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 […]
Insulting Pharaoh
Torah Study Date Saturday, May 20, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 6:28 – 7:5 Next Session Saturday, May 27, 2023 Starting at Exodus 7:6 Last week, Rabbi Sara continued to give us a master class on interpretive methodology. Specifically, she pointed out that the genealogy by way of clan heads (Exodus 6:14-6:25) is book-ended by […]
Moses Flees Egypt and Settles in Midian
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 […]
Joseph’s Change of Status
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 […]