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The First Israelite Practice

September 23, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Aaron, Birds' Head Haggadah, Moses, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, September 23, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 12:34-12:44 Next Session Saturday, September 30, 2023 Starting at Exodus 12:45 Last week, Rabbi Sara reminded us that the Pesach sacrifice and meal is the first actual practice the Israelites are given and that they don’t even have Shabbat yet. God, she continued, is […]

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Lamb or Goat Dinner

August 19, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Aaron, Moses, Warsaw Picture Bible, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, August 19, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 11:9-12:9 Next Session Saturday, August 26, 2023 Starting at Exodus 12:10 Last week we discussed the conclusion of the ninth plague and then discussed the new required ritual meal. Regarding the conclusion, YHVH reiterates that Pharaoh will not listen to Moses so that YHVH’s […]

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Locusts

July 29, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Aaron, Elisheva Nesis, Moses, Pharaoh, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, July 29, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 10:1-10:8 Next Session Saturday, August 5, 2023 Starting at Exodus 10:9 Last week, we discussed YHVH telling Moses to go to Pharaoh. We discussed YHVH stating his purpose in making Pharaoh’s heart heavy, namely, to display YHVH’s signs among Pharaoh and his servants (he […]

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Hail

July 1, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Aaron, Brother Haggadah, Moses, Pharaoh, YHVH

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 […]

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Lice

June 10, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Aaron, Jacob Steinhardt, Joseph, Moses, Pharaoh

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 […]

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Blood and Frogs

June 3, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Aaron, Moses, Pharaoh, Ra, Shlomo Katz, YHVH

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 […]

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Rods and Dragons

May 27, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Aaron, Joel Silverstein, Moses, Pharaoh

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 […]

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Insulting Pharaoh

May 20, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Aaron, Avner Moriah, Moses, Pharaoh, Ra, YHVH

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 […]

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Genealogy Master Class

May 15, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Aaron, David H. Aaron, Elisheva Nesis, Jacob, Moses

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 […]

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Moses’ Uncertainties and YHVH’s Redemption Plans

April 15, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Aaron, Abraham, Hispano-Moresque Haggadah, Moses, Pharaoh, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, April 15, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 6:6-13 Next Session Saturday, April 22, 2023 Starting at Exodus 6:14 Last week we had a wide-ranging discussion of interpretive methodology. We discussed Exodus being the oldest book of the Torah and the idea that Exodus does not know Genesis but Genesis knows Exodus, […]

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