5782/2021-2022

A Potpourri of Inquiry Through the Lens of Amazing Jewish Sources

 

13 Sessions:
Tzelem Elokim/"Image of God"
Ramifications of being created in God's image
A God who falls in love: boundaries and borders of chosenness
The alternative origins and parallels of Chanukah
Hagar and her God: the fallout of exclusion
The curious sin(s) of Tzelafchad (whose daughters were the first feminists)
Interesting parallels of Esther and Joseph stories
Is inebriation really recommended on Purim
Ever present and ever expanding Torah
Was there a "Torah" before the Torah? (trilolgy)
Pre-Sinai (continued)
Possible reasons why a proto Torah
Reflections on the need to guard our tongue (lashon harah)

Thursday evenings, from 7:00 – 8:15 pm

Dates: October 14, 21; November 11; December 2, 16; January 6, 20; March 3, 24, 31; April 28; May 12, 26. (Alternative date if needed: June 16)

 

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