Men of Torah

In Ryan's first (I think) time up to lead the class, he reviewed the concerns with electricity. Is it fire? Did we finish the work? The men got pretty worked up about timers, pilot lights, gas logs, cheating and of course, dimmer switches!

Greg takes us through the definitions regarding domains and transferring, then brings it home with an excellent review and practical examples. I learned a lot!

Jonathan gave us an excellent understanding of how to select (good from bad, not bad from good) along with the concept of finishing a work.

A small mixup allowed us to get two men's perspectives to the weaving, sewing and spinning melachot. No looms on Shabbat!

Judaism used to proselytize or evangelize a great deal. The Temple courts reflect that there were 8 million Righteous Gentiles worshipping the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the days of the Master. What happened?

When it comes to protecting the weak, caring for widows and orphans, these are the hallmarks of our faith. But where do we draw the line?

Taylor filled in a gap in our 39 Melachot class by discussing the liturgy options each man is implementing in his home on Erev Shabbat. There is unity and diversity with some amazingly wonderful traditions and minhag being established at Bella Torah!

Johnnie smoothed everything over with this latest iteration of the 39 Melachot.

I was invited to speak at a local businessmen's Bible Study. I thought they were all practicing Catholics, but it turned out that two-thirds were former Catholics. This talk presented Judaism, Messianic Judiasm and a full two hour question and answer period.

Brock tied it all up nicely (in a craftsman's knot) to give us the straight skinny on tying our shoes and neckties, untying and then dyeing. The dyeing halachah led to a strong need for a "smoothing" class! He even tied it all together with a rhyming poem at the end. Very nice.