This week's audio lecture, "The Ram, the Pit and the Coat: Joseph's Ordeal and the Binding of Isaac", consists of four sections, listed below. You can download each section seperately, if you like. This will allow you to burn a CD with different tracks, making it easier for you to jump from one point to another in the lecture or to fastforward or rewind. Alternatively, you can choose to stream or download the entire file, without any section breaks.

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Segments

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Powerpoint

This week's slideshow looks at the buildup of tensions in Jacob's family.

Lecture Outline

Get a brief outline of Rabbi Fohrman's lecture by clicking the link above. The outline will also point out where you can find various related texts on your source sheets, and what area of the talk is elaborated by this week's powerpoint slide show.

Source Notes

Essay by Daniel Stahl on Joseph's Ordeal and the Binding of Isaac. In this week's talk, Rabbi Fohrman quotes extensively from a student of his, Daniel Stahl, who first brought to his attention the connections between the Akeidah and Joseph's ordeal. Daniel's essay is available for your perusal at the link above.

Because of a computer crash, our traditional Hebrew and English source notes for this week's talk are not yet available. We hope to post them soon.

Discussion Board

After you've listened to the lecture, feel free to click the link above and exchange thoughts with other participants, and with Rabbi Fohrman.