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Bereishit: Ch. 26-30

In this episode, R' Joe Wolfson and Dr. Mijal Bitton focus on the journeys of Isaac and Rebecca. They investigate Rebecca's initiative in having Jacob mislead his father, Isaac: how are we to understand this deception? Could it be just tragic spousal miscommunication?

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Bereishit: Ch. 21-25

In this episode, Calev Ben Dor and Aliza Libman Baronofsky dig into the famed story of the binding of Isaac, considering both how God's test of Avraham impacts his long term relationship with his son Isaac, and how it poses a spiritual challenge to us today.

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Bereishit: Ch. 16-20

In this episode, Rabbi Joe Wolfson and Dr. Mijal Bitton discuss the ways in which Abraham and Sarah's experiences prepare them to take on the mantle of parenthood and Jewish continuity. More specifically, they investigate two critical — and difficult — lessons for covenantal continuity.

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Bereishit: Ch. 11-15

Calev Ben Dor and Rabbi Joe Wolfson review the week's chapters and do a deep dive on the story of the Tower of Babel.

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Bereishit: Ch. 1-10

In the first installment of a new podcast, Rabbi Joe Wolfson and Calev Ben Dor discuss the first ten chapters of Bereishit as we begin the 929 cycle once again and do a special deep dive on the story of Kain and Abel.

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Introduction

Join Rabbi Joe Wolfson and friends for a condensed look into the chapters that appear in each week's installment of the 929 Tanakh Bible study project.

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