I am pleased to inform you that we will begin another year of Torah
Study together on Shabbat morning, September 7th at 9:15 a.m. in the Hartzmark Room at the Temple in Beachwood. This year our topic will be: Biblical Politics. It might be surprising to some that the Bible is concerned with political matters but the fact is that Scripture has a rich and nuanced view of issues such as: what does it mean to be a community? What are the proper goals of community? Who articulates these goals? Who leads the community and what are the uses and limits of power? What is the function and purpose of law? What makes certain wars legitimate? What is the relationship between the Jewish community and other communities? And how have post-biblical sages ... rabbis, philosophers, poets, statesmen ... drawn on biblical points of view to deal with issues of community organization, power and powerlessness throughout Jewish history? And what role has reflection on the Bible affected political thinking in early Zionism and Modern Israel?
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, and an attempt to summarize the Bible's wisdom about the human condition. Then we will launch into our topic and consider, first of all, the meaning of "politics" and the nature and concerns of political thinking.
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 discussion. And, if you know others who might find pleasure and
meaning in Torah Study, 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.
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September 07, 2013
September 21, 2013
September 28, 2013
October 05, 2013
Judge Friedman October 12, 2013
October 19, 2013
November 02, 2012
November 09, 2013
November 16, 2013
November 23, 2013
November 30, 2013
December 07, 2013
December 14, 2013
Winter Break.
January 04, 2014
January 11, 2014
Patti London January 18, 2014
January 25, 2014
February 01, 2014
February 08, 2014
February 15, 2014
February 22, 2014
March 01, 2014
March 08, 2014
March 15, 2014
March 22, 2014
March 29, 2014
April 05, 2014
April 12, 2014
April 19, 2014
April 26, 2014
May 03, 2014
May 10, 2014
May 17, 2014
May 24, 2014
May 31, 2014
June 07, 2014 Jim Mezzie
June 14, 2014
June 21, 2014
June 28, 2014
Friday, September 20, 2013
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Rabbi Klein's Torah Study 2012-2013
Dear Torah Study Participants,
I am pleased to inform you that we will begin another year of Torah Study together on Shabbat morning, September 8th at 9:15 a.m.in the Hartzmark Room at the Temple in Beachwood. This year our topic will be: Doubt, Fear and Hope: The Bible's Search for a Sturdy Faith. We will look carefully at a variety of biblical individuals and authors who struggle with the problems, the precariousness, and the tragedies of life ... all of which stand in the way of developing and sustaining faith and often lead to skepticism, cynicism and despair; and, conversely, we will explore the reasons that making faith worth struggling for as well as the rewards of achieving a sturdy, realistic and mature faith. We will look at several passages rom The Five Books of Moses as well as the struggles of Jeremiah and Job and the authors of several biblical Psalms and of the Book of Lamentations. And we will reach into the rabbinic and modern periods, as well, and see how this "faith adventure" is undertaken by the likes of Rabbi Akiva, Judah Halevi and Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik.
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, and an attempt to summarize the Bible's wisdom about the human condition. Then we will launch into our topic. 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 discussion. And, if you know others who might find pleasure and meaning in Torah Study, 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
Rabbi
To listen to a session, use the player on the left.
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September 08, 2011
September 15, 2012
September 22, 2012
September 29, 2012
October 06, 2012
October 13, 2012
October 20, 2012
October 27, 2012
November 03, 2012
November 10, 2012
November 17, 2012
November 24, 2012
December 01, 2012
December 08, 2012
December 15, 2012
Winter break. See you January 05, 2013
January 05, 2013
January 12, 2013
January 19, 2013
January 26, 2013
February 02, 2013
February 09, 2013
February 16, 2013
February 23, 2013
March 02, 2013
March 09, 2013
March 16, 2013
March 30, 2013
April 06, 2013
April 13, 2013
April 20, 2013
May 04, 2013
May 11, 2013
May 18, 2013
May 25, 2013
June 01, 2013
June 08, 2013
June 15, 2013
June 22, 2013
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Rabbi Klein's Torah Stuudy 2011 - 2012
SHABBAT MORNING TORAH STUDY - RABBI KLEIN
Family Dynamics in the Bible:
The Causes of Conflict, the Roots of Reconciliation
The Bible features an extraordinary variety of family relationships: husbands and wives, parents and children, brothers and sisters, grandparents and grandchildren. And these relationships, explored with realism and insight, are remarkably like our own. With often surgical precision, the Bible uncovers the nature and foundations of healthy relationships, the reasons that relationships go sour, and the ways in which families can heal themselves. Among the relationships we will consider are those between Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Abraham and Sarah and Isaac and Ishmael, Isaac and Rebekah and Jacob and Esau, Joseph and his brothers, Moses and Aaron and Miriam, Hannah and Elkanah, David and Bathsheba, and Ruth and Naomi. We will also think about the Bible’s idea of family as metaphor: The Jewish people as a sometimes cooperative, sometimes quarrelling family; and the audacious claim that all human beings are brothers and sisers and that we are all children of God.
We will begin on September 10 with an overview of biblical literature and biblical history and a summary of the Bible’s wisdom about the human condition. All are welcome… beginners and veterans alike!
To listen to a session, use the player on the left.
To Download a session, click on the link below.
