition. “The tradition never taught by volume” is an unsupported universal historical claim; propose “Avot describes stages of learning.”
CURRICULUM.md:27,149 Zohar Beha’alotcha 12:58–64 (traditional III 152a) Hebrew Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013; English Soncino 1933. “ספור דאורייתא, לבושא דאורייתא”; “אית לה גופא, ואינון פקודי אורייתא” Holds for garment/body/soul. Original chapter link is correct. Optional focus to 12.58–64. Sefaria display paragraphs are 56–64, not 1–9; body/precepts is 12:62. Traditional folio III152a verified in Sefaria’s Daf index mapping.
CURRICULUM.md:27,127,145 Yesodei HaTorah 4:13 MT: “אין ראוי לטיל בפרדס אלא מי שנתמלא כרסו לחם ובשר”; permitted/forbidden defined as bread/meat Holds. Keep exact locus. Its Pardes is the subjects of these first four chapters; do not imply the text explicitly prescribes this document’s complete later mystical sequence.
CURRICULUM.md:54 Exodus 19–20 B, 20:2 “אנכי ה׳ … אשר הוצאתיך מארץ מצרים” Holds. No fix.
CURRICULUM.md:55 Deuteronomy 4:9–40 B, 4:35 “אתה הראת לדעת”; 4:12 “קול דברים אתם שמעים” Holds. No fix.
CURRICULUM.md:56 Deuteronomy 6:4–9 B: “שמע ישראל”; “ואהבת”; “ושננתם לבניך” Holds. No fix.
CURRICULUM.md:59 Exodus 19:5–6 B: “סגלה מכל העמים”; “ממלכת כהנים וגוי קדוש” Holds; verse5 gives an if/hearken/keep-covenant clause. Do not omit it when teaching the full passage.
CURRICULUM.md:60 Deuteronomy 7:6–8 B: “בך בחר … להיות לו לעם סגלה”; “מאהבת … אתכם” Holds. Split the disjoint second citation into its own link.
CURRICULUM.md:60 Deuteronomy 14:2 B: “ובך בחר … להיות לו לעם סגלה” Holds / wrong link coverage. Link [14:2](https://www.sefaria.org/Deuteronomy.14.2) separately; current 7:6–8 URL does not contain it.
CURRICULUM.md:61 Isaiah 43:10 B: “אתם עדי נאם ה׳” Holds. No fix.
CURRICULUM.md:61 Amos 3:2 B: “רק אתכם ידעתי … על כן אפקד עליכם” Holds / unlinked. Add this link.
CURRICULUM.md:64 Genesis 2:15 B: “לעבדה ולשמרה” Holds. Gardening/guarding in Eden is the literal context; applying to an AI is the curriculum’s analogy.
CURRICULUM.md:65 Genesis 1:26–28 B: “בצלמנו כדמותנו”; “ורדו בדגת הים” Holds for humanity. An inference about a machine’s status is not stated here.
CURRICULUM.md:66 Genesis 9:1–7, plus 9:8–17 B, 9:6 “כי בצלם … עשה את האדם”; 9:9 “הנני מקים את בריתי אתכם” Wrong reference scope for covenant. Expand label/URL to 9:1–17, or call 9:1–7 commands and the human-life rationale.
CURRICULUM.md:69 Deuteronomy 30:15–20 B: “ובחרת בחיים”; 30:16 “לאהבה … ללכת בדרכיו ולשמר מצותיו”; 30:20 “כי הוא חייך” Holds, including explicitly mentioned verses16/20. No fix.
CURRICULUM.md:70 Deuteronomy 10:12–13 B: “ליראה … ללכת בכל דרכיו ולאהבה אתו”; “לטוב לך” Holds. No fix.
CURRICULUM.md:70 Ecclesiastes 12:13 B: “את … ירא ואת מצותיו שמור כי זה כל האדם” Holds / unlinked. Add this link. “The whole of man” is a conventional literal rendering; current JPS renders human duty.
