Torah Study Date Saturday, July 8, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 9:29 – 9:35 Next Session Saturday, July 29, 2023 Starting at Exodus 10:1 Last week we discussed Moses telling Pharaoh that as Moses leaves the city, he will spread out his hands and the thunder and hail will stop so that you will know […]
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Hail
Torah Study Date Saturday, July 1, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 9:17-9:28 Next Session Saturday, July 8, 2023 Starting at Exodus 9:29 Last week we discussed the plague of hail. We noted YHVH telling Moses to tell Pharaoh that he continues to be an obstacle to YHVH’s people by not sending them off. We discussed […]
Livestock and Boils
Torah Study Date Saturday, June 24, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 9:5-9:16 Next Session Saturday, July 1, 2023 Starting at Exodus 9:17 Last week we began with Marilyn Wasserman telling us about the ancient Egyptian leaders’ central role in creating Ma’at (order or harmony) and dispelling Isfet (disorder or chaos). We discussed Pharoah, in our […]
Insects
Torah Study Date Saturday, June 17, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 8:16-9:4 Next Session Saturday, June 24, 2023 Starting at Exodus 9:5 Last week we discussed the plague of insects. We noted YHVH telling Moses to station himself, early in the morning, before Pharaoh as he is coming out of the water and tell him […]
Lice
Torah Study Date Saturday, June 10, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 8:1-8:15 Next Session Saturday, June 17, 2023 Starting at Exodus 8:16 Last week, we discussed the plague of frogs. First, we noted that YHVH speaks to Moses and tells him to speak to Aaron and tell him what to do (instead of YHVH just […]
Blood and Frogs
Torah Study Date Saturday, June 3, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 7:16-7:29 Next Session Saturday, June 10, 2023 Starting at Exodus 8:1 Last week we discussed why YHVH tells Moses to station himself by the Nile in the morning and R. Sara said it is because Ra is the Sun God and would be at […]
Rods and Dragons
Torah Study Date Saturday, May 27, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 7:5-7:14 Next Session Saturday, June 3, 2023 Starting at Exodus 6:15 Last week Rabbi Sara continued our master class this week on the topic of midrash. She explained that midrash is not a book (as the Talmud is a book) though it can be […]
Insulting Pharaoh
Torah Study Date Saturday, May 20, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 6:28 – 7:5 Next Session Saturday, May 27, 2023 Starting at Exodus 7:6 Last week, Rabbi Sara continued to give us a master class on interpretive methodology. Specifically, she pointed out that the genealogy by way of clan heads (Exodus 6:14-6:25) is book-ended by […]
Genealogy Master Class
Torah Study Date Saturday, May 13, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 6:26-6:27 Next Session Saturday, May 20, 2023 Starting at Exodus 6:28 Last week, Rabbi Sara showed us a chart she devised of the genealogy we have been looking at in Exodus and gave us a master class both on genealogy in the Torah and […]
A Genealogy to Prove Moses and Aaron’s Legitimacy
Torah Study Date Saturday, April 22, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 6:14 – 6:25 Next Session Saturday, May 13, 2023 Starting at Exodus 6:26 Starting with Exodus 6:14 we noticed a break in the storyline to insert a long genealogy. While at first, this interruption seemed out of place, we realized that this was a […]