In the first half of this Sukkot teaching, we walk through the basic commandments and some of the beautiful traditions, and in the second half, the main topic is how Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot form a 3-part seed – spirit, soul, and body – for the coming journey through the winter. Sukkot 2023: […]
David focuses the “Re’eh” teaching on how the portions and the calendar lead us to seeing the “two paths” that are constantly before us. Other topics include what we can learn from Moses’ ordering of the Torah commandments and insights on tzedakah. Re’eh 2023: Vimeo | YouTube To download resources, right-click the PDF file and save. Parsha […]
Does the Torah contain comedy? In this week’s teaching, we explore the comedy in parsha Balak. Before we get there, we make some discoveries in parsha Chukat, a portion filled with enigmas and paradoxes. David explores how Chukat speaks about the “mystery of life and death.” We also find here a fascinating link between Miriam […]
In this year’s Passover teaching, David strings together many of the most important themes of the Passover season before adding a new perspective. Passover 2023 (David): Vimeo | YouTube To download resources, right-click the PDF file and save. Parsha Outline: Spiritual Seasons-Passover-2023-Outline.pdf Discussion Guide: Passover 2023-Discussion Guide.pdf
We begin chapters 3-4 of 1Corinthians by revisiting body-soul-spirit in light of the shaking our world is currently experiencing. Moving on, we build upon Paul’s two analogies for the redeemed community (the field and the building) to point out that we are all sowing and building in others for good or evil. Next, 1Cor 3:13 […]
We begin this teaching by looking at the word “to wrangle,” from verse 14 where we are urged to not do combat over “words.” One main topic for the teaching is the question, “How do we correctly cut the Word of truth?” A second main topic concerns Paul’s description of vessels for differing uses, which […]
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Morning Study: 11:00 am
Afternoon Oneg: 12:00 pm
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