The Tanakh Podcast

Feb 02 2025 610 ep. 11 mins 23
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Study Tanakh with Rav Alex Israel. 5-10 mins. One chapter a day. 929 schedule.

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Iyov | Job ch.34 - Elihu Strikes Again

Feb 02 2025 6 mins  
Elihu's 2nd Speech addresses Iyov's claim that if: a.Iyov is just, an b. Iyov is suffering, then c. God must be unjust. Elihu is outraged that Iyov is accusing God, and he gives his own approach.

Iyov | Job ch.33 - Educational Suffering - Yissurin shel Ahava

Feb 01 2025 13 mins  
Elihu's first speech explains the theory of "yissurin shel ahava" - corrective, or educational suffering.

Iyov | Job ch.32 - Enter Elihu. Words about Words

Jan 29 2025 11 mins  
Iyov has said his piece. The three "friends" are out of words. Enter Elihu! A young man who has sat listening to each of the arguments. He is angry. He is besides himself. He cannot hold his words inside. With great irony, in this chapter, Elihu just talks about talking, but in fact says very little. See the chart of the instances of the word "milah" in Tanakh

Iyov | Job ch.31 - Iyov's Virtues

Jan 28 2025 14 mins  
In this chapter we see Iyov's plea for the defense where he lists all his virtues and appeals to God to explain why he has deserved his punishment and torture.

Iyov | Job ch.30 - Hard Times

Jan 27 2025 9 mins  
Yesterday, Iyov - in his closing argument - reflected on his glory days; today we hear about his fall from grace, his derision and humiliation at the hands of the lowest in society, and we hear of his physical pain.

Iyov | Job ch.29 - The Good Old Days!

Jan 26 2025 10 mins  
Iyov reminsces about a time in which he had prestige, wealth, family, and he devoted his life to justice. In this podcast we focus on the phrase "I clothed myself in righteousness and it robed me" and we speak about a thorough integrated personality in which the inner self is fully expressed.

Iyov | Job ch.28 - Where is Wisdom?

Jan 25 2025 10 mins  
Humans can control nature; but they will never understand God! That is what Iyov says in ch.28. To who is he speaking? And what intonation should this chapter have? Is it spoken in calm resignation or in outrage?

Iyov | Job ch.27 - Who are the flatterers?

Jan 22 2025 12 mins  
Iyov addresses his friends for the final time. What does he say? 1. He restates his innocence 2. He accuses his friends of wickedness and warns that a litany of tragedy will befall them. But is there a problem with justifying God? With "Tzidduk Hadin"? Iyov certainly thinks so.

Iyov | Job ch.26 - Hanging by a Thread

Jan 21 2025 8 mins  
God's creation, we shall contend, serves as a Rorschach Test; the manner in whcih you see God's creation reflects the way that you live in this world: Is it a world of chaos or order, fear or benevolence?

Iyov | Job ch.25 - Oseh Shalom BiMromav

Jan 20 2025 9 mins  
This is teh final speech of Iyov's friends. After this, our "guests" will be Elihu and God himself!