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God, Moses and Aaron

March 18, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Aaron, Dikla Laor, Moses, YHVH, Zipporah

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. […]

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God’s Hand

March 11, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Moses, Sarajevo Haggadah, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, March 11, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 3:20-4:9 Next Session Saturday, March 18, 2023 Starting at Exodus 4:10 Last week we discussed the frequent appearance of “hand” (yod) and wondered about its significance. For example, God says the king of Egypt will not let them go and not/even by a strong […]

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More Instructions to Moses

March 4, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Morris Hirschfield, Moses, Pharaoh, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, March 3, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 3:15-19 Next Session Saturday, March 11, 2023 Starting at Exodus 3:20 Last week, we discussed YHVH saying to Moses that “this” will be his name forever and wondered to which name he was referring. The most likely name in context seems to be “YHVH” […]

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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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Burning Bush and Holy Ground

February 18, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Abraham, Avner Moriah, Isaac, Jacob, Jethro, Moses, Noah, Pharaoh, YHVH

Torah Study Date Saturday, February 18, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 3:1-6 Next Session Saturday, February 25, 2023 Starting at Exodus 3:7 Previously, we discussed the Egyptian King dying, the Israelites groaning under hard labor, God hearing them, remembering his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and knowing. Last week, we discussed Moses shepherding for […]

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Moses Flees Egypt and Settles in Midian

February 11, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Jethro, Moses, Pharaoh, Ra, Reuven Rubin, YHVH, Zipporah

Torah Study Date Saturday, February 11, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 2:14-2:23 Next Session Saturday, February 18, 2023 Starting at Exodus 2:24 Last week we discussed Moses’ reaction to seeing two Hebrews fighting, namely, asking the one who was in the wrong, why are you striking your companion? We wondered which Hebrew is in the […]

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The Women Save Moses

February 4, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Aaron, Amran, Batya, Miriam, Moses, Nahum Halevi, Pharaoh, Yocheved

Torah Study Date Saturday, February 4, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 2:1-2:12 Next Session Saturday, February 11, 2023 Starting at Exodus 2:13 Last week we discussed the marriage of Moses’ parents; the birth of Moses; his mother’s concealment of him for three months; her making a wicker ark, putting him in it and it in […]

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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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A New King Who Did Not Know Joseph

January 21, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Batya, Hispano-Moresque Haggadah, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Pharaoh

Torah Study Date Saturday, January 21, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 1:1-1:10 Next Session Saturday, January 28, 2023 Starting at Exodus 1:11 Last week we discussed “b’nei Yisrael” (children of Israel) and noted that the phrase no longer denotes Jacob’s children but now denotes his descendants and that, in Exodus, we are moving from an […]

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Joseph’s Brothers Fear Him

January 14, 2023 Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Batya, Dura Europos, Jacob, Joseph, Miriam, Moses, Noah, Pharaoh, Push, Shifra, YHVH, Yocheved

Torah Study Date Saturday, January 14, 2023 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 50:15-26 Next Session Saturday, January 21, 2023 Starting at Exodus 1:1 Last week we started with additional comments about the previous week’s readings, namely, that three possible reasons for Joseph asking permission to go up and bury his father are that he needed protection […]

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