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Megillat Esther Bonus: President Yitzchak Herzog on Megillat Esther

Esther Ch. 10 Part 2 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Esther & Yosef

Esther Ch. 10 Part 1 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Esther Ch. 9 by Calev Ben Dor

Esther Chs. 8 by Rabbi Sam Lebens

Esther Chs. 6 &7 by Rafi Addlestone

Esther Ch. 5 by Ilana Stein

Esther Ch. 4 by Aliza Libman Baronofsky

Esther Chs. 3-5 by Rabbi Dr. Sam Lebens

Esther Ch. 2 by Calev Ben Dor

Esther Ch. 1 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Kohelet Ch. 12 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | What is Hevel?

Kohelet Ch.11 by Rafi Addlestone | Joy & Loss

Kohelet Ch.10 by Rabbi Dr Sam Lebens

Kohelet Ch.9 by Tzivia Appleman

Kohelet Ch. 8 by Aliza Libman Baronofsky | Kohelet & Tishrei

Kohelet Ch.7 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Kohelet & the Environment, That which is broken cannot be fixed

Kohelet Ch.6 by Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo | Paradox of Plenty

Kohelet Ch.5 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | What we take with us

Kohelet Ch.4 by Calev Ben Dor | Pursuit of material gain, envy, falsehood, violence and futility

Kohelet Ch.3 by Rabbi Dr. Sam Lebens | "There is a time for everything, to love, to hate..."

Purim Bonus Part 2 | Esther Chs. 6-10

Purim Bonus Part I | Esther Chs. 1-5

Kohelet Ch. 2 by Ilana Stein

Kohelet Ch.1 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Eicha Ch. 5 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Eicha Ch. 4 by Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo | One of the most disturbing Eicha chapters

Eicha Ch. 3 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The Ideal Prophet

Eicha Ch. 2 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The Lament Continues

Eicha Ch. 1 by Aliza Libman Baronofsky

Ruth Ch. 4 by Rabbi Gamliel

Ruth Ch. 3 by Margot Botwinick | Ploni Almoni

Ruth Ch. 2 by Rabbi Dr Sam Lebens

Ruth Ch.1 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | From Shoftim to Shmuel

Shir Hashirim Ch. 8 by Shira Kahn | Malbim and the parable of the soul

Shir Hashirim Chs. 6 & 7 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Ani l'dodi' x3

Shir Hashirim Ch. 5 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Love, Rashi, and Artscroll

Kohelet Ch.7 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Kohelet & the environment: That which is broken cannot be fixed

Shir Hashirim Ch. 4 by Yonatan Rahmani

Kohelet Ch.6 by Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo | Paradox of Plenty

Shir Hashirim Ch. 3 by Aliza Libman Baronofsky | The daughters of Jerusalem

Shir Hashirim Ch. 2 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Shir Hashirim Ch. 1 by Yonatan Rahmani

Iyov Ch. 42C by Rabbi Dr Sam Lebens | Professor Stump, a new knowledge

Iyov Ch. 42B by Rabbi Dr Sam Lebens | Iyov's children restored.

Iyov Ch. 42A by Calev Ben Dor | The ambigous ending

Iyov Chs. 40 & 41 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The mighty animals

Iyov Ch. 39 Ilana Stein | From the whirlwind and the question of the ostrich

Iyov Ch. 38 by Rafi Addlestone | From the whirlwind and anti-anthropocentrism

Iyov Bonus Episode by Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo: Iyov in the writings of the Rambam.

Iyov Chs. 36-37 by Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo | Elihu part #3

Iyov Ch. 33-35 by Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo | Elihu part #2 : Elihu begins the longest speech of the book thus far.

Iyov Ch. 32 by Gamliel Shmalo | Elihu part #1

Iyov Chs. 29-31 by Calev Ben Dor | Iyov's painful situation is compounded by his memories of the life he used to live

Iyov Ch. 28 by Calev Ben Dor | A pause in the narrative, the chapter of wisdom, where is she?

Iyov Ch. 27 by Rabbi Dr Sam Lebens | A tricky chapter

Iyov Ch. 25-26 by Ilana Stein | Bildad's and Iyov tussle for a third time.

Iyov Chs. 23-24 by Rafi Addlestone | Iyov responds with pathos and humanity

Iyov Ch. 22 by Rabbi Dr Sam Lebens | Elifaz's third attempt to convince Iyov of the error of his ways.

Iyov Ch. 19 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Iyov's loneliness

Iyov Chs. 18-21 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Bildad and Tzofar go at Iyov again implying not too delicately that he is to be counted among the wicked.

Iyov Chs. 16-17 by Ilana Stein | Ilana Stein on Maureen Kendler.

Iyov Ch. 15 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The friends as a model of how not to be a friend

Iyov Chs. 13-14 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The wondrous kri ketiv: Love or Fear

Iyov Ch. 12 by Rabbi Dr Sam Lebens | Iyov responds to Tzophar.

Iyov Ch. 11 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The turn of Tzofar, friend #3.

Iyov Chs. 9-10 by Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo | Suffering protest as faith. Iyov responds Bildad and Eliphaz.

Iyov Ch. 8 by Rafi Addlestone | Bildad attempts to explain to Iyov where he's going wrong.

Iyov Chs. 6-7 by Rabbi Dr Sam Lebens | Iyov's response to Eliphaz

Iyov Chs. 4-5 by Ilana Stein

Iyov Ch. 3 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Iyov Ch. 2 by Calev Ben Dor | Yesterday he lost his family and possessions, today his body is afflicted and yet he refuses to curse God.

Iyov Ch. 1 by Rabbi Dr Sam Lebens | Introduction to Iyov

Misheli Ch.31 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Eishet Chayil

Misheli Ch.30 by Ilana Stein

Misheli Ch.29 by Sam Lebens

Misheli Ch.28 by Calev Ben Dor

Mishlei Ch. 24 by Rafi Addlestone

Mishlei Chs. 22&23 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Mishlei Ch. 21 by Ilana Stein | Imagery of horses

Mishlei Ch.20 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Imagery of Lions

Mishlei Ch. 19 by Aliza Libman Baronofsky

Mishlei Ch.18 by Sam Lebens | Sam Lebens unpacks the paradox that if silence of both the fool and the wise man is to be praised how can wisdom ever be imparted.

