Torah Classes

We explored the meaning of Joseph’s dreams.

We explored the beginning of the brothers’ resentment toward Joseph. Was Joseph gifted, egotistical, both?

This morning’s class took up the beginning of Joseph’s story and discussed why Jacob had such a troubled life.

Having just returned from Puebla, in today’s class I took a break to talk about the Mexican festival of ideas and answer questions about it. I recapped the debate about whether our universe has a purpose, and discussed personalities and conversations from the event.

In this class we began the story of Joseph and talked about how Joseph resembles and differs from Jacob, his father. What is the role that parents, father and mother, played for each of them?

A review of the tales and themes of Genesis from creation up to the beginning of chapter 37, the story of Joseph.

Introduction, part I: Torah study, in general.