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
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 […]
Joseph Reveals Himself
Torah Study Date Saturday, August 27, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 45:4-45:20 Next Session Saturday, September 3, 2022 Starting at Genesis 45:21 We started with a short discussion of last week’s session. Question – why retell the whole story of the brothers going back to Canaan and what they told their father? Our answer was […]
Judah Offers Himself in Benjamin’s Place
Torah Study Date Saturday, August 20, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 44:17-45:3 Next Session Saturday, August 27, 2022 Starting at Genesis 45:4 Last week we discussed Judah retelling the story of the brothers being sent home to get their brother, Benjamin, and bring him back to Pharaoh’s vizier (who actually is Joseph) and Jacob saying […]
The Silver Cup in Benjamin’s Bag
Torah Study Date Saturday, August 13, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 43:33-44:16 Next Session Saturday, August 20, 2022 Starting at Genesis 44:17 Last week we discussed the brothers’ continued astonishment when, at the vizier’s (Joseph’s) direction, they were seated in order of seniority from the oldest to the youngest (how did he know?), Joseph continuing […]
Judah and the Brothers Go Back to Egypt
Torah Study Date Saturday, July 30, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 43:8-43:20 Next Session Saturday, August 6, 2022 Starting at Genesis 43:21 Last week, we discussed Judah urging his father, Jacob (referred to by the text as “Israel”), to let him and the other brothers take Benjamin back to Egypt. We noted Judah redeeming himself […]
Tamar and Judah (2)
Torah Study Date Saturday, April 30, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 38:24 – 39:6 Next Session Saturday, May 7, 2022 Starting at Genesis 39:7 Last week we discussed Judah being told that his daughter-in-law Tamar had whored and was pregnant from whoring, Judah saying to bring her out and let her be burned and that […]
Tamar and Judah
Torah Study Date Saturday, April 29, 2022 Verses Covered B’reishit (Genesis) 38:13-23 Next Session Saturday, April 30, 2022 Starting at Genesis 38:24 Last week we discussed Judah going up to Timnah to his sheepshearers and thought he was not just going for the sheep shearing but to meet women, too, since his mourning period was […]
Tamar and her Husbands
Torah Study Date Saturday, April 9, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 38:6-38:12 Next Session Saturday, April 23, 2022 Starting at Genesis 38:13 At the last session we discussed Judah getting a wife, Tamar, for Er, Judah’s first-born, and then YHVH killing Er. We wondered about YHVH and the killing or almost killing of sons, such […]
Judah Moves On
Torah Study Date Saturday, April 2, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 37:30 – 38:5 Next Session Saturday, April 9, 2022 Starting at Genesis 38:6 Last week, we discussed Reuben setting things up so that he could be the hero but not being able to because Joseph was gone when Reuben went to rescue him from […]
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