Take a journey through the heartwarming and heartbreaking stories of the first Jewish family as told in Bereshit/Genesis. Over ten sessions, we’ll dive into biblical tales of palace seduction, wrestling with angels, deception, and reconciliation. These dramatic adventures and the lessons they teach reverberate across the millennia with familiar themes of wrongdoings and reunions. Through the Torah text and the commentaries of our sages, you will gain new insight and deepen your understanding of the trials and tribulations faced by the founders of the Jewish nation.

10-week course, in person at the Simon Family JCC on the Reba & Sam Sandler Family Campus.
Taught by Alene Jo Kaufman

• Lesson 1 Birth of Two Nations
• Lesson 2 The Stolen Blessing
• Lesson 3 Sisters Compete
• Lesson 4 Wrestling with the Angels
• Lesson 5 Dishonor and Outrage in Shekhem
• Lesson 6 Yosef, the Dreamer
• Lesson 7 The Yehudah and Tamar Incident
• Lesson 8 Seduction in the House of Potiphar
• Lesson 9 Reunion in Egypt: Trial, Payback, or Something else?
• Lesson 10 Blessing the Grandchildren

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