In this Torah Project teaching, we begin by digging into what appears to be a gratuitously inserted verse in the middle of Jacob’s narrative, a verse describing the death of Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse. The journey brings us to insights about the Word through topics as diverse as the “arks” of Moses and Noah, the only female judge of Israel, and how bees make honey. Later in the teaching, we draw out an important principle from the naming of Benjamin, and we look at “the unfinished verse,” Genesis 35:22.

Visuals: Genesis 35b-36.pdf

Medios Visuales: Gén 35b-36.pdf

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