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Torah study | Vayera
November 16 @ 9:30 am - 12:30 pm PST
Shabbat Services and & Torah Study: Vayera
Saturday, Nov. 16th
Emeryville, CA & online
9:30 am Shabbat service // 10:30 am Torah study
{You can watch Rabbi Cat’s Shabbat invite here and watch Rabbi Cat speak at a protest outside Senator Padilla’s office on Veterans Day here.}
You can join us either in person or on Zoom for Shabbat services and/or Torah study. If you are in the Bay Area, we’d love to have you join us in person. After Torah study, we enjoy a vegetarian potluck meal together and have an opportunity to deepen our connection with one another. If you are able, please bring a vegetarian dish to share with others. For those joining us online, we invite you to also bring food to eat after the service. We will keep the room open so folks can connect with each other after the service.
A peek into Torah study with us and the parsha this week
Parsha Vayera is filled with some great and classic biblical teachings. In this parsha, Abraham welcomes guests into his home. Sarah learns she’s going to have a child and laughs; how can a woman her age possibly have a child? God warns Abraham of his intention to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah and Abraham protests, trying to convince God not to kill all the people, and more!
We will dive into various themes, including whether Judaism imposes an obligation to protest when one knows that someone is going to commit sin.
We hope you will join us to be together in community as we continue to hold our individual and collective brokenness and sorrow.
To obtain the Zoom link to join us online or the address where we meet in-person (centrally located in Emeryville, only a short walk from the MacArthur Bart Station), please register here.
Registration is FREE for both Zoom and in-person participation.
We’d love to have you join us!
9:30 am Pacific Time (12:30 pm Eastern Time)
Shabbat morning prayers and celebration of the universe
10:30 am Pacific Time (1:30 pm Eastern Time)
Torah Study
12:15 pm Pacific Time (3:15 pm Eastern Time)
Kaddish, Kiddush, and vegetarian potluck for those able to join us in person!
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