Torah Study at Temple Sinai
This is the blog for Temple Sinai’s Torah Study group. We are a mix of congregants and non-congregants, Jews and non-Jews, who meet on Shabbat mornings at 10am Pacific Time via Zoom. We are going through the Torah verse-by-verse. To catch up with us, please scroll through our summaries below. Many thanks to Deborah Achtenberg, the creator of this project and frequent author of our updates.
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Rebecca, the Ensnarer
Torah Study Date Saturday, May 29, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 24:6-16 Next Session Saturday, June 19, 2021 Starting at Genesis 24:17 Last week, we discussed why Abraham did not want his servant to take Isaac back to where Abraham came from (Abraham was not sure Isaac would return? Abraham didn’t want Isaac to be […]
Abraham Plans a Wife for Isaac
Torah Study Date Saturday, May 15, 2021 Verses Covered Genesis 23:17-24:5 Next Session Saturday, May 29, 2021 Starting at Genesis 24:6 Last week, we discussed Abraham’s purchase of field, cave and tree being established as a purchase in the eyes of all the children of Heth (meaning that it was established widely and publicly as […]
Sarah’s Death and Burial
Torah Study Date Saturday, May 8, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 22:19-23:16 Next Session Saturday, May 15, 2021 Starting at Genesis 23:17 Last week we started a new parsha, Chayei Sarah (The Life of Sarah). First, we learned that Abraham and his servants went back to Beer-sheva and Abraham lived there, that Abraham’s brother Nahor’s […]
Abraham, Isaac and the Ram
Torah Study Date Saturday, May 1, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 22:9-18 Next Session Saturday, May 8, 2021 Starting at Genesis 22:19 Last week we continued discussing the Akedah with Abraham and Isaac reaching Mt. Moriah, the place of which God had told them, Abraham building an altar, laying out the wood, binding his son, […]