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The Long Way to Canaan

October 21, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Joseph, Marc Chagall, Miriam, Moses, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, October 21, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 13:17-14:5 Next Session Saturday, October 28, 2023 Starting at Exodus 14:6 Last week, we discussed God leading the Israelites to Canaan the long way—not by way of the Philistines but by way of the wilderness of the Sea of Reeds because the former was […]

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Smackdown between Moses and Pharaoh

August 12, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Marc Chagall, Moses, Pharaoh, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, August 12, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 10:24-11:8 Next Session Saturday, August 19, 2023 Starting at Exodus 11:9 Last week R. Sara noted that the claim that the Israelites enjoyed light in their houses and could move about really has wider signification because moshav (dwelling, location) is used rather than beit […]

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Moses Wants to Know Why YHVH Has Not Rescued the Israelites

April 8, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Aaron, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Marc Chagall, Moses, Noah, Pharaoh, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, April 8, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 5:19-6:5 Next Session Saturday, April 15, 2023 Starting at Exodus 6:6 Last week we continued discussing Pharaoh increasing the Israelites’ work. We discussed how the Israelite officers/overseers complain to Moses and Aaron about the Israelites having to make the same number of bricks each […]

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Moses’ Assignment and God’s Name

February 25, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Marc Chagall, Moses, Pharaoh, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, February 25, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 3:7-3:15 Next Session Saturday, March 4, 2023 Starting at Exodus 3:16 Last week we discussed YHVH telling Moses to go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt. We noted that first YHVH says he has indeed seen their degradation, has […]

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Shiphra and Puah Stand Up to the King

January 28, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Batya, David, Marc Chagall, Michal, Moses, Pharaoh, Puah, Saul, Shiphra

Torah Study Date Saturday, January 27, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 1:15-1:22 Next Session Saturday, February 4, 2023 Starting at Exodus 2:1 Last week we discussed whether “Hebrew midwives” means “midwives who are Hebrews” or “midwives to the Hebrews” with some, in accord with Abravanel, thinking they are midwives to the Hebrews and, hence, to […]

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Dan Judges and Issachar Creates a Land of Rest and Peace

December 3, 2022 Deborah Achtenberg 2022 Torah Study Dan, Issachar, Jacob, Marc Chagall, Naphtali

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 […]

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Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Menassah 2

October 29, 2022 Deborah Achtenberg 2022 Torah Study Abraham, Ephraim, Isaac, Issachar, Jacob, Joseph, Marc Chagall, Menassah, YHVH, Zebulun

Torah Study Date Saturday, October 29, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 48:15-49:2 Next Session Saturday, November 12, 2022 Starting at Genesis 49:3 Last week we discussed Jacob blessing Joseph and wondered why it does not seem that he blesses Joseph but only blesses Joseph’s sons, Ephraim and Menassah (could this show that this event just […]

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Jacob and Joseph Reunite

September 10, 2022 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 […]

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Joseph’s Change of Status

June 11, 2022 Deborah Achtenberg 2022 Torah Study Abram, Asenath, Atum, Baya, Isaac, Joseph, Marc Chagall, Meyer Schapiro, Pharaoh, Potiphar, Potiphera, Ra, Sarai, Sipta, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, June 11, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 41:36-45 Next Session Saturday, June 18, 2022 Starting at Genesis 41:46 Last week, we discussed previous famines in Genesis, the famine that led Abram and Sarai to go to Egypt (Genesis 12:10) and the famine that led Isaac to go to the Philistine city […]

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Genealogies

March 5, 2022 Deborah Achtenberg 2022 Torah Study Esau, Jacob, Joseph, Marc Chagall, Meyer Schapiro

Torah Study Date Saturday, March 5, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 36:1-36:43 Next Session Saturday, March 12, 2022 Starting at Genesis 37:1 Last week, we discussed all of the genealogies of Genesis 36. We discussed that they make a nice transition from the story of Jacob to the story of his sons, particularly Joseph. We […]

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