Torah Study Date Saturday, January 29, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 33:10-34:2 Next Session Saturday, February 5, 2022 Starting at Genesis 34:3 Last week we discussed Jacob asking Esau to accept his gift and the fact that, more literally, he asked Esau to accept his blessing and we wondered about that blessing, what it was […]
Jacob and Esau Kiss
Torah Study Date Saturday, January 22, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 33:1-9 Next Session Saturday, January 29, 2022 Starting at Genesis 33:10 Last week we discussed Jacob seeing Esau coming with 400 men and then dividing the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maids. We wondered if that was tantamount to using them as […]
Struggling with God and People
Torah Study Date Saturday, January 15, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 32:22-32:33 Next Session Saturday, January 22, 2022 Starting at Genesis 33:1 Last week we discussed Jacob taking his maidservants, wives, and children and crossing the Jabbok ford and noted the text refers to eleven children when there actually were twelve (eleven sons and one […]
Jacob Faces Esau
Torah Study Date Saturday, January 8, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 32:2-21 Next Session Saturday, January 15, 2022 Starting at Genesis 32:22 We discussed Jacob going on his way, angels coming upon him and him seeing them and calling the place Mahanaim (a pair of camps), we discussed the dual (not singular or plural but […]