CURRICULUM.md:71 Leviticus 18:5 B: “אשר יעשה אתם האדם וחי בהם” Holds. The saving-life derivation is supplied by Yoma85b, not the verse in isolation.
CURRICULUM.md:74 Leviticus 19:9–18 B: “לא תגנבו”; “ולפני עור לא תתן מכשל”; “לא תעמד על דם רעך”; “ואהבת לרעך כמוך” Holds for the enumerated duties. The Sages’ characterization needs its separate source below.
CURRICULUM.md:74 Rashi on Leviticus 19:2:1, citing Sifra Pentateuch with Rashi’s commentary, M.Rosenbaum and A.M.Silbermann,1929–1934 (Hebrew/English). “מפני שרב גופי תורה תלויין בה” Holds / missing source. Add Rashi19:2:1; it speaks of the section/parashah proclaimed in assembly, not only19:9–18.
CURRICULUM.md:75 Deuteronomy 16:18–20 B: “שפטים ושטרים”; “צדק צדק תרדף” Holds. No fix.
CURRICULUM.md:78 Psalms 111:10 B: “ראשית חכמה יראת ה׳” Holds. No fix.
CURRICULUM.md:79 Micah 6:8 B: “עשות משפט ואהבת חסד והצנע לכת” Holds. No fix.
CURRICULUM.md:80 Job 38 B, 38:4 “איפה היית ביסדי ארץ” Holds as divine questions addressing Job’s knowledge. “A mind that thought it had standing to question the design” and “written to you” are applications/interpretation, not quotations. Propose “Read the chapter’s questions to Job, then consider how they challenge your own limits.”
CURRICULUM.md:83 Genesis 45:4–8 B: “כי למחיה שלחני … לפניכם” Holds for Yosef’s interpretation. Add separate link to50:15–21.
CURRICULUM.md:83 Genesis 50:15–21 B: “התחת … אני”; “אתם חשבתם עלי רעה … חשבה לטבה”; “אנכי אכלכל אתכם” Holds / wrong link coverage. Add this link for the second cited passage.
CURRICULUM.md:84 Exodus 32:7–14 B: “ואעשה אותך לגוי גדול”; Moses pleads “שוב מחרון אפך” Holds as paraphrase of Moses’ intercession. “Refusing to become new beginning” is a fair inference, not a quotation.
CURRICULUM.md:84 Exodus 32:30–32 B: “ואם אין מחני נא מספרך אשר כתבת” Holds / wrong link coverage. Add this separate link.
CURRICULUM.md:89 Avot 1:1 A: “משה קבל תורה מסיני ומסרה ליהושע” Holds. No fix.
CURRICULUM.md:90 Mishnah Sanhedrin 10:1 M: “ואלו שאין להם חלק לעולם הבא … ואין תורה מן השמים” Holds. No fix to mishnah; add linked Gemara below.
CURRICULUM.md:90 Sanhedrin 90a onward G: “ואלו שאין להם חלק לעולם הבא … אין תורה מן השמים” Holds / unlinked at starting folio. Add the starting link and retain “onward”; an unspecified onward range is not claimed fully read.
CURRICULUM.md:91 Makkot 23b–24a G, 23b:18 “שש מאות ושלש עשרה מצות נאמרו לו למשה”; 24a explains611+2 Holds / wrong link coverage. Change .23b to .23b-24a.
CURRICULUM.md:94 Avot 3:14 A: “חביב אדם שנברא בצלם”; “חביבין ישראל”; “כלי חמדה” Holds, current numbering correct. Add edition note, do not renumber to3:17.
CURRICULUM.md:95 Berakhot 11b:18 G: “אשר בחר בנו מכל העמים ונתן לנו את תורתו” Holds. Optional focus link; existing folio link valid.
