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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The Long Way to Canaan
Torah Study Date Saturday, October 21, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 13:17-14:5 Next Session Saturday, October 28, 2023 Starting at Exodus 14:6 Last week, we discussed God leading the Israelites to Canaan the long way—not by way of the Philistines but by way of the wilderness of the Sea of Reeds because the former was […]
Institutionalizing Practices of Judaism
Torah Study Date Saturday, October 7, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 13:3-13:16 Next Session Saturday, October 21, 2023 Starting at Exodus 13:17 We opened our session with verse 13:3 and immediately noticed an odd shift to the future. Moses was explaining why we celebrate the feast of Passover, when in fact in our narrative the […]
Native and Sojourner
Torah Study Date Saturday, September 30, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 12:34-13:2 Next Session Saturday, October 7, 2023 Starting at Exodus 13:3 Last week we discussed circumcision at length in response to the text saying that a circumcised slave could eat from the pesach offering—but no settled or hired laborer–and that any other male who […]
The First Israelite Practice
Torah Study Date Saturday, September 23, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 12:34-12:44 Next Session Saturday, September 30, 2023 Starting at Exodus 12:45 Last week, Rabbi Sara reminded us that the Pesach sacrifice and meal is the first actual practice the Israelites are given and that they don’t even have Shabbat yet. God, she continued, is […]