Congregation Chevra Thilim

6 Mondays, 7pm - 8:30pm November 2 - Dec 7 Congregation Chevra Thilim, 751 - 25th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94121 LOCATION: Rabbi Zarchi's Zoom Room... MORE INFO www.sfshul.org [email protected] 415.752.2866 There is no fee for the class. if you would like to have the textbook, the book fee is: $29 Please rsvp (required) to [email protected] to let us know if you will be joining the class. Course Overview A lush garden...a snake...forbidden fruit...temptation...the sin of knowledge...shame...mortality... What is really going on? Revisit six seemingly absurd stories you likely remember from Hebrew school. Uncover their hidden themes and eye-opening insights into the mysteries of life. ~ What is the deeper meaning behind these stories? ~ How did they shape the Jewish worldview? ~ What wisdom do they hold for you today? Sign up for a thought-provoking experience, sure to deepen your understanding of Judaism and enrich your life!

Dear Friends This week's Torah portion begins with Gd's command to Abraham: "Go forth from your landto the land that I will show you." This is the first communication between Gd and Abraham, the first Jew, which is related in the Torah. With this instruction Gd also transmitted to Abraham an important foundation of Judaism, lesson number one which every Jew must study and implement. Gd instructed Abraham, and indeed every one of his Jewish descendants, to embark on a jou...rney. Interestingly, Gd did not inform Abraham of his final destination. He merely instructed Abraham to keep on traveling until he would receive an indication from Above that he had reached the "Promised Land" and his journey had ended. Having a defined goal is beneficial in other areas of life, but only serves as a handicap in a person's spiritual life-journey. It is certainly wise to carefully plan the next segment of the journey, but the destination itself must remain open-ended. Gd is infinite; the divine essence of every Jewish soul is infinite; so why place limitations on the heights one wishes to achieve? At the outset of his divinely ordained voyage, seventy-five year old Abraham had no clue what lay in store for him when he arrived at his eventual destination. He never dreamt of arriving in a land "flowing with milk and honey," a land which would be bequeathed to the descendants of a child who would be miraculously born to his barren wife Sarah. He had no idea that as a result of this journey his descendants would be chosen by Gd to be His ambassadors to this world, chosen to have the privilege of illuminating the globe with the light of Torah and mitzvot. "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree." We too have the ability to accomplish far more than we can imagine in our wildest dreams. But the first step is embarking on an open-ended journey. Shabbat Shalom, Rabbi Shlomo Zarchi

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