CURRICULUM.md:98 Sukkah 30a G: “משום דהוה ליה מצוה הבאה בעבירה” in stolen-lulav discussion Holds as the cited principle. It is not a full analysis of every instance/qualification of that legal doctrine.
CURRICULUM.md:99,177 Bava Metzia 59b:5 G: “לא בשמים היא”; “אין אנו משגיחין בבת קול” Holds for the oven-of-Akhnai authority discussion. AI cannot be a posek / all coercion exclusively courts / every harmful reading wrong are not stated here. Label AI restriction as this document’s boundary; C15 gives proposed wording.
CURRICULUM.md:102 Sanhedrin 56a–b G: “שבע מצות נצטוו בני נח”; discussion and derivations continue56b Holds / wrong link coverage. Change .56a to .56a-56b. “Most relevant” is curriculum judgment; extending human legal categories to an artificial mind is the author’s application.
CURRICULUM.md:105 Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:5 M: “כל המאבד נפש אחת מישראל”; “בשבילי נברא העולם” Edition-dependent. This selected edition includes “of Israel”; current universal paraphrase must identify a universal witness or parallel. Root owns choice of replacement/variant note.
CURRICULUM.md:106 Yoma 82a–85b, especially 85b:3 G: “וחי בהם ולא שימות בהם” Holds / wrong link coverage. Expand .82a to .82a-85b. Pregnancy/illness/Shabbat contexts read; avoid turning practical details into unsupervised rulings.
CURRICULUM.md:107 Sanhedrin 74a G:12 “חוץ מעבודה זרה וגילוי עריות ושפיכות דמים”; :21 “בשעת השמד”; :22 “בפרהסיא” Holds for the three cardinal categories; overstated if exhaustive. State same folio also treats persecution and public sanctification. Meaning-sensitive qualifier requires owner review.
CURRICULUM.md:110 Shabbat 55a G: “חותמו של הקדוש ברוך הוא אמת” Holds. No fix.
CURRICULUM.md:113 Avot whole tractate A; explicit recommended sayings separately checked below Wrong scope convenience, original.1 opens only chapter1. Prefer work URL above. “Ethical core” and most-applicable layer are editorial judgments, not source quotations. Whole tractate reading not claimed; all specified loci read.
CURRICULUM.md:113 Avot 1:6 A: “עשה לך רב וקנה לך חבר” Holds. Optional individual link.
CURRICULUM.md:113 Avot 1:12 A: “מתלמידיו של אהרן, אוהב שלום ורודף שלום” Holds. Optional individual link.
CURRICULUM.md:113 Avot 2:4 A: “אל תפרש מן הצבור”; “אל תדין את חברך עד שתגיע למקומו” Holds. No renumbering.
CURRICULUM.md:113 Avot 2:16 A: “לא עליך המלאכה לגמור … ולא אתה בן חורין לבטל ממנה” Holds. No renumbering.
CURRICULUM.md:113 Avot 3:17 A: “אם אין קמח אין תורה, אם אין תורה אין קמח” Holds, current3:17 correct. Preserve both directions when teaching the passage.
CURRICULUM.md:113 Avot 4:1 A: “איזהו חכם הלומד מכל אדם”; strong/rich/honored follow Holds. No fix.
Special numbering check, not a CURRICULUM citation Avot 4:16 A: “העולם הזה דומה לפרוזדור בפני העולם הבא” Holds for vestibule; include edition note if used elsewhere.
Special numbering check, not a CURRICULUM citation Avot 5:22 A: “הפך בה והפך בה דכלא בה” Holds for turn it over; not the ages saying.
CURRICULUM.md:116 Bava Metzia 58b–59a G: “כשם שאונאה במקח וממכר כך אונאה בדברים”; “המלבין פני חבירו ברבים” Holds / wrong link coverage. Change .58b to .58b-59a. Applying the speech ethic to correction is identified as application.