Mishlei Chs.16-17 by Ilana Stein

Mishlei Ch. 15 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | 'A soft answer turning away anger'.

Mishlei Ch. 14 by Aliza Libman Baronofsky | ע-ר-ם _arum_ a curious word with multiple even contradictory meanings that has its roots in the garden of Eden

Mishlei Ch. 12 by Ilana Stein

Mishlei Ch. 9 by Rafi Addlestone

Mishlei Ch. 6 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | What we have to learn from the ant.

Mishlei Chs. 5,7,8 by Sam Lebens

Misheli Ch.4 by Ilana Stein

Mishlei Ch.3 by Calev Ben Dor | "Her ways are ways of peace and all her paths are pleasantness"

Tehillim Ch. 150 & Mishlei Ch.1 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | We move from Psalms to Proverbs, from people turning to God, to a conversation among people.

And we're back! Tehillim Ch. 149 by Rabbi Dr Sam Lebens

Tehillim Ch. 73 by Rabbi Dr. Sam Lebens | We begin a new book of Tehillim with a heavy emphasis on the eternally painful question of why the righteous suffer.

Tehillim Ch. 72 by Ilana Stein | Looking to the future beyond his own temporal life

Tehillim Ch. 71 by Jon Muhlrad | The final chapters of Tehillim directly associated with David in which the warrior poet king looks back on his life summoning everything he has to praise God

Tehillim Ch. 70 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | A short mizmor combining thanks, praise and fear in its few verses

Tehillim Ch. 69 by Rafi Addlestone | ואני תפילתי לך ה' עת רצון

Tehillim Ch. 68 by Rabbi Dr Sam Lebens | Describing God's relation to the physical world's human inhabitants

Tehillim Ch. 67 by Ilana Stein | Describing God's relation to the physical world

Tehillim Ch. 66 by Jonathan Muhlrad

Tehillim Chs.62&65 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Tehillim Ch.64 by Jonathan Muhlrad | A reflection on lashon hara - evil talk.

Tehillim Ch. 63 by Rabbi Jessica Meyer

Tehillim Chs. 59-62 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Tehillim Ch. 58 by Rabbi Dr Sam Lebens | David, according to the midrash furious at the wrong done to him by Abner, looks forward to a time when he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked

Tehillim Chs. 56-57 by Ilana Stein

Tehillim Ch. 53 by Rabbi Dr Sam Lebens

Tehillim Chs. 52&54 by Rafi Addlestone

Tehillim Chs. 50-51 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | אַ֭שְׁרֵי מַשְׂכִּ֣יל אֶל־דָּ֑ל בְּי֥וֹם רָ֝עָ֗ה יְֽמַלְּטֵ֥הוּ יְהוָֽה׃

Tehillim Ch. 49 by Rabbi Dr Sam Lebens | The final psalm of the sons of Korach

Tehillim Ch. 48 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The intersection of many Biblical themes. Celebrating the eternity of a great city after a tremendous victory... yet sowing the seeds for future calamity

Tehillim Ch. 47 by Aliza Libman Baronofsky | "Nations acknowledge as God arises and is made great to the sound of the shofar"

Tehillim Ch. 46 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | An attack on Jerusalem, mountains melt, rivers flow, and universal peace is ushered in

Tehillim Ch. 45 by Calev Ben Dor | אַזְכִּירָה שִׁמְךָ בְּכׇל־דֹּר וָדֹר עַל־כֵּן עַמִּים יְהוֹדוּךָ לְעֹלָם וָעֶד

Tehillim Ch. 44 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | One which urges God to be as faithful to the covenant as Israel is, as Israel are killed for his name every day.

Tehillim Chs. 42-43 by Ilana Stein | Rabbi Sacks' Favourite Song and Epitaph

Tehillim Ch.41 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | אַ֭שְׁרֵי מַשְׂכִּ֣יל אֶל־דָּ֑ל בְּי֥וֹם רָ֝עָ֗ה יְֽמַלְּטֵ֥הוּ יְהוָֽה

Tehillim Chs. 39-40 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | He put a new song into my mouth, a hymn to our God.

Tehillim Ch. 38 by Rabbi Dr Sam Lebens

Tehillim Ch. 37 by Jon Muhlrad

Tehillim Chs. 35-36 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | כל עצמותי תאמרנה ה' מי כמוך

Tehillim Ch.34 by Rabbi Daniel Silverstein | A chapter written by David at one of the most extreme moments in his life - as he pretended to be insane when he rang to seek shelter with Avimelech.

Tehillim Ch.33 by Rabbi Daniel Silverstein

Tehillim Ch.32 by Ilana Stein

Ep. 499: Tehillim Ch.23 by Rabbi Dr Sam Lebens | mizmor l'david - Hashem ro'i lo echsar - the Lord is my shepherd

Tehillim Chs. 20-22 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | A whole range of emotions within three chapters

Ep. 496: Tehillim Ch. 18 Double Author Special by Rabbi Dr Sam Lebens & Ilana Stein

Ep. 495: Tehillim Ch. 17 by Ilana Stein | David a humble penitent or a self righteous individual?

Ep. 494: Tehillim Ch.16 by Calev Ben Dor | A wish to dwell always in God's presence

Ep. 493: Tehillim Ch.15 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | 11 attributes to be the perfect human⁠

Ep. 492: Tehillim Ch. 14 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 491: Tehillim Ch. 13 by Rabbi Dr Sam Lebens

Ep. 490: Tehillim Chs. 11-12 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | There is evil in the world, society is corrupt, how long must we wait?

