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Annual Congregational Meeting 2022
Temple Sinai 2022 Posts, Events, Newsletter
President’s Message I hope to see you at Sinai’s Annual Congregational Meeting! Every year, our Temple President invites all the member families of Temple Sinai to gather for our Annual Congregational Meeting in the synagogue during the month of May or June. This year, our meeting will be Sunday, May 15 at 10:00 am. Please […]
Purification and Name Change
Temple Sinai 2022 Torah Study Abraham, Deborah, Esau, Jacob, Rebecca, Sheila Nemtin, YHVH
Torah Study Date Saturday, February 19, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 35:1-35:12 Next Session Saturday, February 26, 2022 Starting at Genesis 35:13 Last week we discussed God telling Jacob to go up to Bethel, live there, and build an altar to God. We discussed the significance of building an altar and wondered whether we have […]
2022 Purim Celebrations
Does Isaac Recognize Jacob? Is Lying Ever OK?
Temple Sinai 2021 Torah Study Esau, Isaac, Jacob, Rebecca, Sheila Nemtin, YHVH
Torah Study Date Saturday, October 2, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 27:18-25 Next Session Saturday, October 9, 2021 Starting at Genesis 27:26 Last week we discussed whether Isaac really did not recognize Jacob. Some of the reasons we gave for thinking he did recognize him were that a father would distinguish the voice of one […]
Isaac Blessing His Son
Temple Sinai 2021 Torah Study Basemath, Dikla Laor, Esau, Isaac, Jacob, Judith, Rebecca, YHVH
Torah Study Date Saturday, September 25, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 26:18 – 27:17 Next Session Saturday, October 2, 2021 Starting at Genesis 27:18 Last week we discussed Esau marrying two Hittite women, Judith and Basemath, and the general issue of marrying outside one’s group or religion, then and now, as well as the idea […]
Isaac Digs Up Abraham’s Wells
Temple Sinai 2021 Torah Study Abimelech, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Reuven Rubin
Torah Study Date Saturday, September 4, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 26:18-34 Next Session Saturday, September 25, 2021 Starting at Genesis 26:35 I wasn’t present at our last Torah Study but three angels—some interpreters say it was four angels–came to me and told me we discussed Isaac re-digging the wells that had been dug during […]
Sacred Sinai 2022
Temple Sinai Adult Education, Events
Shabbat Unplugged
Shabbat Unplugged! Sample Recordings Adonai S’fatai Pitchu Li Salaam Hinei Mah Tov Haskiveinu Mi Chamocha (Elana Arian) Oseh Shalom (Nava Tehila) Ahavat Olam (Debbie Friedman) Roll Into Dark (Noam Katz)
Here I Am: God Tests Abraham
Temple Sinai 2021 Torah Study Abraham, Abraham's Servants, Eden Morris, Hagar, Isaac, Ishmael, Sarah, YHVH
Torah Study Date Saturday, April 3, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 22:1-6 Next Session Saturday, April 10, 2021 Last week we discussed God testing Abraham. We noted that God calling Abraham by name indicates something important is about to happen and that in the Samaritan and Greek texts Abraham’s name is called twice (“And God […]