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SUMMARY:Kiddush & Learn Series: What the Bible is Not Confused About
DESCRIPTION:About Aaron Asher\n\nAaron Asher is a longtime member of Tem
 ple Beth Am and has taught in a variety of settings within the community. 
 His past sessions have included workshops on traditional practices such as
  making soft matzah\, explorations of embodied prayer including prostratio
 n\, and serving as Torah coordinator for one of the synagogue’s minyanim
 .\n\nA dedicated student of Torah\, Aaron approaches the text with intel
 lectual rigor and deep respect for its internal coherence. His teaching re
 flects a sustained engagement with close reading and narrative structure\,
  inviting participants to encounter familiar passages with renewed serious
 ness and clarity.\n\nWhat the Bible Is Not Confused About is a  learning
  series built on a simple but demanding premise: when the Torah appears un
 clear\, inconsistent\, or morally difficult\, the difficulty may not lie i
 n confusion within the text\, but in the assumptions we bring to it.\n\nEa
 ch session approaches the Torah on its own terms\, paying close attention 
 to structure\, sequence\, language\, and narrative cues. Rather than corre
 cting the text or smoothing over tensions\, we ask: What questions does t
 he Torah want us to ask? What kind of world is it building?\n\nBy reading 
 carefully and patiently\, we begin to see that many of the Bible’s most 
 debated passages are not accidents or contradictions\, but deliberate feat
 ures of a deeply coherent vision\n\n\nApril 18: What the Bible is Not Conf
 used About: Universal Responsibility and the First Covenant\n\nIn this ses
 sion of What the Bible Is Not Confused About\, we continue reading Genesi
 s using the method introduced in our opening class. If creation establishe
 s a world\, what unfolds once human beings begin to live within it?\n\nTog
 ether we will look for the narrative cohesion that carries us from the Gar
 den of Eden through the first act of bloodshed and ultimately to the flood
  and the Torah’s first covenant. Rather than treating these episodes as 
 isolated stories\, we will examine how the text develops its themes with i
 ntention—how knowledge\, violence\, and responsibility unfold in sequenc
 e\n\n\n&nbsp\;
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