Ep. 489: Tehillim Chs. 9-10 by Robert Addlestone and Rafi Alter

Ep. 487: Tehillim Ch.7 by Tzivia Appleman | Shigayon L'David

Ep. 488: Tehillim Ch.8 by Rabbi Dr Sam Lebens

Ep. 486: Tehillim Ch.6 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The cry of a person in deep pain

Ep. 485: Tehillim Chs.4-5 by Ilana Stein

Ep. 484: Tehillim Ch.3 by Rabbi Dr Sam Lebens | David fleeing his son Avshalom

Ep. 483: Tehillim Chs. 1-2 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 482: Malachi Ch.3 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Last chapter of neviim

Ep. 481: Malachi Ch.2 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The navi rails against both intermarriage and the hollow and superficial celebrations of festivals.

Ep. 480: Malachi Ch.1 by Ilana Stein

Ep. 479: Zekharia Ch.14 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 478: Zekharia Ch.13 by Calev Ben Dor | A short chapter in which the prophet foresees the end of all prophecy - something which will indeed occur in but a few short chapters.

Ep. 477: Zekharia Ch.12 by Ilana Stein

Ep. 476: Zekharia Ch.11 by Jonathan Muhlrad | A strange vision of staff, shepherds and sheep - divided, rejected, returned.

Ep. 475: Zekharia Chs.9-10 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | God's dominion

Ep. 474: Zekharia Ch.8 by Ilana Stein | כֹּה אָמַר יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת עֹד יֵשְׁבוּ זְקֵנִים וּזְקֵנוֹת בִּרְחֹבוֹת יְרוּשָׁלָ͏ִם וְאִישׁ מִשְׁעַנְתּוֹ בְּיָדוֹ מֵרֹב יָמִים׃

Ep. 473: Zekharia Ch.7 by Harris Lorie | Religious Ambiguities

Ep. 472: Zekharia Ch.6 by Rafi Addlestone | Perplexing Visions

Ep. 471: Zekharia Ch.5 by Calev Ben Dor

Ep. 470: Zekharia Ch.4 by Calev Ben Dor | The message to Yehoshua the High Priest continues and a vision continues.

Ep. 469: Zekharia Ch.3 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The unforgettable image of Yehoshua The High Priest

Ep. 468: Zekharia Ch.2 by Ilana Stein

Ep. 467: Zekharia Ch.1 by Ilana Stein | The prophet Zekharia also strove to build a community at a challenging historical moment.

Ep. 466: Hagai Ch.2 by Ilana Stein

Ep. 465: Hagai Ch.1 by Ilana Stein | The future has happened

Ep. 464: Tzephania Ch.3 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Universal Teshuva

Ep. 463: Tzephania Ch.2 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 462: Tzephania Ch.1 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Tzephania - a contemporary of Yirmiyahu in the decades immediately prior to the destruction of the 1st Temple.

Ep. 461: Havakuk Chs.2-3 by Calev Ben Dor | Two contrasting chapters as God responds to the prophet's plea to understand God's justice.

Ep. 460: Havakuk Ch.1 by Calev Ben Dor

Ep. 459 Nahum Chs.1-3 by Jonathan Muhlrad | The non-identical twin of the book of Yonah

Ep. 458: Micha Ch.7 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | sharing a beautiful idea of the great chassidic writer, the Sefat Emet, on this chapter.

Ep. 457: Micha Ch.6 by Calev Ben Dor

Ep. 456: Micha Ch.5 by Rabbi Joe Wolfso

Ep. 465: Micha Ch. 4 by Rafi Addlestone

Ep.464: Micha Ch.3 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 463: Micha Ch.2 by Jonathan Muhlrad

Ep. 462: Micha Ch.1 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 461: Yonah Ch.4 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The message of the kikayon.

Ep. 460: Yonah Ch.3 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Ch 3 contains possibly the most successful words of prophecy ever- 5 words from Yonah's mouth and BOOM!, wicked Ninevans are penitents.

Ep. 459: Yonah Ch.2 by Ilana Stein | The chapter of the fish - swallowed and spat out, and in between a prayer.

Ep.458: Yonah Ch.1 by Calev Ben Dor | The prophet who runs away, is swallowed by a big fish, who grudingly gives prophecy to a gentile nation, and then to his horror is massively successful!

Ep. 457: Ovadya Ch.1 by Rabbi Joe | In a single day today we get to learn a whole book of Tanakh - the shortest book there is, Ovadya.

Ep. 456: Amos Ch.9 by Calev Ben Dor | The final chapter of this wonderful book. After a book of some of the most fiery rebuke that the Tanakh has, here is how Amos finishes, with a vision of a garden.

Ep. 455: Amos Ch. 8 by Rafi Addlestone

Ep. 454: Amos Ch.7 by Aliza Libman Baronofsky | לא נביא ולא בן נביא

Ep. 453: Amos Ch.5 by Ilana Stein

Ep. 452: Amos Ch.3 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | What yetziat mitzrayim meant for Amos and offer three deeply challenging perspectives our Navi has on the significance of the exodus from Egypt

Ep. 451: Amos Ch.2 by Aliza Libman Baronofsky | The prophet accuses Ephraim of taking advantage of the weak and the innocent - a theme which will recur.

Ep. 450: Amos Ch.1 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Today we begin Amos - perhaps my favourite book of Navi for the combination of poetry, anger, compassion and politics all in one.

Ep. 449: Yoel Ch.4 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The final chapter of the book describing the reckoning at the end of days between God and the nations who have abused Israel.

Ep. 448: Yoel Ch.3 by Rabbi Dr Shlomo Zukier | A tiny chapter of only 5 verses but one which all fans of the Pesach Hagada will recognise

Ep. 447: Yoel Ch. 2 by Harris Lorie | Just two chapters in and we are half way through the book! A chapter which has it all - judgement in the form of warrior locusts, repentance, and restoration.

Ep. 446: Yoel Ch.1 by Ariel Koschitzky | A terrifying plague (of locusts), economic collapse and the demand for a spiritual response.

Ep. 445: Hoshea Ch.14 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 444: Hoshea Ch.13 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Israel compared to the clouds of the morning - but that's not a good thing.

Ep. 443: Hoshea Chs.11-12 by Jon Muhlrad

Ep. 442: Hoshea Ch.10 by Calev Ben Dor

Ep. 441: Hoshea Ch.9 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The prophet prophecies exile.

