Torah Classes

Chp 26 verse 1 - chp 27 verse 5: There is a famine in the land and Yitzhok moves his family to Gerar. Hashem blesses him with the blessing that He had given to Avraham. He tells Rivkah to say that she is his sister. He is very successful and re-opens the wells that his father dug. Avimelech visits and makes a treaty with him. Esau gets married. Chapter 27 begins with Yitzhok telling Esau that he wants to bless him before he dies.

Chp 25 verse 25 - end of chp 25: Continues with the birth of Yaakov, a description of who the brothers were, and that Yitzhok loved Esau and Rivkah loved Yaakov. Esau sells his birthright to Yaakov for a bowl of lentils.

Chp 25 verse 19 - chp 25 verse 25: This sedra deals with Yitzhok and his children Esau and Yaakov. It begins by telling us that Yaakov married Rivkah and that she was barren. He prays and she becomes pregnant, but her pregnancy is difficult and unusual, and she is told that she is carrying twins who will be antagonist all their lives. The first one born is hairy and they call him Esau.

Chp. 25 verse 6 until end: Avraham gives his sons from Keturah gifts and he sends them to the east. He dies and is buried by Yitzhok and Yishmael. The Torah then lists the children of Yishmael and then recounts his death.

Chp.24 verse 23 - chp. 25 verse 5: Rivkah takes Eliezer to her father's house, and we meet her brother Lavan. Eliezer retells the story of how he met Rivkah to her family and the family agrees to allow her to go with him to marry Yitzhok. Yitzhok goes out to the field to pray and she sees him. Chp. 25 begins with Avraham taking Keturah as a wife, and the names of the children she bore for him are recounted.

Chp. 24 verse 1 - chp. 24 verse 23: Avraham is now old and he sends his trusted servant Eliezer to find a wife for Yitzhok from his family in Aram Naharaim. He finds Rivkah at the well and she gives him and his camels water to drink.

Chp. 23 - chp. 24 verse 1: The death and burial of Sarah. Avraham purchases the cave of the Machpela from Efrom.

Chp. 31 verses 22 -30: Finishes off the prophecy of the future sins. So Moshe wrote the song of Ha'azinu on that day and taught it to the people. He commanded Yehoshua to be strong and that Hashem would be with him. He finished writing the words of the Torah. He then commanded the Levites to place the Torah next to the Ark so that it could be a witness against them, because he knew that they would rebel against Hashem. Then Moshe was told to assemble the people to teach them the passages of Ha'azinu, which would again remind them of the consequences of turning against Hashem.

Chp. 31 verses 1 - 21: Introduction, Moshe tells the people that he would not be taking them into the the land but that it would be Yehoshua. He told them not to fear since Hashem would be with them as with Og and Sichon. He spoke to Yehoshua in front of all the nation and told him to be strong and courageous. He then wrote a sefer Torah and gave it to the Kohanim and the elders. He commanded that the king read from the book of Devarim at the end of every seventh year. Everyone was to attend men, women, and children. Hashem then told Moshe that he was about to die and to bring Yehoshua to the Tent. Hashem told them the sins that the nation would commit in the future.

Chp. 30 verses 1 - 20: Continuing, that Hashem would gather them from dispersion and return them to the Promised Land. Then the curse would be transferred to their enemies. They would experience blessings as long as they accepted all of Hashem's commandments. They should therefore choose life over death and good over evil and they would thrive and if not they would perish.