Are people in the Torah two-faced, inconsistent, or just completely messed up? Our forefathers and foremothers are virtuous and praiseworthy in one verse and doing something morally repugnant just a few chapters later?

Abraham argues with G-d to save Sodom and is perfectly happy to sacrifice his own son? Sarah welcomes all to her tent yet beats Hagar?  When we add in midrash, there are even more facets of each person's character to confuse the issue even more.

How do we make sense of these stories and more importantly, what do we take from them into our lives now? We will study together in hevruta (pairs) and small groups and try to resolve the problems in the text that we see.

No Hebrew or prior experience with Jewish text is needed. Sessions are not built on previous material studied, so you can come when you can!