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#17 | Genesis ch.16 - Hagar's Suffering
Sarai sees that she is infertile.
She suggests that Avraham be intimate with Hagar, an Egyptian slave-woman, and that she will have a surrogate child.…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
#16 | Genesis ch.15 - Brit Bein Habetarim. The Covenant Between the Pieces
In this chapter, Avraham challenges God.
He says - You promised me offspring, and yet I cannot have children! - You promised a land. How will that eve…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
#15 | Genesis ch.14 - Avram to the Rescue!
In this chapter:
1. War in the Jordan valley - four Mesopotamian kings take control of the five kingdoms of the valley. After the five kings revolt, t…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
#14 | Genesis ch.13 - Lot and Avraham Part Ways
Lot has traveled all the way from Mesopotamia at Avraham's side! Why do they split up now?
And why choose Sedom?
10 months, 3 weeks ago
#13 | Genesis ch.12 - Lech Lecha
Today our attention turns to Abraham and Sarah and their trek to the promised land.
Why did God choose Abraham?
Did God choose him *because* he was spe…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
#12 | Genesis ch.11 - From Babel to Avraham
We begin today with the Tower of Babel. What is wrong with building skyscrapers? Why did God intervene?
10 months, 3 weeks ago
#11 | Genesis ch.10 - The Seventy Nations
Our chapter depicts the three lines of the Sons of Noach - Yefet, Ham and Shem and the development of their civilizations. This is the story of the "…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
#10 | Bereshit ch.9 - The New World
What is the symbol of the rainbow?
Why does Noach get drunk and lol naked in his tent?
And was Noach a Tzaddik?
10 months, 3 weeks ago
#09 | Genesis ch.8 - Re-Creation
Today we discuss:
1. How the restoration of the world after the flood reflects the Creation of ch.1
2. Anthropomorphic expressions in the chapter
3. The…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
#08 | Genesis ch.7 - The Year of the Flood
Today we address 3 topics:
1. The double story of the Flood
2. The dates of the flood
3. The notion of "Zikaron"
And a few connections to the Yamim Nora…
10 months, 4 weeks ago