Torah Study Date Saturday, April 2, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 37:30 – 38:5 Next Session Saturday, April 9, 2022 Starting at Genesis 38:6 Last week, we discussed Reuben setting things up so that he could be the hero but not being able to because Joseph was gone when Reuben went to rescue him from […]
Two Joseph Stories?
Deborah Achtenberg 2022 Torah Study Benjamin, Dinah, Elke Reva Sudin, Gulienne Rison, Jacob, Joseph, Judah, Levi, Osnat, Reuben, Shais Rison, Simeon
Torah Study Date Saturday, March 26, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 37:20 – 37:29 Next Session Saturday, April 2, 2022 Starting at Genesis 37:30 Last week, we continued with the idea, first presented to us three weeks ago by R. Sara, of gaps or inconsistencies in the Joseph cycle and the idea from some contemporary […]
Jacob Favors Joseph
Deborah Achtenberg 2022 Torah Study Benjamin, Bilhah, Brian Shapiro, Esau, Jacob, Joseph, Leah, Levi, Rachel, Reuben, Simeon
Torah Study Date Saturday, March 12, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 37:1-5 Next Session Saturday, March 19, 2022 Starting at Genesis 37:6 Last week we discussed the fact that, though the text indicates we are going to hear the line of Jacob (after having heard the line of Esau in chapter 36), we do not […]
Birth and Death
Deborah Achtenberg 2022 Torah Study Abram, Benjamin, Esau, Isaac, Jacob, Moshe Castel, Rachel, Reuben, YHVH
Torah Study Date Saturday, February 26, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 35:13 – 35:29 Next Session Saturday, March 5, 2022 Starting at Genesis 36:1 Last week we discussed God being on Jacob (“And God went up from on him…”) and wondered if that meant Jacob experienced God’s presence more than others (the shekhinah, the immanence […]
Children Born and a Wage Strategized
Deborah Achtenberg 2021 Torah Study Bilhah, Dinah, Issachar, Jacob, Laban, Leah, Levy, Rachel, Rebecca, Reuben, Sarah, YHVH, Zalmen Glauber, Zebulun, Zilpah
Torah Study Date Saturday, November 20, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 30:17-30:32 Next Session Saturday, December 4, 2021 Starting at Genesis 30:33 Last session we discussed God hearing Leah, Leah conceiving, bearing and naming fifth and sixth sons, Issachar because God rewarded Leah and Zebulun because God gave her a choice gift and her husband […]
Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel
Deborah Achtenberg 2021 Torah Study Bilhah, Laban, Leah, Rachel, Rebecca, Reuben, Simeon, Siona Benjamin, YHVH, Zilpah
Torah Study Date Saturday, November 6, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 29:23-33 Next Session Saturday, November 13, 2021 Starting at Genesis 29:34 Last week we discussed the sex joke regarding Laban bringing Leah to Jacob and Jacob going into her, that it indicates the crude sexual act in which he does not see the woman […]