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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Raiders, Bread, a Hind and a Bough or Wild Ass: Jacob Describes Gad, Asher, Naphtali and Joseph
Torah Study Date Saturday, December 10, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 49:19-26 Next Session Saturday, December 17, 2022 Starting at Genesis 49:27 Last week we discussed Jacob’s descriptions of Gad, Asher, Naphtali, and Joseph. We noted the stylistic element of alliteration (repetition of a sound) in the description of Gad (gad yegud yegudenu v’hu yagud […]
Dan Judges and Issachar Creates a Land of Rest and Peace
Torah Study Date Saturday, December 3, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 49:14-18 Next Session Saturday, February 10, 2022 Starting at Genesis 49:19 Last week we discussed Jacob’s poetic predictions about Issachar and Dan. We were impressed by the description of Issachar as a strong ass who, laying down among the hearths, saw that peace was […]
Jacob Discusses Judah and Zebulon
Torah Study Date Saturday, November 26, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 49:8-13 Next Session Saturday, December 3, 2022 Starting at Genesis 49:14 Last week we discussed the a b a chiasmus of the parallels a-your brothers/a’-your father’s sons, a-will praise/a’-will bow down to with b-your hand/will be on the nape of your foes in the […]
Jacob Foretells the Future: Reuben, Simeon, Levi
Torah Study Date Saturday, November 19, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) Genesis 49:2-7 Next Session Saturday, November 26, 2022 Starting at Genesis 49:8 Last week we discussed R. Sara’s question about whether Genesis 49:2 is part of the poem or not and concluded that it is since it displays parallelism of meaning (assemble and listen/listen, […]