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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Joseph Interprets Pharaoh’s Dreams
Torah Study Date Saturday, May 28, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 40:20-41:13 Next Session Saturday, June 4, 2022 Starting at Genesis 41:14 Last week we discussed that Joseph presumably knew that Pharaoh’s birthday was in three days when he gave his interpretation of the three’s in the chief drink-steward and chief baker’s dreams, that Pharaoh […]
Joseph Interprets Prisoners’ Dreams
Torah Study Date Saturday, May 21, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 40:6-19 Next Session Saturday, May 27, 2022 Starting at Genesis 40:20 Last week, we discussed Joseph seeing that the drink-steward and baker were upset and the range of meanings for tzoafim (upset, distraught, sad, dispirited, sullen, angry, enraged) and Joseph asking them why they […]
Joseph Goes to Prison
Torah Study Date Saturday, May 14, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 39:19-40:5 Next Session Saturday, May 21, 2022 Starting at Genesis 36:6 Last week we discussed Joseph’s lord getting angry when his wife said Joseph had assaulted her but that the text does not say at whom or what the anger was directed (was he […]
Joseph: Hesitation and Resistance
Torah Study Date Saturday, May 7, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 39:7-39:18 Next Session Saturday, May 14, 2022 Starting at Genesis 39:19 Last week we discussed Potiphar’s wife telling Joseph to lie with her, that the text describes her as his (Joseph’s) master’s wife perhaps indicating the power relation that would make it inadvisable for […]