Dear Torah Study Participants,
I am pleased to inform you that we will begin
another year of Torah Study together on Shabbat morning, September 6th at 9:15
a.m. in the Hartzmark Room at the Temple in Beachwood. This year our topic will be: The Torah:
Judaism's Master Story. And we will
consider this topic at length throughout the year by examining the Torah
Portion (the Parsha) of the week, week by week.
For several years now the Shabbat Morning Torah
Study Group has devoted its attention to a variety of biblical topics including
The Search for a Sturdy Faith, The Family, and Biblical Politics. This year we return to the Five Books of
Moses, Judaism's central book, and follow the calendar of synagogue readings.
The Torah begins at the beginning ... the
creation of the world ... and takes its story up to the moment when the Israelites are poised to
enter the Promised Land, the Land of Israel.
They are about to do so without the preeminent leader, Moses, who is
consigned to die before the people cross the Jordan River. In between the beginning and the end, the
Torah creates a vast panorama of remarkable individuals, dramatic incidents,
and fundamental and consequential ideas: Covenant, Faith, Ethics and Law, The
Ups and Downs of History, Hope, Community, Ritual, Service ... and many more.
As always, we will devote our first session to an
overview of biblical literature and biblical history, a consideration of some
of the themes, structure, and literary contents of the Hebrew Scriptures, the
place of the Bible in the history of Judaism, the division of the Torah into
weekly portions, and the Bible's essential wisdom about the human
condition. And since the new cycle of
readings does not begin until October 24th (the high holidays are late this
year!), this will give us a chance to spend more time on the great stories in
the Book of Genesis.
I am very much looking forward to another year of
exciting study and lively conversation.
I hope that you will be a regular participant in our discussions.
And, if you know others who might find pleasure
and meaning in Torah Study with old and new friends, please do invite them to
join us.
I want to take this opportunity to wish you and
your loved ones a healthy, happy and fulfilling New Year.
Sincerely yours,
Roger C. Klein
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