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 1 - Like a Tree
Tehillim - An Introduction
What is Psalms about?
Who wrote the Psalms?
Today we introduce this important book.
Trei Assar: Malachi ch.3 - The End of Prophecy
Malachi is the final prophet. After this, there is no prophecy.
But why did prophecy end?
Trei Assar: Malachi ch.2 - Like an Angel
Today we speak of:
1. The role of priests
2. The impeccable standards necessary for Torah teachers
3. The debate in Malachi about intermarriage.
Trei Assar: Malachi ch.1 - A Polemical Book
Today we introduce Malachi and the period in which he prophecizes.
We then move to explain the first two polemics of ch.1
Trei Assar: Zecharia ch.14 - The War to End All Wars
War in Jerusalem. Revelation. Universal recognition and worship of God
Trei Assar: Zechariah ch.13 - Cleansing Jerusalem
We are still on "that day" - a day which is part apocalypse, part redemptive. This chapter speaks about the purging of Jerusalem.
Trei Assar: Zechariah ch.12 - Armageddon!
Chapter 12-14 describe an "end of days" global battle against Jerusalem in which God will fight the nations, save his city and his people.
Today we study the first installment of this heady drama.
Trei Assar: Zechariah ch.11 - Failed Leadership
The "sheep of the slaughter" - one of the most mysterious and cryptic chapters in Tanakh.
Trei Assar: Zechariah ch.10 - Fate and Destiny
We visit the debate of when Zechariah ch.9-14 was written.
Trei Assar: Zechariah ch.9 - Mashiach's Donkey
Today we discuss the notion that the future king who will bring peace to Jerusalem will be "poor and riding a donkey" (9:9) - an image which has often been seen as associated with the Mashiach.
Trei Assar: Zechariah ch.8 - Truth vs. Peace
Today we discuss the phrase (8:16) "Truth, Justice and Peace" and the inherent tensions between them.
Trei Assar: Zechariah ch.7 - Fasts, Truth, and Peace
It is the 4th year of Darius.
The Temple is not yet completed but the structure is already standing.
People are asking: Will we need to fast on the 9th of Av this year?
The prophet responds. What do …
Trei Assar: Zechariah ch.6 - Chariots and Crowns
Two prophecies: Chariots (again) - and Crowns.
What are the messages behind these prophecies? In our reading, both are prophecies encouraging the returnees to Jerusalem that God is backing the enterp…
Trei Assar: Zechariah ch.5 - Purging Wickedness
A flying scroll; a female figure of evil transported in a lead cauldron - these are the strange and colourful images of our chapter. But What do they mean?
Trei Assar: Zechariah ch.4 - Not by Might Nor by Strength
An image of a golden Menorah with two olive trees.
This prophecy has become the basis of the national crest of the State of Israel.
But what does it all mean?
Trei Assar: Zechariah ch.3 - A Fresh Beginning
Zechariah sees a celestial hearing in which the High Priest stands before Satan. God rebukes Satan and says that he doesn't want to hear any accusations against the Jewish People who have endured so …
Trei Assar: Zechariah ch.2 - A Wall of Fire
We continue with Zechariah's visions which express the end of Israel's oppression and dispersion, and promises both God's and Israel's return to Jerusalem.
Trei Assar: Zechariah ch.1 - From Anger to Mercy
Zechariah 1 offers a cryptic image of white and red horses and a mystery man who reports: “We have roamed the world, and have found it dwelling in tranquility.”
To which Zechariah's angel blurts ou…
Trei Assar: Haggai ch.2 - From This Day Forth...
In chapter 2 we hear Haggai actively encouraging the Jews of Judea to build, lifting their hopes with promises of a better future.