Ep. 440: Hoshea Ch.8 by Ilana Stein | More metaphors of Israel aberrant politics: reaping the whirlwind and like a lonely desert ass

Ep. 439: Hoshea Ch.7 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Ephraim's infedilities and political blindness are compared to... a baker who pays too little attention to the cakes in the oven!

Ep. 438: Hoshea Chs.5-6 by Rafi Addlestone | rebuke and anger addressed to Ephraim, with an insight into the politics of the time.

Ep. 437: Hoshea Ch.4 by Jon Muhlrad | "Let no man rebuke, let no man protest!"

Ep. 436: Hoshea Ch. 3 by Ilana Stein | A very short chapter in which once again Hoshea is told to find a partner, and according to Malbim and many commentators this is not his wife of ch.1

Ep. 435: Hoshea Ch.2 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep.434: Hoshea Ch.1 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 433: Yechezkel Chs. 47-48 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Today we finish Yechezkel!

Ep. 432: Yechezkel Ch.46 by Sam Lebens | Approaching the end of the sefer, the navi focuses on the Nassi (the prince? the cohen gadol? the mashiach) in the rebuilt city

Ep. 431: Yechezkel Chs.43-45 by Rafi Addlestone | coninues Yechezkel's description of the third temple

Ep. 430: Yechezkel Ch.42 by Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo

Ep. 429: Yechezkel Chs.38-39 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The war of Gog u'Magog - a terrifying description of a war in future times

Ep. 428: Yechezkel Ch.37 by Yael Shahar

Ep.427: Yechezkel 36 by R. Dr Sam Lebens | Israel will be returned to their land... but not because they deserve it

Ep. 426: Yechezkel Chs.33-34 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | A refugee arrives from Jerusalem telling of the destruction and the Yechezkel moves from rebuke to consolation

Ep. 425: Yechezkel Ch.32 by Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo | The final chapter of Egypt's downfall

Ep. 424: Yechezkel Ch.30 by Jon Muhlrad | The destruction of Egypt by Babylon - retribution for slavery?

Ep. 423: Yechezkel Chs.27-29 by Rafi Addlestone | A lament for Tyre and a brutal prophecy against Egypt

Ep. 422: Yechezkel Ch.26 by Rabbi Dr Samuel Lebens | A prophecy that Tyre will be destroyed

Ep. 421: Yechezkel Ch.25 by Calev Ben Dor | Prophecies concerning the nations surrounding Israel

Ep. 420: Yechezkel Ch. 24 by Ilana Stein | As destruction closes in on Jerusalem, the prophet loses his wife but is forbidden to to mourn

Ep. 419: Yechezkel Ch.23 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The story of two sisters who had many lovers

Ep. 418: Yechezkel Ch.22 by Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo | No longer ir hakodesh the holy city, but rather ir hadamim the city of blood.

Ep. 417: Yechezkel Ch.21 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 416: Yechezkel Ch.20 by Calev Ben Dor | A most challenging chapter as Israel's history is retold from Hashem's perspective

Ep. 415: Yechezkel Ch. 19 by Rafi Addlestone | Two parables, of Israel's fall - of lions and vines

Ep. 414: Yechezkel Ch.18 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 413: Yechezkel Ch.17 by Ilana Stein | The parable of the two eagles

Ep. 412: Yechezkel Ch.16 by Yael Shahar | One of Yechezkel's most famous and beautiful chapters.

Ep. 411: Yechezkel Ch.14 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | In which the navi references three very different stories from very different parts of the Tanakh: Noach, Daniel and Iyov

Ep. 410: Yechezkel Ch. 13 (the middle chapter of tanakh) by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | False prophets.

Ep. 409: Yechezkel Ch. 12 by Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo

Ep. 408: Yechezkel Ch.11 by Jonathan Muhlrad | The prophets speaks to 25 leaders in the city, who is the pot, who is the meat

Ep. 407: Yechezkel Chs. 9-10 by Calev Ben Dor

Ep. 406: Yechezkel Ch. 8 by Aliza Libman Baronofsky

Ep. 405: Yechezkel Ch.5 by Ilana Stein | The prophets hair becomes the source for symbolic actions

Ep. 403: Yechezkel Ch. 2 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 404: Yechezkel Chs. 3-4 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 402: Yechezkel Ch.1 by Rabbi Leibtag

Ep. 394: Yirmiyahu Chs. 39-40 by Rav Joe Wolfson

Ep. 393: Yirmiyahu Ch. 37 by Ilana Stein | Another choronlogical jump - it's the reign of Tzidkiyahu, the prophet tries to leave Jerusalem but ends up being 'kept' by the king, his worst nightmare.

Ep. 392: Yirmiyahu Ch. 36 by Rabbi Dr Sam Lebens | An incendiary chapter in which Yirmyahu writes his prophecy on a scroll to be presented to Yehoyakim and other nobility.

Ep. 391: Yirmiyahu 35 by Rav Joe Wolfson

Ep. 390: Yirmiyahu Ch.34 Iby lana Stein | Two messages from the prophet to king tzidkiyahu - and a disturbing picture of Jewish slavery in Jerusalem of the 580s.

Ep. 389: Yirmiyahu Ch. 33 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The prophet is imprisoned but he continues to provide a message of future hope.

Ep. 388: Yirmiyahu Ch. 32 by Calev Ben Dor | On the eve of the destruction of Jerusalem, God tells Yirmiyahu to buy property.

Ep. 387: Yirmiyahu Ch. 31 by Yael Shahar | some of the most famous and beautiful of all the verses in the book as a voice is heard on the heights of Rachel lamenting for her children.

Ep. 386: Yirmiyahu Ch. 30 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Hashem gives comfort speaking of future redemption from exile and restoration of Israel to her land and to God⁠

Ep. 385: Yirmiyahu 28 by Aliza Libman Baranofsky

Ep. 384: Yirmiyahu Ch. 27 by Calev Ben Dor

Ep. 383: Yirmiyahu Ch.26 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Don't rely on the temple

Ep. 382: Yirmiyahu Ch. 23 and 25 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The coming exile will be one of 70 years! The source of a very famous idea.

