When I started at my course at Rabbinical school I think that my favourite subjects within Jewish studies were, more or less in order: 1) Bible, 2) Talmud, 3) Chassidute and Kabbalah I know that there are many aspects of Chassidute that are not kabbalistic and aspects of Kabbalah and mysticism which are not connected with Chassidute but they are closely enough related that I feel happy grouping them together. 4) Halakhah, 5) Musar and finally 6) Mussar (a practice of ethical living.
Academically I was also interested in philosophy (although mainly focused on ethics and Jurisprudence). But I was almost totally uninterested in either liturgy and homiletics. But now just over halfway point I am probably most interested in Liturgy and Homiletics. I am still interested in those other topics. But Liturgy and Homiletics are fast becoming passions for me. I guess there are two obvious reasons why this might be the case. Firstly they were starting from a low base of knowledge and secondly these are practical areas of concern for the trainee rabbi (and indeed the rabbi). But also I have simply found that there is more too both these subjects than I at first thought.
Shabbat Shalom
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