Torah Study Date Saturday, September 3, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 45:21-46:7 Next Session Saturday, September 17, 2022 Starting at Genesis 45:8 Last week we discussed the brothers getting ready to go home and bring their father, Jacob, back to Joseph in Egypt and wondered whether they were following Joseph’s instructions because they trusted him […]
Judah Moves On
Deborah Achtenberg 2022 Torah Study Akiba, Er, Jacob, Joseph, Judah, Moses, Onan, Pharaoh, Potiphar, Reuben, Rosa Katzenelson, Shelah, Shua, Tamar
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 […]
Abraham, Sarah and Abimelek
Deborah Achtenberg 2021 Torah Study Aaron Freeman, Abimelek, Abraham, Ben-Ami, Gerar, Kadesh, Lot, Lot's daughters, Mamre, Moab, Moses, Negev, Pharaoh, Sarah, Sharon Rosenzweig, Shur, YHVH
Torah Study Date Saturday, February 27, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 19:35 – 20:13 Next Session Saturday, March 6, 2021 Last week, we finished discussing the intercourse between Lot’s daughters and Lot and began discussing Abraham and Sarah’s encounter with Abimelek, king of Gerar. We discussed the daughters getting Lot drunk on wine for a […]
Violence and Protection in the Noah Story
Deborah Achtenberg 2020 Torah Study Moses, Nathan Hilu, Noah
Torah Study Date Saturday, July 4, 2020 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) Next Session Saturday, July a24, 2020 Starting at Genesis 6:11 We’re now in our second parsha, Parsha Noach! I think we’re benefiting a lot from our close, word-for-word reading of the text of the Torah–not to mention having the presence in our group of […]