Torah Study Date Saturday, March 18, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 4:10-19 Next Session Saturday, March 25, 2023 Starting at Exodus 4:20 Last week, we had an extensive discussion of Moses’ attempts to avoid God’s selection of him as an emissary to Egypt. We began by discussing Moses’ description of himself as heavy-mouthed and heavy-tongued. […]
Guile and Slaughter
Torah Study Date Saturday, February 12, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 34:12-34:31 Next Session Saturday, February 19, 2022 Starting at Genesis 35:1 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 and […]
Isaac Blessing His Son
Torah Study Date Saturday, September 25, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 26:18 – 27:17 Next Session Saturday, October 2, 2021 Starting at Genesis 27:18 Last week we discussed Esau marrying two Hittite women, Judith and Basemath, and the general issue of marrying outside one’s group or religion, then and now, as well as the idea […]
Rebecca, the Strong
Torah Study Date Saturday, June 19, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 24:17-32 Next Session Saturday, June 26, 2021 Starting at Genesis 24:33 Last week we discussed Rebecca as a strong figure, queering the text by taking an active role, a male role (for the gender expectations of the time), Rebecca not only giving Abraham’s servant […]
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 […]
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 […]