Ep. 381: Yirmiyahu Ch. 24 by Aliza Libman Baranofsky | The basket of figs as the vision of two different exiles.

Ep. 380: Yirmiyahu Ch.22 by Calev Ben Dor | The prophet is instructed to speak to the new king Yehoyakim giving him a message demanding justice

Ep. 379: Yirmiyahu Ch.21 by Rafi Addlestone | The king in desperation turns to Yirmiyahu seeking God's help but receives the opposite in response

Ep. 378: Yirmiyahu Ch.20 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The prophet imprisoned

Ep. 377: Yirmiyahu Ch.19 by Aliza Libman Baronofsky

Ep. 376: Yirmiyahu Ch.18 by Harris Lorieas | Yom Kippur - "clay in the hand of the potter, so are we in your hand."

Ep. 375: Yirmiyahu Ch. 17 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 374: Yirmiyahu Ch. 16 by Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo | The Navi is told that he must not marry nor have children

Ep. 373: Yirmiyahu Ch. 15 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The Prophet's Personal Struggle

Ep. 372: Yirmiyahu Ch.14 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Voices of the people, voices of Hashem.

Ep. 371: Yirmiyahu Ch. 13 by Aliza Libman Baronofsky | Hashem instructs Yirmiyahu in various performances whose significance symbolically applies to Israel

Ep. 370: Yirmiyahu Chs. 11 & 12 by Calev Ben Dor | In the reign of King Yoshiyahu a scroll is found which takes us all the way back to Devarim....

Ep. 369: Yirmiyahu Ch.10 by Calev Ben Dor | שפך חמתך על הגוים the spilling of God's wrath upon the nations ⁠

Ep. 368: Chs. 8-9 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 367: Yirmiyahu Ch.7 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 366: Yirmiyahu Ch.5 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The navi searches through the streets of Jerusalem for at least one person who lives their life with integrity

Ep. 365: Yirmiyahu Ch.4 by Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo | How does one give prophecy to a nation in the midst of King Yoshiyahu's religious reforms?

Ep. 364: Yirmiyahu Ch. 3 by Yael Shahar | The navi's excoriation of Israel contains within it some of the most beautiful verses of future harmony

Ep. 363: Yirmiyahu Ch. 2 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The flexible metaphor of the desert

Ep. 362: Yirmiyahu Ch.1 by Aliza Libman Barofsky

Ep. 361: Yishayahu Ch. 66 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Glorious chapters come to an end. Concluding with the sublime and the miserable.

Ep. 360: Yishayahu Ch. 65 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 359: Yishayahu Ch. 64 by Ilana Stein | If yesterday inspired the Battle Hymn, today's chapter inspires one of Yom Kippur's most memorable passages: 'we are the clay and you are the potter'

Ep. 358: Yishayahu Ch. 63 by Rachel Kellner

Ep. 357: Yishayahu Ch. 62 by Tobey Linhart | The prophet finds his own voice⁠

Ep. 356: Yishayahu Ch. 61 by Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo | Israel finally responds to God's promises of redemption

Ep. 355: Yishayahu Chs. 59-60 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 354: Yishayahu Ch. 58 by Ilana Stein | Chapters of teshuva

Ep. 353: Yishayahu Ch. 57 by Ilana Stein | Chapters of teshuva

Ep. 352: Yishayahu Ch. 56 by Calev Ben Dor | Crazy to think that we are getting close to the end, a chapter full of hope and rightly famous beautiful verses⁠

Ep. 351: Yishayahu Ch. 55 by Jon Muhlrad

Ep. 350: Yishayahu Chs. 53-54 by Alan Levenson | On the waters of Noah

Ep. 349: Yishayahu Ch. 52 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Lecha Dodi

Ep. 348: Yishayahu Ch. 51 by Ilana Stein | 'I, I am your comforter'

Ep. 347: Yishayahu Ch. 50 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Hashem continues to feel that Israel is not present as a partner and the prophet describes a little bit what it's like to be a prophet⁠

Ep. 346: Yishayahu Ch. 49 by Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo | On Daggers and Arrows (Malbim)

Ep. 345: Yishayahu Chs. 47-48 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Bavel will be brought low, but not thanks to Israel's merits⁠

Ep. 344: Yishayahu Ch. 46 by Rachel Kellner | For the first time in a while a note of rebuke alongside the comfort

Ep. 343: Yishayahu Ch. 45 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Coresh and the world not being created for nothingness

Ep. 342: Yishayahu Ch. 44 by Calev Ben Dor | The folly of idolatry⁠

Ep. 341: ⁠Yishayahu Ch. 43 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Some of the simplest and most beautiful verses of God's love and loyalty to Israel

Ep. 340: Yishayahu Chs. 41-42 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The metaphor of a woman in labour

Ep. 339: Yishayahu Ch. 40 by Harris Lorie | The ultimate chapter of comfort, the first of the haftarot of consolation read after Tisha B'Av

Ep. 338: Yishayahu Chs. 38-39 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Hizkiyahu's illness, his recovery and his dangerous friendship with the Babylonians

Ep. 337: Yishayahu Ch. 37 by Calev Ben Dor | Sancheriv and the Assyrian army defeated at the gates of Jerusalem. What if Sancheriv had destroyed Jerusalem in 701 rather than the Babylonians in 586?

Ep. 336: Yishayahu Ch. 36 by Calev Ben Dor| And suddenly we are back in Melachim style narrative...

Ep. 335: Yishayahu Ch. 35 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Sadness and sighing will flee⁠

Ep. 334: Yishayahu Chs. 33-34 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 333: Yishayahu Chs. 30-32 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 332: Yishayahu Ch. 29 by Rachel Kellner | Jerusalem as Ariel

Ep. 331: Yishayahu Ch. 28 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Political actors as drunkards

Ep. 330: Yishayahu Chs. 26-27 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 329: Yishayahu Ch. 25 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | A banquet of rich food, a banquet of choice wines' - a Thanksgiving meal?

