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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Abraham, Sarah and the Visitors II
Torah Study Date Saturday, January 16, 2021 Verses Covered Genesis (Bereishit) 18:14-22 Next Session Saturday, January 23, 2021 Recently, we discussed the fact that Abraham lifted up his eyes (and then saw the visitors), the difference between looking and seeing, that what is indicated might be that Abraham had a vision as well as the […]
Abraham, Sarah and the Visitors I
Torah Study Date Saturday, January 9, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 18:6-13 Next Session Saturday, January 16, 2021 A topic we have discussed recently, in conjunction with Abraham laughing, was whether God laughs (infrequently, we think). Last week we discussed the three people who visited Abraham and a number of ways of interpreting the passages […]
YHVH Announces Isaac’s Birth, Abraham Laughs, the Men are Circumcised
Torah Study Date Saturday, January 2, 2021 Verses Covered Genesis (Bereishit) 18:1-5 Next Session Saturday, January 9, 2021 Last week, we reviewed some topics from the previous week and discussed that the Shadai in El Shadai also means breasts, that Abraham went through a complete transformation–of his name, to Abraham, of his body, with […]
Leaving the Ark
Torah Study Date Saturday, August 29, 2020 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 8:9-8:22 Next Session Saturday, September 5, 2020 Starting at Genesis 9:1 Last week, we discussed the dove’s foot and Noah’s hand, that it was an olive leaf in the dove’s mouth, why the leaf indicated the waters had receded, that the dove did not […]