Torah Study Date Saturday, March 13, 2021 Torah Study Date Saturday, April 3, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 21:7-13 Next Session Saturday, March 20, 2021 Last week we discussed Isaac growing and being weaned and Abraham making a big feast for him on the day of his weaning, that it might have been traditional in […]
Isaac’s Birth
Torah Study Date Saturday, March 6, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 20:14-21:6 Next Session Saturday, March 13, 2021 Last week we finished the story of the encounter between Abraham and Abimelech and began the account of the birth of Isaac. We discussed the gifts that Abimelech gave to Abraham and why he gave them, presumably […]
Abraham, Sarah and Abimelek
Torah Study Date Saturday, February 27, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 19:35 – 20:13 Next Session Saturday, March 6, 2021 Last week, we finished discussing the intercourse between Lot’s daughters and Lot and began discussing Abraham and Sarah’s encounter with Abimelek, king of Gerar. We discussed the daughters getting Lot drunk on wine for a […]
Fleeing Sodom: Looking Back and Looking Forward
Torah Study Date Saturday, February 20, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 19:18-33 Next Session Saturday, February 27, 2021 Recently we discussed the rare shalshelet trope mark found at Genesis 19:16 over the word translated as “and he delayed.” The trope indicates psychological or moral hesitancy to act. Last week we finished discussing the flight out […]
Leaving Sodom: The Difficulty of Facing Up to Evil
Torah Study Date Saturday, February 13, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 19:10-18 Next Session Saturday, February 20, 2021 We are in the middle of the story of Sodom and Gomorrah and moving into the story of Lot’s daughters. Last week we continued discussing Lot’s family and the two who are variously described as anashim (people […]
Lot Faces the People of Sodom
Torah Study Date Saturday, February 6, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 19:1-9 Next Session Saturday, February 13, 2021 Last week we discussed whether the two malachim who came to Sodom were messengers or angels, that the gate at which Lot sat was large and had rooms, and that some commentators make a sharp contrast between […]
Judging Justly: Abraham Argues with God
Torah Study Date Saturday, January 30, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 18:25-33 Next Session Saturday, February 6, 2021 We’re beginning Genesis, chapter 19, this week–the story of another group of anashim, this time the ones who come to the house of Abraham’s nephew, Lot, in Sodom. Last week, we discussed Abraham continuing, by specifying numbers, […]
Sarah Laughs and God Makes Plans
Torah Study Date Saturday, January 23, 2021 Verses Covered Genesis (Bereishit) 18:14-23 Next Session Saturday, January 30, 2021 Last week we discussed that YHVH told Abraham that Sarah would have a child, that Sarah lied (if ‘lied’ is really the best translation) and told YHVH that she did not laugh, that it in fact might […]
Abraham, Sarah and the Visitors II
Torah Study Date Saturday, January 16, 2021 Verses Covered Genesis (Bereishit) 18:14-22 Next Session Saturday, January 23, 2021 Recently, we discussed the fact that Abraham lifted up his eyes (and then saw the visitors), the difference between looking and seeing, that what is indicated might be that Abraham had a vision as well as the […]
Abraham, Sarah and the Visitors I
Torah Study Date Saturday, January 9, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 18:6-13 Next Session Saturday, January 16, 2021 A topic we have discussed recently, in conjunction with Abraham laughing, was whether God laughs (infrequently, we think). Last week we discussed the three people who visited Abraham and a number of ways of interpreting the passages […]