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 […]
Guile and Slaughter
Deborah Achtenberg 2022 Torah Study Bilha, Dikla Laor, Dina, Esau, Hamor, Jacob, Laban, Levi, Rebecca's nurse, Shechem, Simeon, Zilpah
Torah Study Date Saturday, February 12, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 34:12-34:31 Next Session Saturday, February 19, 2022 Starting at Genesis 35:1 Last week we discussed Jacob’s sons speaking with guile when they answer Shechem and Hamor, and noted the term for guile, mirmah, was applied previously to Jacob when he took Esau’s birthright and […]
Hamor’s Offer to Jacob
Deborah Achtenberg 2022 Torah Study Dinah, Hamor, Irene Winn-Lederer, Jacob, Leah, Levi, Shechem, Simeon
Torah Study Date Saturday, February 5, 2022 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 34:3-34:11 Next Session Saturday, February 12, 2022 Starting at Genesis 34:12 Last week we discussed Shechem cleaving to and loving Dinah and wondered what that meant (was he attracted to her? In love with her? desirous of a connection with her—or with her people?). […]
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 […]