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News stories about antisemitic incidents, or perhaps even incidents we ourselves have experienced, have many Jews on edge right now. Our Torah portion for today tells the story of one of our patriarchs similarly on edge.The text of this podcast
Water is life. This week, Rabbi Janet Roberts led us in an exploration of our patriarchs Abraham, and then Isaac, securing water rights in the arid desert. There are surprising similarities between the two stories, but some real differences. to
When there are gaps in the biblical tales our Rabbis created stories—or midrash—based on Bible passages that fill in the gaps. One place our ancient Rabbis did that was about the relationship between Abraham and his first-born son, Ishmael, aft
In her comments to our congregation, Rabbi Jaech stated that the terror Hamas unleashed in Israel on October 7 was evil, and that Hamas knew that innocent Palestinians would suffer. This week’s Torah portion, from the book of Genesis, contains
Today’s gut-wrenching news coming out of Israel, and also here at home, has been difficult for many of us. Rabbi Janet Roberts finds comfort in being part of a community and in studying our ancient text, so today she lead our group in a discuss
Did Noah bring one pair of all animals on earth, or seven pairs of some and one pair of others? Was Noah and his family on the ark for a year, or for 4 months? Did Noah send out a raven or a dove? Why did God promise never again to destroy all
This week's podcast and blog begins with quotes from Rabbi Jaech's Friday night sermon following the horrific attacks in Israel. Rabbi Jeach reminds us that we carry the breath and spark of divine in us, and we cannot let that spark be snuffed
But the writer of the Deuteronomy claims that “no one knows where [Moses's] grave is.” Our guest-leader today, Professor David Sperling, looked at the text of the Bible as well as text from the Mesha Stele—a 9th century BCE stone slab discover
References to Sukkot in the Bible date from before the 4th century BCE, and then Jews do not have references again in preserved writings until 500 years later—in the Mishnah in the 2nd century CE. The 1st century CE was a time of great unhappin
Our guest leader today, Rabbi Janet Roberts, asked us to think about two questions: 1) Where did the Torah come from? 2) Who was the Torah written for? In an ancient Talmudic midrash, Moses debates with the angels where the Torah should kept. M
Rabbi Jaech explained to us that there is a difference between liturgy and prayer: liturgy is meant to meet the needs of the community, while prayer is an outpouring of the heart that meets personal needs. This week we continued the Hannah stor
This week we took a closer look at the Hannah story. Our story tells us about Hannah's family, which consists of the husband Elkanah, his two wives Hannah and Peninnah, and the sons and daughters borne by Peninnah. Hannah bore no children. Th
Some might call Rosh Hashanah the birthday of the world, and a common phrase heard at this time is HaYom Harat Olam, which is frequently translated as “today the world is born.” But Rabbi Jaech told us that a better translation is “today the wo
I, Tara Keiter, guest led Torah Study today and presented a wonderful book by Professor Stephen Prothero. In it, he compares the 8 great religions of the world. I have summarized my presented summary, so this is just a taste of what you might f
When the Israelites were traveling through the wilderness, they were a cohesive group which was always close to God. In Deuteronomy, they are about to enter the larger territory of the Promised Land, and the people will spread out. This part of
This week's session offers an excerpt from Biblical Origins: The Political Intent of the Bible's Writers. We will learn background about our patriarch Abraham. The text of this podcast is available on our blog.If you like this podcast, you migh
This week's session offers an excerpt from Biblical Origins: The Political Intent of the Bible's Writers. We will learn that the Exodus tradition of the Bible provides us with a compelling narrative; arguably one of the most compelling narrativ
Rabbi Wendy Pein led us in an overview of the book of Deuteronomy which, she pointed out, almost all of our everyday religion comes from.The text of this podcast is available on our blog.If you like this podcast, you might enjoy the book Biblic
Guest-leader Rabbi Wendy Pein shared with us information about haftarah portions in general and detail about this week's haftarah portion, which comes from the book of Jeremiah.The text of this podcast is available on our blog.If you like this
Following our study of the Joseph and Solomon stories by Rabbi Jaech, this week we took a look at what scholars know about Jeroboam I, the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel. The information presented was excerpted from Biblical Origi
This week we conclude our deep dive into the Solomon narrative. The writers who preserved our ancient text knew that the time of Solomon was a golden age, and they knew it came to an end. In the form of a promise of retribution by God, and in t
King David is considered by many to be the greatest king in Jewish history; prominent Jewish leaders and intellectuals throughout history have claimed descent from his line. But, although he had time to build a palace for himself, David did not
This week, our Scholar-in-Residence, Professor David Sperling, led our group in a discussion of the Afterlife of King Solomon. The books of Proverbs, Qohelet, and the Song of Songs, are known as Wisdom Literature and are attributed to King Solo
When the loosely banded tribes of people who became the Israelites demanded that the prophet Samuel find them a king, Samuel warned that a king would force the people to work for him, and a king would impose taxes. As we continued our look at K
The focus of our session today is the attribute for which Solomon will most often be recalled: his wisdom. The narrative tells us that, in a dream, God asked Solomon what he wanted. Solomon could have requested riches, or a long life, or to ha
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