Ep. 328: Yishayahu Ch. 24 by Rabban Gamliel Shmalo | The earth cannot suffer the violence performed and the blood shed upon her surface. She will react.

Ep. 327: Yishayahu Chs. 21-23 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The terrifying 'deserts of the sea' pronouncment, fear grips the prophet, empires will fall!

Ep. 326: Yishayahu Ch. 20 by Rafi Addlestone | Prophet is naked and Rafi Addlestone drops a beat

Ep. 325: Yishayahu Ch. 19 by Jon Muhlrad | The prophecy against Egypt and Jewish universalism

Ep. 324: Yishayahu Ch. 18 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | This time a prophecy for Ethiopia (Cush)

Ep. 323: Yishayahu Ch. 17 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Against Damascus and Aram

Ep. 322: Yishayahu Ch. 16 by Ilana Stein

Ep. 321: Yishayahu Ch. 15 by Ilana Stein | Yishayahu's lament for Moab with insight from the lions of Namibia

Ep. 320: Yishayahu Ch. 14 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Bavel and the defeat of evil

Ep. 319: ⁠Yishayahu Ch. 13 by Gavriel Suna

Ep. 318: Yishayahu Ch. 12 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Rabbi Joes' response to Calev on Ch. 11

Ep: 317: Yishayahu Ch. 11 by Calev Ben Dor | Beautiful visions of the wolf lying down with the lamb

Ep. 316: Yishayahu Ch. 10 by Jon Muhlrad | Israel criticised for their abuse of those who can't defend themselves.

Ep. 315 Yishayahu Ch. 9 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 314: Yishayahu Ch. 8 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 313: Yishayahu Ch. 7 by Yigal Kamel

Ep. 312: Yishayahu Ch. 6 by Aliza Libman Baronofsky

Ep. 311: Yishayahu Ch. 5 by Ilana Stein | Mashal hakerem, the parable of the vineyard.

Ep. 310: Yishayahu Ch. 3-4 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Everything high is brought low

Ep. 309: Yishayahu Ch. 2 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Comprising two separate prophecies, one of a beautiful future without warfare and the second of the bringing low of all that is high.

Ep. 308: Yishayahu Ch. 1 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | What does the prophet do?

Ep. 307: Melachim II Ch.23-25 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The end of both the book of Melachim and the narrative history genre of the Tanakh which we have known since the beginning of our studies.

Ep. 306: Melachim II Ch.22 by Ilana Stein

Ep. 305: Melachim II Ch.21 by Ilana Stein

Ep. 304: Melachim II Ch.18-20 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 303: Melachim II Chs.15-17 by Calev Ben Dor

Ep. 302: Melachim II Ch.14 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Yonah ben Amitai

Ep. 301: Melachim II Ch.13 by Calev Ben Dor

Ep. 300: Melachim II Ch.12 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 299: Melachim II Chs.8-11 by Ilana Stein

Ep. 298: Melachim II Ch.6-7 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 297: Melachim II Ch.5 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Elisha, Naaman, and Geichazi

Ep. 296: Melachim II Ch.4 by Rafi Addlestone | Elisha's care providing support and miracles for people in need.

Ep. 295: Melachim II Ch.3 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Elisha brings a miracle during a war

Ep. 294: Melachim II Ch.2 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Eliyahu's ascent in the whirlwind and connections to the book of Joshua

Ep. 293: Melachim II Ch.1 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Eliyahu's inability to learn a lesson

Ep. 292: Melachim I Ch.22 by Yigal Kamel

Ep. 291: Melachim I Ch.21 by Rav Alex Israel

Ep. 290: Melachim I Ch.20 by Tzivia Appleman | Achav: The Good, The Bad and The Ben Hadad'

Ep. 289: Melachim I Ch.19 by Calev Ben Dor

Ep. 287: Melachim I Ch.18 Part II by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Eliyahu's showdown with the Prophets of Baal

Ep 286: Melachim I Ch.18 Part I by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | One of the most epic chapters in Tanakh. So epic in fact that we will split it into two.

Ep. 285: Melachim I Ch.17 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | I hope everyone is ready for the ride because the next two weeks are going to be one of the Tanakh's ultimate showdowns - Eliyahu and Achav.

Ep. 284: Melachim I Ch.16 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 283: Melachim I Ch.15 by Jon Muhlrad | We learn about two kings, likely brothers, who live two very different lives.

Ep. 282: Melachim I Ch.14 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Yeravam's son is ill but Achiya is unwilling to help

Ep. 281: Melachim I Ch.13 by Rabbi Jonathan Ziring | A man of God comes to Yerevam with bad news

Ep. 280: Melachim I Ch.12 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 279: Melachim I Ch.11 by Calev Ben Dor &Rabbi Irwin Kula

Ep. 278: Melachim I chs9+10 by Alan Levenson

Ep.277: Melachim I Ch.8 by Rabbi Aron White | The dedication of the mikdash and Shlomo's prayer describing the temple as a place for all peoples

Ep. 276: Melachim I Ch.7 by Jon Muhlard | Shlomo builds his own house

Ep 275: Melachim I Ch.6 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The Temple is built! This is a big deal

Ep. 274: Melachim I Ch.5 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Shlomo's great wisdom and all of his many projects

Ep. 273: Melachim I Ch. 4 by Ilana Stein | The list of Shlomo's top officials and administrators

Ep. 272: Melachim I Ch. 3 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 271: Melachim I Ch. 2 by Calev Ben Dor | David's death, Yoav's muder, Shlomo assumes the throne

Ep. 270: Melachim I Ch.1 by Rabbi Alex Israel

Ep. 269: Shmuel II Ch.24 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | After 55 chapters today we finish the book of Samuel. | David's sin in counting the people as a retrospective on the themes of the book as a whole

Ep. 268: Shmuel II Ch.23 by Rabbi Dr. Sam Lebens | The penultimate chapter of Sefer Shmuel!

Ep. 267: Shmuel II Ch.22 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Suddenly, a song.

