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 […]
Holy Assembly and Destruction
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 […]
Smackdown between Moses and Pharaoh
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 […]
Locusts and Darkness
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 […]
Locusts
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 […]
Hail
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 […]
Livestock and Boils
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 […]
Insects
Torah Study Date Saturday, June 17, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 8:16-9:4 Next Session Saturday, June 24, 2023 Starting at Exodus 9:5 Last week we discussed the plague of insects. We noted YHVH telling Moses to station himself, early in the morning, before Pharaoh as he is coming out of the water and tell him […]
Lice
Torah Study Date Saturday, June 10, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 8:1-8:15 Next Session Saturday, June 17, 2023 Starting at Exodus 8:16 Last week, we discussed the plague of frogs. First, we noted that YHVH speaks to Moses and tells him to speak to Aaron and tell him what to do (instead of YHVH just […]
Blood and Frogs
Torah Study Date Saturday, June 3, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 7:16-7:29 Next Session Saturday, June 10, 2023 Starting at Exodus 8:1 Last week we discussed why YHVH tells Moses to station himself by the Nile in the morning and R. Sara said it is because Ra is the Sun God and would be at […]