Congregation Beth Mordecai
Congregation Beth Mordecai
An inclusive congregation affiliated with the Conservative Movement.
Your Jewish Home for the Soul!
An inclusive congregation affiliated with the Conservative Movement.
Your Jewish Home for the Soul!
October 30, 2015 By bethmordecai no comments.
Beginning with Abraham, the Israelites are in constant search for home. Their existence is predicated upon the constant search for home and the reality of living in the diaspora or exile. Is it possible for the Israelites to truly ever reach home? Is it possible for us to ever find our true home? Or is life a constant search for it, with lots of stops along the way.
We'll look at this question through Abraham's search for home and in particular his sojourn in the land of the Philistines for "many days" (Genesis 21:34).
Join us for this fascinating class on finding home.
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Classes from other years:
2012/5773 -- Shirking Responsibility for Hurricane Sandy
2014/5775[...]
Category : home Online Learning Online Parashah Class Tag : Abraham Genesis 21:34 home online learning online parashah class torah portion vayeira vayera וירא
November 7, 2014 By bethmordecai no comments.
Parashat Vayera 2014/5775 (Triennial II) -- Raping Foreigners
In this week's Parashah, we read how the men of Sodom came to Lot's home to demand that he release the men staying in his home so "v'neid-ah otam, so that they can rape them (Genesis 19:5). This trope of raping foreigners is echoed later in the Bible in Judges 19:22. Why are the men in both of these stories doing this to the foreigners in their midst? What can these stories teach us about the power of rape and attitudes to foreigners? Do these stories have anything to teach us today?
Classes from other years:
Parshat Vayera[...]
Category : home Online Learning Online Parashah Class Tag : foreigners Genesis 19:5 home Judges 19:22 land online learning online parashah class power ramban rape sanhedrin sanhedrin 109a strangers talmud vayera weekly torah portion וירא
November 2, 2012 By bethmordecai no comments.
Parashat Vayera 2012/5773 (Triennial III) -- Shirking Responsibility for Hurricane Sandy? (Genesis 21:1-22:24) During this edition of Rabbi Saks' Online Parashah class, we discuss the similarities and differences between Hurricane Sandy and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Particularly interesting is how the story of Sodom and Gomorrah seems to indicate that humanity has a predilection for shirking our responsibilities for disasters and catastrophes that seem to be beyond our control. Classes from other years: 2014/5775 -- Raping Foreigners (Genesis 19:1-20:18)
Category : Learning Online Learning Online Parashah Class Tag : gomorrah hurricane sandy learning online learning online parashah class parsha responsibility sodom vayeira vayera