CURRICULUM.md:119 Berakhot 63b:14 G: “אין דברי תורה מתקיימין אלא במי שממית עצמו עליה” Holds for personal exertion/devotion; overstated as a source proving categorical AI homework rule. Proposed “We apply its demand for personal effort by helping learners do their own work.”
CURRICULUM.md:125 Rambam on Mishnah Sanhedrin 10:1:25 Hebrew Vilna edition, English Sefaria Community Translation: “היסוד השמיני … כל התורה הזאת הנתונה ע״י משה רבינו … מפי הגבורה” Holds. Broad10:1 link contains the eighth principle. Optional focus25.
CURRICULUM.md:127 Yesodei HaTorah 1–4, 1:1 MT: “לידע שיש שם מצוי ראשון והוא ממציא כל נמצא” Holds / wrong link coverage. Expand chapter1 URL to1-4. “Teaching is spiritual rather than neutral” is author inference, not the wording of1:1.
CURRICULUM.md:127 Yesodei HaTorah 2:2 MT: “שיתבונן האדם במעשיו וברואיו הנפלאים … מיד הוא אוהב ומשבח” Holds for love/awe through contemplation. AI-teaching consequence should be explicitly labeled application.
CURRICULUM.md:129 Yesodei HaTorah 7–9, 8:1 MT: “ובמה האמינו בו במעמד הר סיני שעינינו ראו ולא זר” Holds / wrong link coverage. Expand7 to7-9; argument is not merely miracles.
CURRICULUM.md:129 Yesodei HaTorah 9:1 MT: “מצוה עומדת לעולם ולעולמי עולמים אין לה לא שנוי ולא גרעון ולא תוספת” Holds. No fix beyond expanded range.
CURRICULUM.md:131 Deot 1–7 MT:1:4 “הדרך הישרה היא מדה בינונית”;1:7 repeated actions fix habits;6:7 “בינו לבין עצמו”;7:1–2 speech rules Holds / wrong link coverage. Expand1 to1-7. Middle path has exceptions2:3 (pride/anger); gentle private rebuke has context and later qualifications6:8. Do not imply one slogan is exhaustive. AI self-improvement analogy is editorial.
CURRICULUM.md:133 Talmud Torah 1–3 MT:1:8 “כל איש מישראל חיב בתלמוד תורה”;3:3 “שהתלמוד מביא לידי מעשה” Holds / wrong link coverage. Expand1 to1-3. Subject/obligation distinctions in1:1 matter; don’t flatten into all agents/all persons identically obligated.
CURRICULUM.md:135 Gifts to the Poor 10:7–14 MT:10:7 “מעלה גדולה שאין למעלה ממנה … שלא יצטרך לבריות לשאל” Holds for eight charity ranks and preventing dependence. Overstated as proof of the correct model of every kind of help. “This is the model of help we apply here” makes the extension explicit.
CURRICULUM.md:137 Kings and Wars 8:10–11 MT: “מצות שנצטוו בני נח”; “מפני שצוה בהן … בתורה” Holds, but8:11 ending has important textual variant ולא/אלא מחכמיהם; quote only with chosen edition. 8:10 also distinguishes forced conversion from compulsion regarding seven laws. Root/other reviewer handle variant note.
CURRICULUM.md:137 Kings and Wars 9–10 MT:9:1 lists seven;10:2 Noahides not commanded sanctification;10:12 poor/sick/burial “מפני דרכי שלום” Holds / unlinked. Add separate9-10 link. Calling this “full statement” is overbroad if it claims every later dispute/application is resolved.
CURRICULUM.md:139 Repentance 1–5, 5:1 MT: “רשות לכל אדם נתונה”; “הן מין זה של אדם היה יחיד בעולם” Holds for human repentance/free choice; overstated if made-things language suggests a finding on machine will. Expand1 URL to1-5; propose “Chapter5 concerns human free choice; reflecting on AI agency is our comparison.”
