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:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86520464592?pwd=WndnMVFnWVZWUkc3SnV3cFU5cHgvZz09 - Join by Phone:
+1 669 900 9128 US - From the Zoom App:
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Esau Wants a Blessing, Too
Torah Study Date Saturday, October 9, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 27:26-46 Next Session Saturday, October 16, 2021 Starting at Genesis 28:1 Last week we discussed Isaac continuing to try to figure out whether the one before him is Esau or not by asking him to come close and kiss Isaac, Isaac finding his smell […]
Does Isaac Recognize Jacob? Is Lying Ever OK?
Torah Study Date Saturday, October 2, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 27:18-25 Next Session Saturday, October 9, 2021 Starting at Genesis 27:26 Last week we discussed whether Isaac really did not recognize Jacob. Some of the reasons we gave for thinking he did recognize him were that a father would distinguish the voice of one […]
Isaac Blessing His Son
Torah Study Date Saturday, September 25, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 26:18 – 27:17 Next Session Saturday, October 2, 2021 Starting at Genesis 27:18 Last week we discussed Esau marrying two Hittite women, Judith and Basemath, and the general issue of marrying outside one’s group or religion, then and now, as well as the idea […]
Isaac Digs Up Abraham’s Wells
Torah Study Date Saturday, September 4, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 26:18-34 Next Session Saturday, September 25, 2021 Starting at Genesis 26:35 I wasn’t present at our last Torah Study but three angels—some interpreters say it was four angels–came to me and told me we discussed Isaac re-digging the wells that had been dug during […]