We’re going to take a week off while the new Torah students learn about their studies. Maybe it’s better if they don’t know too many details. It’s a big commitment. I just went into blind...not thinking about a few hours of prep a week and the five-year commitment of lessons.
But when we return on October 8, we’ll start again with Gen. 1. I do know the name of the parasha since I remember the first word of the Bible. It’s one of the few lines of the Bible I’ve memorized in Hebrew.
Bereshit bara Elohim et hashamayim ve'et ha'arets (from http://bible.ort.org/books/torahd5.asp . What a nice web site!)
Everyone of those terms is loaded...
I love the verb bara. It can mean so many things...so much more than just to make. It speaks of creating, making things that weren’t there before. It’s a verb of great depth.
But we’re studying through 6:8. That’s a lot of reading!
This blog chronicles the questions, affirmations, and interesting happenings that arise from studying the Torah each week. I study with a group of very interesting folks at Mars Hill church in Grandville, MI. We read the materials from First Fruits of Zion (www.ffoz.org) and discuss together. This is my second year of exploring the Very Words of God in the Torah Cycle.