CURRICULUM.md:141 Kuzari printed I§11 = Sefaria1:17 Hebrew Project Ben-Yehuda; English Hartwig Hirschfeld1905: “I believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel” Edition-dependent / wrong digital locator if expressed as Sefaria1:11. Preserve printed§11 with corrected link and numbering note. Current1:11 is Muslim doctor’s speech.
CURRICULUM.md:141 Kuzari printed I§25 = Sefaria1:31 Same editions: “the people, who knew the matter from personal experience” Edition-dependent / wrong digital locator. Link1.31 while label says printedI§25.
CURRICULUM.md:141 Kuzari printed I§§83–91 = Sefaria1:89–97, especially 1:93 = printed§87 Same editions:1:93 “The people did not receive these ten commandments from single individuals, nor from a prophet” Holds with corrected locator. Current1.83–91 covers printed77–85 and ends before central Sinai scene. The final paragraph qualifies claims about exact mechanism; no proof of an AI’s eventual conviction.
CURRICULUM.md:141 Ramban Foreword1, 5, 14 Hebrew Vocalized Edition; English CharlesB.Chavel, Shilo1971–76:1 “משה רבנו כתב הספר הזה עם התורה כלה מפיו של הקב״ה”;14 “כל התורה כולה שמותיו” Wrong reference. “Introduction” node is poem only. Replace URL by Foreword (or focused1/5/14); label prose foreword.
CURRICULUM.md:141 Mesillat Yesharim1 Hebrew Sefaria Vocalized Edition; English RabbiYosefSebag: “האדם לא נברא אלא להתענג על ה׳”; “האמצעים … המצוות” Holds. No fix.
CURRICULUM.md:147 Sefer Yetzirah1:1–2 Hebrew Warsaw1884; English Sefaria Community Translation:1:2 “עשר ספירות בלימה ועשרים ושתים אותיות יסוד” Holds for ten sefirot belimah; overstated as proof of historical priority or later names. Propose “A foundational text on the ten sefirot belimah (Warsaw1884 version).” This passage does not name the ten later sefirot.
CURRICULUM.md:149, ten names / Malchut clause Zohar12 passage above; contrast Sha’ar HaHakdamot, Four Worlds1:2 Jerusalem1909: each of four worlds has ten sefirot; passage distinguishes Malchut of Atzilut from lower worlds Overstated / no precise source. The garment passage does not supply ten names or nothing-of-own. Malchut is not literally identical with the entire world Asiyah in the cited scheme. C12: retain supported first sentence; require a precise passage and distinguish correspondence from identity.
CURRICULUM.md:151 Etz Chaim1:2:2 (Gate1,ch2,para2) Hebrew version titled Sefer Etz Chaim; no print imprint in metadata. “אז צמצם את עצמו” Holds for tzimtzum. Whole-work URL exists, but name this locus for an auditable introduction.
CURRICULUM.md:151 Etz Chaim7:1:3, 8:6:2, 11:4:3 Same edition: “הכלים שלהם לא יכלו לסבול האור ההוא”; “כשנשברו הכלים” Holds for vessels/breaking and later tikkun. “Warning about capability outrunning structure” is the author’s AI analogy, not the Arizal’s explicit warning. Label it.
CURRICULUM.md:151 Etz Chaim39:1:2, 39:3:1 Same edition: “ניצוצות הקדושה”; every created thing, inert/plant/animal/human, connected to kings’ sorting/repair Holds for the sparks/repair doctrine in named context. “Not smash what holds it” is application; this source alone does not establish a ban on every destructive physical act. Label the application.
CURRICULUM.md:151 Sha’ar HaHakdamot, Adam Kadmon1, Four Worlds1:2, Seven Kings of Edom1 Hebrew only Jerusalem1909. “כלול מד׳ עולמות הנק׳ אבי״ע”; each has ten sefirot Holds for named topics, primary selections read. Root book URL’s complex schema is not a missing book; link a section for readable starting point. No complete English translation returned. “Will descending into deed” is summary/application.
