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Death of the Firstborn

September 9, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Moses, Pharaoh, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, September 9, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 12:24-12:33 Next Session Saturday, September 23, 2023 Starting at Exodus 12:34 Last session we discussed YHVH saying, you shall observe this thing as a law/statute for you and your children forever. What, R. Ben asked, is the thing to be observed? We thought it […]

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Holy Assembly and Destruction

September 2, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Golden Haggadah, Moses, Pharaoh, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, September 2, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 12:16-23 Next Session Saturday, September 9, 2023 Starting at Exodus 12:24 Last week we discussed the holy assembly, the mikra kodesh, that YHVH tells us to have on the first and seventh day of the holiday of matza and pesach (halting, protecting). Rabbi Sara […]

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The Meaning of Pesach

August 26, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Moses, Victor Majzner, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, August 26, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 12:10 – 12:15 Next Session Saturday, September 2, 2023 Starting at Exodus 12:16 Last session we discussed the detailed specificity of the instructions regarding the Pesach meal and wondered whether the meal might be an adaptation of some ritual meal that was common in […]

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Lamb or Goat Dinner

August 19, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Aaron, Moses, Warsaw Picture Bible, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, August 19, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 11:9-12:9 Next Session Saturday, August 26, 2023 Starting at Exodus 12:10 Last week we discussed the conclusion of the ninth plague and then discussed the new required ritual meal. Regarding the conclusion, YHVH reiterates that Pharaoh will not listen to Moses so that YHVH’s […]

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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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Locusts and Darkness

August 5, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Moses, Pharaoh, Sheila Nemtin, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, August 5, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 10:9-10:23 Next Session Saturday, August 12, 2023 Starting at Exodus 10:24 Previously, we discussed why many think of the Exodus story rather than any or all the stories in Genesis as the founding event of the Jewish people. Having spent three years on Genesis […]

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Locusts

July 29, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Aaron, Elisheva Nesis, Moses, Pharaoh, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, July 29, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 10:1-10:8 Next Session Saturday, August 5, 2023 Starting at Exodus 10:9 Last week, we discussed YHVH telling Moses to go to Pharaoh. We discussed YHVH stating his purpose in making Pharaoh’s heart heavy, namely, to display YHVH’s signs among Pharaoh and his servants (he […]

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Hail (continued)

July 8, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Eliahou Eric Bokobza, Moses, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, July 8, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 9:29 – 9:35 Next Session Saturday, July 29, 2023 Starting at Exodus 10:1 Last week we discussed Moses telling Pharaoh that as Moses leaves the city, he will spread out his hands and the thunder and hail will stop so that you will know […]

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Hail

July 1, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Aaron, Brother Haggadah, Moses, Pharaoh, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, July 1, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 9:17-9:28 Next Session Saturday, July 8, 2023 Starting at Exodus 9:29 Last week we discussed the plague of hail. We noted YHVH telling Moses to tell Pharaoh that he continues to be an obstacle to YHVH’s people by not sending them off. We discussed […]

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Livestock and Boils

June 24, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Everett Fox, Michael Falk, Moses, Pharaoh, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, June 24, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 9:5-9:16 Next Session Saturday, July 1, 2023 Starting at Exodus 9:17 Last week we began with Marilyn Wasserman telling us about the ancient Egyptian leaders’ central role in creating Ma’at (order or harmony) and dispelling Isfet (disorder or chaos). We discussed Pharoah, in our […]

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