shmot שמות
This week I deal with how many people actually went down to Egypt, and what is the name of God.
This week I took time to talk about the Torah cycle and the paradox of free will. How is it that God took away the will of the king of Egypt, and what does it mean for us? Does the question of free will relate to Greek culture, and if it does, how?
In this weeks portion we have the important subject of the Biblical Calendar. This weeks' recording is from a class I gave on the subject of calendars based on this weeks reading from Exodus 12.
Beshalach Exodus 13:18-17:16
The Ten Commandments are the core of the covenant of Torah. This week I focused on the Shabbat as the main theme for our teaching.
A lengthy discussion on law and legal codes in the ANE and the Torah. I also went into length on slaves in the Torah and the Talion law.
Part one of a study on the vestments of the temple.
This week we deal with the priestly garments and what could have been the historic style of clothing know to us from the ancient world.
Subjects in this recording: The half sheqel tax and its true function, attributes of God and the ancient world and capital punishment in the future.
Some points about Shabbat and the Half Shekel. Next we continue our discussion on the Mishkan: the altars, basen and serenading court.
This week I decided to share some points about the temple in general. Social structures of the temple, location of temples and contradictions found about the temple in the Tanakh​