The Tanakh Podcast
Study Tanakh with Rav Alex Israel.
10 mins a day.
One chapter a day.
929 schedule.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 11 minutes
- Episodes
- 767
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Tehillim. Psalm 41 - Blessings of Benevolence
God helps those who help others!
Tehillim. Psalm 40 - A Scroll Written On Me
When one is saved by God, how does one respond?
Sing God's praises? offer sacrifices? Or dedicate our lives and our lifestyles to God's laws and ideals?
That is the topic of our chapter.
Tehillim. Psalm 39. Is Man But a Breath?
This is a chapter of terrible suffering.
What is the point of the short lifespan of our lives if it is filled with pain and torment. That is the question asked by our chapter.
Tehillim. Psalm 38 - The Calculus of Guilt
This chapter presents a sense of guilt and remorse for (an unidentified) sin. And yet, the sinner is suffering at the hands of violent enemies.
Should past mistakes justify the violence perpetrated a…
Tehillim. Psalm 37 - Don't Envy the Evil
Our alphabetical Psalm is a meditation on divine justice - that evil will wane and disappear, and the righteous "will inherit the earth".
"Don't envy the evil!" it preaches. In the long term, the vi…
Tehillim. Psalm 36 - Under God's Wings
There is good and bad. And our heart has to make a choice.
Tehillim. Psalm 35 - All My Bones
This is a Psalm in 3 stanzas.
David is being pursued, betrayed by his friends, and falsely accused.
Each segment ends in words of praise to God.
One of these features in our prayer "Nishmat" and read…
Tehillim. Psalm 34 - Pursue Peace!
This chapter praises God for always assisting teh righteous and saving them from their pursuers and enemies.
In the centre of the chapter though, David speaks of "guard your tongue from evil and your…
Tehillim. Psalm 33 - A Different World Order
Justice rather than war, kindness rather than power, truth, the creativity of language, trust - this is the world-order that is called "yashar" - straight, or upstanding. It is for these values that …
Tehillim. Psalm 32 - Guilt and Redemption
How do we make amends for our crimes and misdemeanours? How do we deal with guilt and remorse?
Tehillim. Psalm 31 - "In his hand, I place my soul"
This is a chapter of trust and faith in God in the face of violence, accusation and humiliation which the person of faith experiences. The statement here is one of absolute rock-steady reliance on Go…
Tehillim. Psalm 30 - Human Complacency and Fragility
This is a chapter we say daily, but it has an unusual flow of ideas - just when we think we are out of trouble, the chapter plunges back into despair! Why?
And what does this have to do with the "Ded…
Tehillim. Psalm 29 - Power and Noise
Tehillim. Psalm 28 - Prayer and Response
Tehillim. Psalm 27 - Seeking God; Seeking Myself
Tehillim. Psalm 26 - Inside and Outside
Tehillim. Psalm 25 - Trust and Hope
The author of this Psalm is far from perfect.
But he has implicit trust in God.
In God's forgiveness.
In God's salvation.
In God's covenant - truth, justice, kindness.
In the idea that God will teach…
Tehillim. Psalm 24 - Gates! Raise Your Heads!
Tehillim. Psalm 23 - You Are With Me!
One of the most famous Psalms - Green Pastures and Still Waters and the Valley of the Shadow of Death.
We read this as expressing David's biography.
Tehillim. Psalm 22 - Praying for the Light!
One of the most desperate of the Psalms.