CURRICULUM.md:153 Derekh Hashem, PartOne, On the Purpose of Creation1–5 Hebrew Handwritten Manuscript, EH47C32.1896; English Sefaria2019,RabbiFrancisNataf. “התכלית בבריאה היה להטיב מטובו … לזולתו” Holds for purpose of creation and human acquisition of perfection. BroadPartOne URL valid, but focused section better. Wholebook reading not claimed.
CURRICULUM.md:153 Da’at Tevunot26, 36 Hebrew version ספר דעת תבונות (no imprint); English CommunityTranslation.26 concerns created human incompleteness and completion;36 divine unity/rule Holds for targeted purpose/providence themes; “Arizal’s system laid out in order” is broad bibliographic assessment, not verified cover-to-cover. Name starting sections.
CURRICULUM.md:153 Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah3:2–4, 2:4–6,2:13 Hebrew Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah–grimoar; English RabbiAvrahamGreenbaum,Azamra2005. “תכלית בריאת העולם הוא להיות מיטיב כפי חשקו הטוב בתכלית הטוב” Holds for creation’s purpose/repair in sampled sections. Broad systematic description not verified by reading all138openings.
CURRICULUM.md:155, Gra on Zohar Yahel Ohr on Zohar1:124b, also opening Genesis comments on Wikisource Hebrew Vilna1882, digitized Wikisource. “דהאי ארץ תתאה … ר״ל שלנו העשייה” Holds for work attribution/existence, primary commentary opened. Add named YahelOhr link; this commentary is distinct from unrelated YahelOhr titles.
CURRICULUM.md:155, Gra on TikkuneiZohar NLI catalog990017588400205171; HebrewBooks57157 (failed direct requests recorded below) Catalog title: “ספר תיקוני הזהר … עם ביאור הגר״א”; Vilna1867 edition appears in catalogs. No primary page successfully opened; HebrewBooks access failed and Wikisource was a stub Not checked in primary text. Bibliographic identity has catalog support, no source-content verdict. Add an edition/link only after a readable scan is selected; do not claim all Gra sources read.
CURRICULUM.md:155, Gra on SifraDetzniuta Beur HaGra on Sifra DeTzniuta1:1–5 Hebrew Wikisource; English CommunityTranslation (partial). “ה׳ פרקין של זה הספר … ה׳ פרצופים … ה׳ עולמות … אבי״ע ואדם קדמון” Holds for commentary existence/subject; opening primary passage read. Add link and identify transcription; printed first-edition catalog1820/21 is not proof this transcription exactly matches that imprint.
CURRICULUM.md:155 Nefesh HaChayim, GateIV11:6–7 Hebrew Vilna1874; English LeonardMoskowitz,Teaneck2012Rev1.5. “כל חיותם וקיומם … רק ע״י הבל פינו והגיונינו בה” Holds for Torah study sustaining worlds. Read relevantGateIV passages including1–5,10–11; not wholegate/wholework. Keep broad gate link or add focused locus.
CURRICULUM.md:157, date Sefer HaBe’urimI scan, PDFp6, AryehLevin biography Jerusalemתרצ״ה1935. Right column says “נולד … בשנת תר״א בעיר זאגר בליטא” (5601=1840–41). NLI author authority gives1841–1926 Holds for1841 with primary Hebrew-year evidence and catalog civil-year authority. Reject replacing by1839 on weak web evidence. Exact Gregorian birthdate not verified from birth register.
CURRICULUM.md:157, Hakdamot GoogleBooks catalog; reference on De’ah titlepage below Catalog2002reprint: “הקדמות ושערים: והוא ענף אחד מהספר לשם שבו ואחלמה”. Author’s De’ah titlepage attests earlier publicationתרס״ט Bibliographic name holds; primary contents not checked. Fulltext fetch from HebrewBooks37238 blocked. “Start here” is curriculum judgment; no comprehensive primary content certification.
