Torah Study Date Saturday, January 23, 2021 Verses Covered Genesis (Bereishit) 18:14-23 Next Session Saturday, January 30, 2021 Last week we discussed that YHVH told Abraham that Sarah would have a child, that Sarah lied (if ‘lied’ is really the best translation) and told YHVH that she did not laugh, that it in fact might […]
Abraham, Sarah and the Visitors II
Torah Study Date Saturday, January 16, 2021 Verses Covered Genesis (Bereishit) 18:14-22 Next Session Saturday, January 23, 2021 Recently, we discussed the fact that Abraham lifted up his eyes (and then saw the visitors), the difference between looking and seeing, that what is indicated might be that Abraham had a vision as well as the […]
Abraham, Sarah and the Visitors I
Torah Study Date Saturday, January 9, 2021 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 18:6-13 Next Session Saturday, January 16, 2021 A topic we have discussed recently, in conjunction with Abraham laughing, was whether God laughs (infrequently, we think). Last week we discussed the three people who visited Abraham and a number of ways of interpreting the passages […]
Leaving the Ark
Torah Study Date Saturday, August 29, 2020 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 8:9-8:22 Next Session Saturday, September 5, 2020 Starting at Genesis 9:1 Last week, we discussed the dove’s foot and Noah’s hand, that it was an olive leaf in the dove’s mouth, why the leaf indicated the waters had receded, that the dove did not […]
The Waters Recede
Torah Study Date Saturday, August 21, 2020 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 7:16-8:8 Next Session Saturday, August 29, 2020 Starting at Genesis 8:9 Last week we discussed what it means that God remembered Noah, God as relatable, the emphasis on the waters receding, that the ark came to a stop on Mt. Ararat before the waters […]
The Flood
Torah Study Date Saturday, August 7, 2020 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 6:12 -7:15 Next Session Saturday, August 14, 2020 Starting at Genesis 7:16 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 […]
God Creates Eve
Torah Study Date Saturday, April 18, 2020 Verses Covered Genesis (B’reishit) 2:16-2:24 Next Session Saturday, April 25, 2020 Starting at Genesis 2:25 Last week, we discussed God making trees grow, the trees being pleasing and good to eat, what ‘knowledge of good and bad’ means, what ‘good’ means and whether it is hard or easy […]
Two Trees in the Garden
Torah Study Date Saturday, April 11, 2020 Verses Covered Genesis (B’reishit) 2:9- 2:15 Next Session Saturday, April 18, 2020 Starting at Genesis 2:16 Last week, we discussed God making trees grow, the trees being pleasing and good to eat, what ‘knowledge of good and bad’ means, what ‘good’ means and whether it is hard or […]
From the Dust of the Earth: Adam
Torah Study Date Saturday, April 4, 2020 Verses Covered Genesis (B’reishit) 2:4-2:8 Next Session Saturday, April 11, 2020 Starting at Genesis 2:9 Last week, we discussed toledot, God causing rain to fall for adam, God blowing into adam the neshamah (breath) of life making adam a living nefesh (being), and God planting a garden for […]