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.
Torah Study
10:00 am Saturdays via Zoom
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A Genealogy to Prove Moses and Aaron’s Legitimacy
Torah Study Date Saturday, April 22, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 6:14 – 6:25 Next Session Saturday, May 13, 2023 Starting at Exodus 6:26 Starting with Exodus 6:14 we noticed a break in the storyline to insert a long genealogy. While at first, this interruption seemed out of place, we realized that this was a […]
Moses’ Uncertainties and YHVH’s Redemption Plans
Torah Study Date Saturday, April 15, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 6:6-13 Next Session Saturday, April 22, 2023 Starting at Exodus 6:14 Last week we had a wide-ranging discussion of interpretive methodology. We discussed Exodus being the oldest book of the Torah and the idea that Exodus does not know Genesis but Genesis knows Exodus, […]
Moses Wants to Know Why YHVH Has Not Rescued the Israelites
Torah Study Date Saturday, April 8, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 5:19-6:5 Next Session Saturday, April 15, 2023 Starting at Exodus 6:6 Last week we continued discussing Pharaoh increasing the Israelites’ work. We discussed how the Israelite officers/overseers complain to Moses and Aaron about the Israelites having to make the same number of bricks each […]
Pharaoh Contests YHVH by Making the Israelites’ Labor Heavy
Torah Study Date Saturday, April 1, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 5:1-5:18 Next Session Saturday, April 8, 2023 Starting at Exodus 5:19 Last week we discussed M&A telling Pharaoh that YHVH, the God of Israel, said to let my people go that they may celebrate a festival for me in the wilderness: that M&A begin […]