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
To join our weekly Torah Study via Zoom, choose the option that works best for you below. The meeting ID is 865 2046 4592 for each option. A password is required to join the study session. Please contact the Temple office to receive the password between 9 am and 3 pm, Monday through Friday, at 775-747-5508 or email admin@sinaireno.org during the week.
- From a Computer:
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Sitting on the Gods
Torah Study Date Saturday, December 18, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 31:30 – 32:1 Next Session Saturday, January 8, 2022 Starting at Genesis 32:2 Starting with Genesis 31-29 –Laban says to Jacob, “I have the power to harm you, but the God of your father told me not to do you any harm.” We noted […]
Leaving Lavan
Torah Study Date Saturday, December 11, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 31:4 – 31:29 Next Session Saturday, December 18, 2021 Starting at Genesis 31:30 Last week, we discussed Jacob calling Rachel and Leah to the field and telling them that, seeing their father, Lavan’s face, and that he was not like he had been before, […]
Jacob’s Payback Scheme
Torah Study Date Saturday, December 4, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 30:33-31:3 Next Session Saturday, December 11, 2021 Starting at Genesis 31:4 Last week we continued to discuss Jacob’s scheme for ensuring that he gets the pay he deserves from Laban, the speckled-and-spotted-goat/brown-lamb scheme, in which he would only keep the latter from among the […]
Children Born and a Wage Strategized
Torah Study Date Saturday, November 20, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 30:17-30:32 Next Session Saturday, December 4, 2021 Starting at Genesis 30:33 Last session we discussed God hearing Leah, Leah conceiving, bearing and naming fifth and sixth sons, Issachar because God rewarded Leah and Zebulun because God gave her a choice gift and her husband […]