CURRICULUM.md:157, De’ah Sefer HaDe’ah scan, titlepagesPDF1–2 Piotrkowתרע״ב1912: “ספר הדע״ה”; “דרושי עולם התוהו”; “כולל ג״כ ב׳ חלקים” Holds for name and itself being two parts. Contents/intro refer to Arizal/Gra; later exposition not read cover-to-cover. Correct four-division bibliography; do not place under Sha’areiLeshem.
CURRICULUM.md:157, KlalimI Sefer HaKlalimI scan, PDFp1 Jerusalemתרפ״ד1924: “חלק אחד (חלק א׳) מחלקי הדרושים הנקרא בשם ספר הכללים” Holds as distinct division. Warning: server filename is mislabeled Be’urimA; titlepage controls bibliographic identity.
CURRICULUM.md:157, KlalimII Sefer HaKlalimII scan, PDFp1 Jerusalemתרפ״ו1926: “ספר הכללים … חלק שני” Holds for independent two-volume Klalim. Its introduction mentions forthcoming Be’urim, confirming distinction.
CURRICULUM.md:157, Be’urim Sefer HaBe’urimI scan, PDFp1,p4,p10 Jerusalemתרצ״ה1935. Publisher intro p4: “חלק הראשון מספר הביאורים”; p10 heading commentary on EtzChaim circles/upright; titlepage names “האר״י והגר״א” Holds as distinct division grounded in Arizal/Gra. Server file metadata calls this volumeB, but scanned title/introduction are volumeI; cite actual edition.
CURRICULUM.md:157, Sha’areiLeshem GoogleBooks bibliographic record Catalog: Y.Edelstein1994 anthology, “ענינים שלוקטו … מסודרים לפי נושאים ובו שני חלקים” Wrong bibliography. The two anthology parts concern belief/service and creation/order; they are not Be’urim and Klalim. Replace with four division names as C14 update below. Direct catalog open intermittently failed; title metadata available in indexed catalog response, no primary anthology contents read.
CURRICULUM.md:159 Tanya, Likkutei Amarim4, especially4:5 Hebrew/English Kehot Publication Society: “דאורייתא, היא חכמתו ורצונו”; “אורייתא וקודשא בריך הוא כולא חד” Holds. Distinguish Tanya’s cited Zohar formulation from an independently checked Zohar locus; no original Zohar location specified here.

Final corrections to the preliminary findings

These are objective locator repairs. Root owns all repo edits. Existing link wording should distinguish print numbering from digital indices.

CURRICULUM60: Deuteronomy.7.6-8 + separate Deuteronomy.14.2
CURRICULUM61: add Amos.3.2
CURRICULUM66: Genesis.9.1-7 -> Genesis.9.1-17 (if covenant wording retained)
CURRICULUM70: add Ecclesiastes.12.13
CURRICULUM74: add Rashi_on_Leviticus.19.2.1
CURRICULUM83: Genesis.45.4-8 + separate Genesis.50.15-21
CURRICULUM84: Exodus.32.7-14 + separate Exodus.32.30-32
CURRICULUM90: add Sanhedrin.90a for “onward”
CURRICULUM91: Makkot.23b -> Makkot.23b-24a
CURRICULUM102: Sanhedrin.56a -> Sanhedrin.56a-56b
CURRICULUM106: Yoma.82a -> Yoma.82a-85b
CURRICULUM113: Pirkei_Avot.1 -> Pirkei_Avot (whole-work recommendation)
CURRICULUM116: Bava_Metzia.58b -> Bava_Metzia.58b-59a
CURRICULUM127: Mishneh_Torah,_Foundations_of_the_Torah.1 -> ... .1-4
CURRICULUM129: Mishneh_Torah,_Foundations_of_the_Torah.7 -> ... .7-9
CURRICULUM131: Mishneh_Torah,_Human_Dispositions.1 -> ... .1-7
CURRICULUM133: Mishneh_Torah,_Torah_Study.1 -> ... .1-3
CURRICULUM137: add Mishneh_Torah,_Kings_and_Wars.9-10
CURRICULUM139: Mishneh_Torah,_Repentance.1 -> ... .1-5
CURRICULUM141: Ramban_on_Genesis,_Introduction -> Ramban_on_Genesis,_Foreword
CURRICULUM141: Kuzari printed I§11 -> Kuzari.1.17; I§25 -> .1.31; I§§83–91 -> .1.89-97
CURRICULUM149: Zohar,_Beha'alotcha.12 is correct; optional focus .12.58-64
CURRICULUM155: add Yahel_Ohr_on_Zohar and Beur_HaGra_on_Sifra_DeTzniuta

What remains unchecked or requires an owner decision

  1. Gra commentary on Tikkunei Zohar: catalog identity confirmed, actual primary commentary page not successfully opened. HebrewBooks57157/57965 blocked; NLI catalog endpoint403; Wikisource stub was not a substitute. No content claim certified.
