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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260328T123000
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URL:https://www.tbala.org/events/kiddush-learn-series-what-the-bible-is-no
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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\nOn March 28th\, join us for “What the 
 Bible Is Not Confused About: Creation &amp\; Worldbuilding.”\nCreation &
 amp\; WorldbuildingIn this opening session of What the Bible Is Not Confu
 sed About\, we turn to the first chapters of Genesis. Not simply to ask ho
 w the world began\, but to ask how the Torah builds a world.\n\nRather tha
 n approaching creation as a collection of theological claims\, we will pay
  attention to the text’s own framing decisions: how it orders events\, h
 ow it introduces realities\, how it signals what belongs inside its world 
 and what does not. The opening chapters move with intention\, and those mo
 vements teach us how the Torah expects to be read.\n\nAs we read closely t
 ogether\, participants will begin to practice the core method of this seri
 es: letting the text define its own assumptions\, signals\, and boundaries
 . When we do\, familiar passages often appear less chaotic and more delibe
 rate than we first imagined.\n\n\n&nbsp\;
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