Torah Study Date Saturday, December 3, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 49:14-18 Next Session Saturday, February 10, 2022 Starting at Genesis 49:19 Last week we discussed Jacob’s poetic predictions about Issachar and Dan. We were impressed by the description of Issachar as a strong ass who, laying down among the hearths, saw that peace was […]
Jacob Discusses Judah and Zebulon
Deborah Achtenberg 2022 Torah Study Augsburg Women's Synagogue, Benjamin, Dan, Gad, Jacob, Judah, Levi, Reuben, Simeon, Tamar, Zebulon
Torah Study Date Saturday, November 26, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 49:8-13 Next Session Saturday, December 3, 2022 Starting at Genesis 49:14 Last week we discussed the a b a chiasmus of the parallels a-your brothers/a’-your father’s sons, a-will praise/a’-will bow down to with b-your hand/will be on the nape of your foes in the […]
Jacob and Joseph Reunite
Deborah Achtenberg 2022 Torah Study Asenath, Asher, Benjamin, Bilhah, Dan, Dinah, Ephraim, Gad, Issachar, Jacob, Joseph, Judah, Leah, Levi, Marc Chagall, Menassah, Naphthali, Pharaoh, Reuben, Simeon, Zebulon, Zilpah
Torah Study Date Saturday, September 10, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 46:8-47:1 Next Session Saturday, October 1, 2022 Starting at Genesis 47:2 Last week we discussed the list of names of the Israelites who went to Egypt with Jacob: the sons of Jacob and Leah: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulon as well as […]
Leah and Rachel Make a Deal
Deborah Achtenberg 2021 Torah Study Asher, Bilhah, Dan, Gad, Jacob, Judah, Leah, Levi, Miriam Mehadipur, Naphtali, Rachel, YHVH, Zilpah
Torah Study Date Saturday, Novemberr 13, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 29:34-30:16 Next Session Saturday, November 20, 2021 Starting at Genesis 30:17 Last week we discussed Leah having a third and fourth son and that her hopes seem to be declining, that she names the third Levi because now Jacob will become attached to her […]