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
Trei Assar: Yonah ch.1 - A Recalcitrant Prophet
God instructs Yonah to call on Ninenveh to repent.
Yonah refuses. He will not be accept the mission.
Yonah runs from God.
But ironically, on the way he influences others to find God!
Trei Assar: The Book of Ovadia
Today we study a book that is only one chapter in length!
Trei Assar: Amos ch.9 - The Falling Tabernacle
Amos ch.9 is confusing. Is Amos predicting curse or blessing?
Trei Assar: Amos ch.8 - Thirst for God
Amos predicts a thirst and a hunger for God - but that the people will be unable to find the word of God.
This is the most devastatingly awful prophecy! So why have so many people found solace in the…
Trei Assar: Amos Ch.7 - Prophet! Go Flee!
Amos has an unpleasant encounter in the Temple at Beth-El in which he is accused of treason and national betrayal.
This allows Amos to reflect upon the difference between authentic prophets and proph…
Trei Assar: Amos ch.6 - Secure in Samaria
Woe! This chapter yet again assails the people of Samaria for their carefree lifestyle and their abandonment of justice and warns that their wealth and security will soon be undone.
Trei Assar: Amos ch.5 - Light and Dark; Good and Bad
It is difficult to convince a society who think they are righteous that their priorities are wrong. That is Amos' challenge.
Trei Assar: Amos Ch.4 - A Fivefold Warning
Our chapter contains a poem warning the people five times, time after time, that disaster will strike. But that they can avoid the catastrophe if they return to God.
Trei Assar: Amos ch.3 - Chosen People?
The opening verses of the chapter challenge the sense of immunity that nation feels by virtue of its status as the "Chosen People".
This is followed by 7 questions. What are these questions communica…
Trei Assar: Amos ch.2 - Trampling the Poor
Today we study Amos' biting critique of the wealthy classes in Samaria.
Trei Asssar: Amos ch.1 - Three and Four
Who is Amos?
When did he live?
And why does he start his book with 7 prophecies against the nations?
Music: Omer Avital - "Three Four"
Trei Assar: Yoel ch.4 - War and Peace
Chapter 4 depicts and "End of Days" scenario: The restoration of Jerusalem, return of the Exiles, Judgement of the Nations, and the regeneration of the Land of Israel.
Trei Assar: Yoel ch.3 - Prophecy and Safety
"After that, I will pour out My spirit on all flesh... everyone who invokes GOD’s name shall escape; for there shall be a remnant on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem."
What period is Yoel describing?
Does…
Trei Assar: Yoel ch.2 - Disaster. Teshuva. Reprieve!
This chapter depicts an impending disaster, a call to fast and repent, and then God's mercy and reversal of the national calamity.
Trei Assar: Yoel ch.1 - Locusts
Yoel ch.1 describes a devaststating plague of locusts and a call for the nation to respond by fasting and crying out to God.
Special Shiur - Tu Bishvat, The War, and the Long Road to Redemption
50 min shiur
Three Messages for Tu Bishvat as our nation fights Hamas in Gaza:
1. Tu Bishvat and Redemption
2. Trees, rootedness and our connection to Place
3. Honi Hamaagel and the Long Road to Rede…
Trei Assar: Hosea ch.14 - "Return O Israel!"
This is the Haftara for Shabbat Shuva, a beautiful to and from between God and Israel that is filled with love, repentance and blessing.
But where does it belong inn Sefer Hoshea?
Trei Assar: Hosea ch.13 - "Samaria must bear her guilt"
This chapter prophecises the demise of the Northern Kingdom with a wealth of metaphors. We discuss several of them.
Trei Assar: Hosea ch.12 - Re-reading Jacob
Chapter 12 deals with Israel's unreliable and fraudulent ways. But what does Yaakov have to do with it? Is it true that Jacob "tricked his brother from the womb"?
Trei Assar: Hoshea ch.11 - Love!
In this chapter, God expresses his love for Israel - like a parent to a beloved child - from Egypt, through Israel's idolatry, punishment, and then the return to the Land of Israel.