Ep. 266: Shmuel II Ch.21 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The strange story of the Givonim introducing our final unit of the book which begins and ends with the sin of a king

Ep. 265: Shmuel II Ch.20 by Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zukier | Another rebellion, this time of Sheva Ben Bichri, a holdover from the Shaul days, who ends up losing his head

Ep. 264: Shmuel II Ch.19 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | We see David haMelech in despair at the loss of his son, Avshalom.

Ep. 263: Shmuel II Ch.18 by Rabbi Dr. Sam Lebens | As we rejoin the story, Avshalom's rebellion comes to its end, 'for on that day, the forest killed more than the sword'.

Ep. 262: Shmuel II Ch.16-17 by Calev Ben Dor | David is ridiculed while in flight and his son Avshalom has established himself on the throne in Yerushalayim.

Ep. 261: Shmuel II Ch.15 by Jon Muhlrad | Avshalom has started a rebellion and David flees from Yersuhalayim, with an emotional scene taking place on top of the Mount of Olives.

Ep. 260: Shmuel II Ch.14 by Ilana Stein | David’s other son, Avshalom, is in exile in Geshur.

Ep. 259: Shmuel II Ch.13 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | We see the first cracks within Bet David, as David’s son Amnon’s lust for his half-sister leads to his own death.

Ep. 258: Shmuel II Ch.12 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 257: ADAR SPECIAL | Megillat Esther by Yitzhak Herzog, current President of Israel

Ep. 256: Shmuel II Ch.11 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 255: Shmuel II Ch.10 by Calev Ben Dor | A diplomatic misunderstanding leads to war Ammon led by the Tzeruya brothers.

Ep. 254: Shmuel II Ch.9 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | David haMelech seeks out any living descendants of his dear friend Yonatan, in order to make good on a pledge.

Ep. 253: Shmuel II Ch.8 by Jon Muhlrad

Ep. 252: Shmuel II Ch.7 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | King David requests to build a permanent dwelling place for Hashem.

Ep. 251: Shmuel II Ch.6 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | David brings the ark/aron to Yerushalayim

Ep. 250: Shmuel II Ch.5 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Today's the day, it finally happens: David becomes king over Israel.

Ep. 249: Shmuel II Ch.4 by Calev Ben Dor | Re-upload! | With the murder of Ish Boshet, all meaningful opposition to David's rule appears to be over.

Ep. 248: Shmuel II Ch. 3 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 247: Shmuel II Ch. 2 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 246: Shmuel II Ch. 1 by Harris Lorie | We are starting sefer Shmuel Bet, although it may not be a happy beginning.

Ep. 245: Shmuel I Ch. 31 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The end of Shmuel I and the end of Shaul's life.

Ep. 244: Shmuel I Ch. 29 by Jon Muhlrad | We start our last week of Shmuel I with an impending battle between Israel and the Philistines.

Ep. 243: Shmuel I Ch. 28 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The First King's Last Night - terrified on the eve of battle, Shaul employs a pagan sorceress to call up Shmuel from the dead for advice.

Ep. 242: Shmuel I Ch. 27 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | David escapes to the land of the Philistines and serves King Achish

Ep. 241: Shmuel I Ch. 26 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | David has the opportunity again to kill Shaul but again refrains

Ep. 240: Shmuel I Ch. 25 by Rabbi Alex Israel | The story of David, Naval, and Avigail.

Ep. 239: Shmuel I Ch. 24 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | We find David hiding in a cave in Ein Gedi which Shaul happens to walk into alone...

Ep. 238: Shmuel I Ch. 23 by Rafi Addlestone | In which David fights Philistines as he flees Shaul. Persuer and persued

Ep 237: Shmuel I Ch. 22 by Calev Ben Dor | Re-recorded today! | The grisly aftermath of yesterday's chapter in which the priests of Nov are massacred for the aid they gave to David

Ep. 236: Shmuel I Ch. 21 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | David receives bread and weaponry in Nov under false pretences and pretends to be a madman in Gat

Ep. 235: Shmuel I Ch. 20 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | David and Yonatan's emotional separation. My question: should Yonatan have left his father to go with David?

Ep. 234: Shmuel I Ch. 19 by Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo | Shaul's sun begins to set, David's begins to rise

Ep. 233: Shmuel I Ch. 18 by Calev Ben Dor | Shaul's sun begins to set, David's begins to rise

Ep. 232: Shmuel I Ch. 17 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson |This week David's ascent and then fall from grace

Ep. 231: Shmuel I Ch. 16 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Another momentous chapter, the anointment of David!

Ep. 230: Shmuel I Ch. 15 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | This is a critical chapter - Shaul's failure to kill Agag loses him his kingdom!

Ep. 229: Shmuel I Ch. 13 & 14 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | This is going to be a big week for Shaul, and a tragic one

Ep. 228: I Shmuel 12 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Shmuel's rebuke to the ppl and campaigns against the Plishtim with a difficult (too difficult?) test for Shaul set by Shmuel

Ep. 227: I Shmuel 11 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Shaul's kingship is confirmed and he successfully defends Israel against a vile king

Ep. 226: Shmuel I Ch. 10 by Yigal Kamel | Shaul's kingship is confirmed and he successfully defends Israel against a vile king

Ep. 225: Shmuel I Ch. 9 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | We meet the man who will be Israel's first king on a mission to help his father

Ep. 224: Shmuel I Ch. 8 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | A major moment in Biblical history - the people's request for a king, Shmuel's furious republican response, God's grudging acceptance.

Ep. 223: Shmuel I Ch. 7 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The return of the ark and Shmuel's leadership - one of those exceedlingy rare chapters where just everything appears to be going right

Ep. 222: Shmuel I Ch. 5 by Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo

Ep. 221: Shmuel I Ch.3 by Rabbi Elli Fischer | Shmuel receives a message of appointment from God - but he thinks that the voice is Eli...?

Ep. 220: Shmuel I Ch. 2 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Hannah's song, young Shmuel's service, the corruption of Eli's sons and a prophecy of doom

Ep. 219: Shmuel Ch. 1 by Rishe Groner | We meet Hannah longing for a son, a son who will eventually become the prophet Shmuel

Ep. 218: Shoftim 21 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Last chapter of sefer Shoftim | Audio from me where I try to provide a novel reading to the famous final line of the book of Shoftim

Ep. 217: Shoftim Ch. 20 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Following the previous chapter's outrage, the largest civil war in Jewish history.

