Week 11 · Torah, People, and Hebrew
Revelation, Evil, and the Authority of Torah
Questions 141–168
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Objectives
Explain this week’s central concepts accurately, respectfully, and in clear language.
Answer Questions 141–168 in complete sentences and correct them after discussion.
Connect belief and law to observable practice in home, synagogue, and community.
Core content
Revelation; suffering and moral evil; prophecy versus innovation; Torah, history, and nature.
Required reading
Hayim Halevy Donin, To Be a Jew; Aryeh Kaplan, Handbook of Jewish Thought; Chumash with Rashi; the community’s siddur.
Practical observance
Write a one-page response: how can free will coexist with Divine knowledge?
Hebrew strand
Practice 10–15 minutes daily: letters, vowels, and ten recurring siddur words. Record one passage that became easier this week.
Homework and reflection
Complete written responses for 141–168; mark every answer that depends on local custom or rabbinic ruling.
Write 150–250 words: “How should this week’s learning change the way I live?”
Record attendance, practice completed, uncertainties, and one question for the sponsoring rabbi.
Rabbinic checkpoint
Handle theological difficulty honestly while retaining the authority of Torah and halakhah.