Torah Talk

This is Torah Talk for the week of December 23rd, 2018 Exod. 3:11  But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and free the Israelites from Egypt?” How many questions is Moses asking — one or two? This week’s handout:  13 Shemot 5779 Donate: https://www.paypal.me/mcarasik Learn Biblical Hebrew:https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/biblical-hebrew-learning-a-sacred-language.html

This is Torah Talk for the week of December 9th, 2018 Gen. 47:23  Then Joseph said to the people, “Whereas I have this day acquired you and your land for Pharaoh, here is seed for you to sow the land. 24  And when harvest comes, you shall give one-fifth to Pharaoh, and four-fifths [ארבע הידות] shall […]

This is Torah Talk for the week of November 18th, 2018 Gen. 32:33  That is why the children of Israel to this day do not eat the thigh muscle that is on the socket of the hip, since Jacob’s hip socket was wrenched at the thigh muscle. Is this a commandment, or just a bit […]

This is Torah Talk for the week of November 11th, 2018 Gen. 31:38  “These twenty years I have spent in your service, your ewes and she-goats never miscarried, nor did I feast on rams from your flock. 39 That which was torn by beasts I never brought to you; I myself made good the loss; […]

This is Torah Talk for the week of November 4th, 2018 Gen. 25:24 When her time to give birth was at hand, there were twins in her womb. 25 The first one emerged red, like a hairy mantle all over; so they named him Esau.c Since the verse doesn’t really explain it … what does “Esau” […]

This is Torah Talk for the week of October 28th, 2018 Gen. 25:5  Abraham willed all that he owned to Isaac; 6 but to Abraham’s sons by concubines Abraham gave gifts while he was still living, and he sent them away from his son Isaac eastward, to the land of the East. Wait … what exactly is a […]

This is Torah Talk for the week of October 21st, 2018 Gen. 22:9          They arrived at the place of which God had told him. Abraham built an altar there; he laid out the wood; he bound his son Isaac; he laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.  10 And […]

This is Torah Talk for the week of October 14th, 2018 Gen. 12:2 I will make of you a great nation, And I will bless you; I will make your name great, And you shall be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you And curse him that curses you; And all the […]

This is Torah Talk for the week of October 7th, 2018 Gen. 6:17          “For My part, I am about to bring the Flood [הַמַּבּ֥וּל] —waters upon the earth.” What exactly is a מַּבּ֥וּל, and where did that word come from? This week’s handout:  02 Noach 5779 Donate: https://www.paypal.me/mcarasik Learn Biblical Hebrew:https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/biblical-hebrew-learning-a-sacred-language.html Advertisements

This is Torah Talk for the week of September 30th, 2018 Gen. 1:1   When God began to createa heaven and earth— 2 the earth being תֹ֨הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ, with darkness over the surface of the deep and a wind fromb God sweeping over the water— 3 God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. […]