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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The Brothers Go to Egypt
Torah Study Date Saturday, June 25, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 41:57-42:17 Next Session Saturday, July 2, 2022 Starting at Genesis 42:18 Last week we discussed all the earth coming to buy from Joseph since the famine was strong in all the earth (and that “all the earth” probably meant the whole Fertile Crescent). Then […]
Joseph Stores the Grain
Torah Study Date Saturday, June 18, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 41:46-56 Next Session Saturday, July 2, 2022 Starting at Genesis 41:57 Last week, we discussed Joseph, during the abundant years, putting in each city the grain of the fields around it and noted that he did not store it all with the Pharaoh, showing […]
Joseph’s Change of Status
Torah Study Date Saturday, June 11, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 41:36-45 Next Session Saturday, June 18, 2022 Starting at Genesis 41:46 Last week, we discussed previous famines in Genesis, the famine that led Abram and Sarai to go to Egypt (Genesis 12:10) and the famine that led Isaac to go to the Philistine city […]
Joseph Interprets Pharaoh’s Dreams 2
Torah Study Date Saturday, June 4, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 41:14-35 Next Session Saturday, June 11, 2022 Starting at Genesis 41:36 Last week we discussed Joseph being rushed from the pit to interpret Pharaoh’s dream. We noted that Joseph shaved and changed his clothes, that that was a sign of his change in status […]