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YHVH Announces Isaac’s Birth, Abraham Laughs, the Men are Circumcised

January 2, 2021 Deborah Achtenberg 2021 Torah Study Abraham, anashim, Hagar, Isaac, Ishmael, Keturah, Midian, Miduh, Sarah, Shuach, Yakshon, Yishbak, Zimron

  Torah Study Date Saturday, January 2, 2021 Verses Covered Genesis (Bereishit) 18:1-5 Next Session Saturday, January 9, 2021 Last week, we reviewed some topics from the previous week and discussed that the Shadai in El Shadai also means breasts, that Abraham went through a complete transformation–of his name, to Abraham, of his body, with […]

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Leaving the Ark

August 29, 2020 Deborah Achtenberg 2020 Torah Study Noah, Siona Benjamin, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, August 29, 2020 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 8:9-8:22 Next Session Saturday, September 5, 2020 Starting at Genesis 9:1 Last week, we discussed the dove’s foot and Noah’s hand, that it was an olive leaf in the dove’s mouth, why the leaf indicated the waters had receded, that the dove did not […]

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The Waters Recede

August 21, 2020 Deborah Achtenberg 2020 Torah Study Huqoq Mosaic, Noah, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, August 21, 2020 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 7:16-8:8 Next Session Saturday, August 29, 2020 Starting at Genesis 8:9 Last week we discussed what it means that God remembered Noah, God as relatable, the emphasis on the waters receding, that the ark came to a stop on Mt. Ararat before the waters […]

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The Flood

August 7, 2020 Deborah Achtenberg 2020 Torah Study Jacob Steinhardt, Tiamat, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, August 7, 2020 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 6:12 -7:15 Next Session Saturday, August 14, 2020 Starting at Genesis 7:16 Last week we discussed Jacob’s sons speaking with guile when they answer Shechem and Hamor, and noted the term for guile, mirmah, was applied previously to Jacob when he took Esau’s birthright […]

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Violence and Protection in the Noah Story

July 4, 2020 Deborah Achtenberg 2020 Torah Study Moses, Nathan Hilu, Noah

Torah Study Date Saturday, July 4, 2020 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) Next Session Saturday, July a24, 2020 Starting at Genesis 6:11 We’re now in our second parsha, Parsha Noach! I think we’re benefiting a lot from our close, word-for-word reading of the text of the Torah–not to mention having the presence in our group of […]

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God Creates Eve

April 18, 2020 Deborah Achtenberg 2020 Torah Study Adam, Eve, Siona Benjamin, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, April 18, 2020 Verses Covered Genesis (B’reishit) 2:16-2:24 Next Session Saturday, April 25, 2020 Starting at Genesis 2:25 Last week, we discussed God making trees grow, the trees being pleasing and good to eat, what ‘knowledge of good and bad’ means, what ‘good’ means and whether it is hard or easy […]

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Two Trees in the Garden

April 11, 2020 Deborah Achtenberg 2020 Torah Study Adam, Eve, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, April 11, 2020 Verses Covered Genesis (B’reishit) 2:9- 2:15 Next Session Saturday, April 18, 2020 Starting at Genesis 2:16 Last week, we discussed God making trees grow, the trees being pleasing and good to eat, what ‘knowledge of good and bad’ means, what ‘good’ means and whether it is hard or […]

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From the Dust of the Earth: Adam

April 4, 2020 Deborah Achtenberg 2020 Torah Study Adam, Ben-Zion Weinman, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, April 4, 2020 Verses Covered Genesis (B’reishit) 2:4-2:8 Next Session Saturday, April 11, 2020 Starting at Genesis 2:9 Last week, we discussed toledot, God causing rain to fall for adam, God blowing into adam the neshamah (breath) of life making adam a living nefesh (being), and God planting a garden for […]

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