September 10, 2011
September 17, 2011
September 24, 2011
October 01, 2011
October 15, 2011
October 22, 2011
October 29, 2011 (Technical difficulties with microphone for first 20 minutes (clicks and noise) and secondary recording for the last hour. Best we can do)
November 05, 2011
November 12, 2011
November 19, 2011
November 26, 2011
December 10, 2011
December 17, 2011
January 14, 2012
January 21, 2012
January 28, 2012
February 04, 2011
February 11, 2012
February 18, 2012
February 25, 2012
March 03, 2012
March 10, 2012
March 17, 2012
March 24, 2012
April 7, 2012 No Torah Study
April 14, 2012
April 21, 2012
April 28, 2012 Silver Scholar Dean Minow
May 05, 2012
May 12, 2012
May 19, 2012
May 26, 2012
June 02, 2012
June 09, 2012
June 16, 2012
June 23, 2012
June 30, 2012
See you next September
Family Dynamics in the Bible:
The Causes of Conflict, the Roots of Reconciliation
The Bible features an extraordinary variety of family relationships: husbands and wives, parents and children, brothers and sisters, grandparents and grandchildren. And these relationships, explored with realism and insight, are remarkably like our own. With often surgical precision, the Bible uncovers the nature and foundations of healthy relationships, the reasons that relationships go sour, and the ways in which families can heal themselves. Among the relationships we will consider are those between Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Abraham and Sarah and Isaac and Ishmael, Isaac and Rebekah and Jacob and Esau, Joseph and his brothers, Moses and Aaron and Miriam, Hannah and Elkanah, David and Bathsheba, and Ruth and Naomi. We will also think about the Bible’s idea of family as metaphor: The Jewish people as a sometimes cooperative, sometimes quarrelling family; and the audacious claim that all human beings are brothers and sisers and that we are all children of God.
We will begin on September 10 with an overview of biblical literature and biblical history and a summary of the Bible’s wisdom about the human condition. All are welcome… beginners and veterans alike!
To listen to a session, use the player on the left.
To Download a session, click on the link below.
September 10, 2011
September 17, 2011
September 24, 2011
October 01, 2011
October 15, 2011
October 22, 2011
October 29, 2011 (Technical difficulties with microphone for first 20 minutes (clicks and noise) and secondary recording for the last hour. Best we can do)
November 05, 2011
November 12, 2011
November 19, 2011
November 26, 2011
December 10, 2011
December 17, 2011
2012
January 07, 2012January 14, 2012
January 21, 2012
January 28, 2012
February 04, 2011
February 11, 2012
February 18, 2012
February 25, 2012
March 03, 2012
March 10, 2012
March 17, 2012
March 24, 2012
April 7, 2012 No Torah Study
April 14, 2012
April 21, 2012
April 28, 2012 Silver Scholar Dean Minow
May 05, 2012
May 12, 2012
May 19, 2012
May 26, 2012
June 02, 2012
June 09, 2012
June 16, 2012
June 23, 2012
June 30, 2012
Once again we come to the conclusion of a wonderful year of Torah Study. We will start again in the fall.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Rabbi Klein's Torah Study 2010-2011
It is the New Year 5771, and we are again starting Torah Study. Rabbi Klein's letter to participants explains the plan for the coming year, and is reprinted below.
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September 11, 2010
September 25, 2010
October 02, 2010 (only 1hr 12 min recorded)
October 16, 2010
October 23, 2010
October 30, 2010
November 06, 2010
November 13, 2010
November 20, 2010
November 27, 2010
December 04, 2010
December 11, 2010
December 18, 2010
January 22, 2011
January 29, 2011
February 05, 2011
February 12, 2011
February 19, 2011
February 26, 2011
March 05, 2011
March 12, 2011 (starts at 20 min)
March 19, 20011
March 26, 2011
April 02, 2011
April 09, 2011
April 16, 2011
May 07, 2011
May 14, 2011
May 21, 2011 (Fest Aviv)
May 28, 2011
June 04, 2011
June 11, 2011
June 18, 2011
June 25, 2006
Once again we have concluded a year of Torah Study. If you have missed any sessions, download them from the above list.
To see or listen to other web sites you may be interested in, follow the links below
We will resume Torah Study on the first Saturday after Labor Day, September 10, 2011
Have a great Summer.
"... This year we will focus on one of the most fascinating books in the entire Bible: The Book of Daniel. By scholarly consensus, Daniel was the last of the biblical books to be composed (during the period of the Maccabees) when the Jews came under massive assault and when the future looked perilous. In dealing with this crisis, the authors reached for new ideas and new insights. And so, aside from being a book filled with dramatic incidents and memorable characters … characters who remind us of earlier heroes like Joseph and Esther, Daniel introduces the first definitive expression of the notion of the Resurrection of the Body and pioneers a new understanding of how the world works … the worldview of the apocalypse. This extraordinary conception continues to find dramatic literary and real-life expression throughout history and down to our own day.
We will read The Book of Daniel carefully and then trace the development of the apocalyptic worldview in such post-biblical works like The First Book of Enoch, The Fourth Book of Ezra, the New Testament’s Book of Revelation, and others."
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September 11, 2010
September 25, 2010
October 02, 2010 (only 1hr 12 min recorded)
October 16, 2010
October 23, 2010
October 30, 2010
November 06, 2010
November 13, 2010
November 20, 2010
November 27, 2010
December 04, 2010
December 11, 2010
December 18, 2010
2011
January 08, 2011January 15, 2011 (starts at 10 minutes)
January 22, 2011
January 29, 2011
February 05, 2011
February 12, 2011
February 19, 2011
February 26, 2011
March 05, 2011
March 12, 2011 (starts at 20 min)
March 19, 20011
March 26, 2011
April 02, 2011
April 09, 2011
April 16, 2011
May 07, 2011
May 14, 2011
May 21, 2011 (Fest Aviv)
May 28, 2011
June 04, 2011
June 11, 2011
June 18, 2011
June 25, 2006
Once again we have concluded a year of Torah Study. If you have missed any sessions, download them from the above list.
To see or listen to other web sites you may be interested in, follow the links below
The Temple-Tifereth Israel Web Pages
We will resume Torah Study on the first Saturday after Labor Day, September 10, 2011
Have a great Summer.
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