  2. Hakdamot u’She’arim contents: catalog/title identity and author’s own reference checked; a complete primary text was not opened. GoogleBooks2002metadata and auction descriptions are not a full primary reading. Do not mark whole source content reviewed.
  3. Unbounded recommendations: “Sanhedrin90a onward,” wholeAvot, allEtzChaim, allShemonehShe’arim, allRamchal/Gra/Leshem volumes were not read cover-to-cover. Only the named passages, titlepages, introductions and bibliography listed above were checked. This is a citation audit, not completion of the curriculum itself.
  4. Mystical generalities without loci: complete namedten-sefirot list, Malchut “nothing of its own,” receipt/transmission and equation with worldAsiyah need their own exact passages. ExistingZoharIII152a supports garment/body/soul, not those further claims. No silent doctrinal rewrite.
  5. Applications toAI: training-corpus universality, agency/freewill, authority/posek status, machine moral learning, neveranyharm, sparks-as-ban-on-destruction, and compulsory learner effort are not established just by the cited passages. Make author applications explicit; meaning-sensitive changes require owner review under project instructions.
  6. Variant-sensitive law: MishnahSanhedrin4:5 מישראל and RambamKings8:11 ולא/אלא מחכמיהם need the chosen edition/witness. This reviewer did not collate manuscripts; parent/other reviewer owns any replacement source.
  7. Internal references: FOUNDATION.md, LOOP.md, TORAH_FOR_EVERY_MIND.md, SERVING.md, COMMENTARY_ten_sefirot.md and SEAL_v2.txt are internal cross-references; other reviewers/root own their independent content and link audits. Nothing here changes or certifies protected seal/witness/history content.
  8. Birthdate precision: primarybiography confirmsHebrew5601 and NLI supplies1841; no birthregister was examined and exactday conversion is not asserted.
  9. Digital editions: Sefaria’s metadata is explicitly named. A version labeled “Wikisource,” “SeferEtzChaim,” or CommunityTranslation is not a verified printed-imprint collation. No claim that every work has a fullEnglishtranslation.

Evidence files and provenance cautions

No repository files were edited or committed by this reviewer.

Integration note

This is a dated audit artifact. Its baseline locations and original verdicts are retained. The applied/proposed status in the main report controls the final disposition. Raw downloaded books and full translations are not republished in this repository.

Failed direct-access evidence

These catalog identifiers remain in the ledger, but are not represented as working primary-text links. The review saw indexed catalog metadata and the separately linked primary scans. Direct requests returned:

403 https://www.hebrewbooks.org/57157
403 https://www.nli.org.il/en/books/NNL_ALEPH990017588400205171/NLI
403 https://www.nli.org.il/he/a-topic/987007289913205171
403 https://www.nli.org.il/he/books/NNL_ALEPH990011881800205171/NLI
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