Torah Study Date Saturday, August 21, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 26:1-9 Next Session Saturday, August 28, 2021 Starting at Genesis 26:10 Last week we discussed the famine in Gerar (after the previous famine in Abraham’s time), YHVH telling Isaac not to go to Egypt yet (in case he might think the exile to Egypt […]
Exhausted Esau Prefers Lentil Stew to His Birthright
Torah Study Date Saturday, August 14, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 25:28-34 Next Session Saturday, August 21, 2021 Starting at Genesis 26:1 Last week we discussed Isaac loving Esau ‘because he put game in his mouth’ and Rebecca loving Jacob, that the love may have been of opposites since Esau was a crafty hunter while […]
Rebecca Has Twins
Torah Study Date Saturday, July 31, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 25:19-27 Next Session Saturday, August 14, 2021 Starting at Genesis 25:28 We had another fascinating Torah study last week, full of ideas and information. We discussed the record of generations from Abraham through Isaac competing with the previously given record of the generations coming […]
Isaac and Rebecca Meet, Abraham and Keturah Marry
Torah Study Date Saturday, July 10, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 24:62-25:6 Next Session Saturday, July 17, 2021 Starting at Genesis 25:7 Last week, we discussed different interpretations of what Isaac was doing in the field toward evening (was he meditating? was he walking? was he praying?). The meaning of ‘suach’ is uncertain so interpreters […]
Gender Queer Rebecca
Torah Study Date Saturday, July 3, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 24:50-61 Next Session Saturday, July 10, 2021 Starting at Genesis 24:62 Last week we discussed Laban and Bethuel telling Abraham’s servant to take Rebecca to be wife to Abraham’s son since the idea of doing so came from YHVH. We discussed Laban being the […]
Eliezer’s Narrative
Torah Study Date Saturday, June 24, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 24:33-49 Next Session Saturday, July 3, 2021 Starting at Genesis 24:50 Last week, we discussed Abraham’s servant being so eager to fulfill his commitment to Abraham that he would not even eat until he had discharged it and also why midrash believes the servant […]
Rebecca, the Strong
Torah Study Date Saturday, June 19, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 24:17-32 Next Session Saturday, June 26, 2021 Starting at Genesis 24:33 Last week we discussed Rebecca as a strong figure, queering the text by taking an active role, a male role (for the gender expectations of the time), Rebecca not only giving Abraham’s servant […]
Rebecca, the Ensnarer
Torah Study Date Saturday, May 29, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 24:6-16 Next Session Saturday, June 19, 2021 Starting at Genesis 24:17 Last week, we discussed why Abraham did not want his servant to take Isaac back to where Abraham came from (Abraham was not sure Isaac would return? Abraham didn’t want Isaac to be […]
Sarah’s Death and Burial
Torah Study Date Saturday, May 8, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 22:19-23:16 Next Session Saturday, May 15, 2021 Starting at Genesis 23:17 Last week we started a new parsha, Chayei Sarah (The Life of Sarah). First, we learned that Abraham and his servants went back to Beer-sheva and Abraham lived there, that Abraham’s brother Nahor’s […]
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