Ep. 216: Shoftim Ch. 19 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | This is about as depressing as it can get. Israel becomes Sedom.

Ep. 215: Shoftim Ch. 18 by Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo | the strange and disturbing story of pesel micha, the wanderings of the tribe of Dan, and an alternative place of worship.

Ep. 214: Shoftim Ch. 16 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Samson and Delilah, the secret of his strength, the tragic ending of the final judge in Israel

Ep. 213: Shoftim Ch. 15 by Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo | A wild chapter - Shimshon's wedding does not go to plan, foxes create a fire, a jawbone is used to do extensive damage...

Ep. 212: Shoftim Ch. 14 by Calev Ben Dor | Shimshon comes of eyes and sets his eye on a Philistine partner

Ep. 211: Shoftim Ch. 13 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The beginning of the Samson stories. Today we meet his parents!

Ep. 210: Shoftim Ch. 12 by Rabbi Aviad Bodner | Yiphtach's story continues...

Ep. 209: Shoftim Ch. 11 by Alan Levenson | The story of Yiftach: the illegitimate son, driven out by his brothers, who returns to save his people.

Ep. 208: Shoftim Ch. 10 by Ilana Stein | A bridge chapter between the grand stories of Gidon and Yiphtach. Two judges, Tola and Yair, who judge for many decades but about whom we are told very little.

Ep. 207: Shoftim Ch. 9 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | what a story! The story of the first king of Israel that they don't tell you.

Ep. 206: Shoftim Ch. 7-8 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Gidon's successful campaigns against Midyan - 300 men, lapping at water, fire at night.

Ep. 205: Shoftim Ch. 6 by Calev Ben Dor | Introducing Gidon - the longest single story we have of the shoftim.

Ep. 203: Shoftim Ch. 5 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Devora and Barack sing their song of victory

Ep. 202: Shoftim Ch. 4 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The first of the great stories of Shoftim. Devora, Barack, Sisera, Yael - and a tent peg.

Ep. 201: Shoftim Ch. 3 by Rabbi Aron White | The first judges: Otniel ben Kenaz, Ehud ben Gera and Shamgar ben Anat.

Ep. 200: Shoftim Ch. 1-2 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 199: Yehoshua Ch. 22-24 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The departure of Ruben, Gad, and half of Menashe to the other side of the Jordan and Yehoshua's final speeches to the people!

Ep. 198: Yehoshua Ch. 21 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The cities of the Levites

Ep. 197: Yehoshua Ch. 20 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Cities of refuge and the beginning of justice

Ep. 196: Yehoshua Ch. 19 by Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo | The allocation of land for the final six tribes

Ep. 195: Yehoshua Ch. 18 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The final 7 tribes receive their portions

Ep. 194: Yehoshua Ch. 17 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The inheritance of Menashe, plus a surprise return of the daughters of Tzelofchad

Ep. 193: Yehoshua Ch. 16 by Tal Attia

Ep. 192: Yehoshua Ch. 15 by Ilana Stein

Ep. 191: Yehoshua Ch. 14 by Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo

Ep. 190: Yehoshua Ch. 13 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The division of the land

Ep. 189: Yehoshua Ch. 11 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The true war between Yehoshua and the kings of Canaan, 'a war of many days'

Ep. 188: Yehoshua Ch. 10 by Calev Ben Dor | Jerusalem first appears and Givon are attacked for their treaty with Israel

Ep. 187: Yehoshua Ch. 9 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The story of the Givonim

Ep. 186: Yehoshua Ch. 8 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The second successful campaign against the Ai

Ep. 185: Yehoshua Ch.7 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | For the first time in the sefer, things go badly wrong - The Story of Achan

Ep. 184: Yehoshua Ch.6 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Joshua fought the battle of Jericho and the walls came a tumbling down

Ep. 183: Yehoshua Ch.5 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Brit Mila, Pesach, the end of the manna and an angel

Ep. 182: Yehoshua Ch.4 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | 12 stones for 12 tribes as the people cross the Jordan

Ep. 181: Yehoshua Ch.3 - by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The splitting of the Jordan

Ep. 180: Yehoshua Ch.2 - by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Two spies enter Yericho and find refuge with a prostitute called Rahav

Ep. 179: Yehoshua Ch.1 - God speaks to a new leader by Rabbi Sacks

Ep. 179a: Introduction to Yehoshua (and podcast) by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Oct 2022

Ep. 177: Devarim Ch. 34 by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, & international president of 929 | Final chapter of the Torah

Ep. 176: Devarim Ch.33 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Moshe blesses Israel, as tribes, and collectively⁠ | Vizot Habracha

Ep. 175: Devarim Ch. 32 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Shirat Ha'azinu | Considering the verse 'remember the day of old...' zakhor and the difference between history and memory

Ep. 174: Devarim Ch.31 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Moshe plans for the future!⁠

Ep. 173: Devarim Ch. 30 by Tzivia Appleman | National Destiny & The Democratisation of Torah

Ep. 172: Devarim Ch.29 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Torah For All

Ep. 171: Devarim Chs. 27-28 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Israel: Land of Birth or Land Of Destiny - Moshe's Argument with Ben Gurion

Ep. 170: Devarim Ch. 26 by Calev Ben Dor

Ep. 169: Devarim Ch. 25 by Alan Levenson | marriage, conflicts, and Amalek.

Ep. 168: Devarim Ch. 24 by Harris Lorie | We encounter many mitzvot with an emphasis on social justice

Ep. 167: Devarim Ch. 23 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | All the relationships that Israel are forbidden from entering into

Ep. 166: Devarim Ch. 22 by Ilana Stein | what a chapter, so many mitzvot! Ilana shares thoughts on the shooing away of the mother 🐦

Ep. 165: Devarim Ch.21 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 164: Devarim Ch. 20 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The laws of warfare, part 1

Ep. 163: Devarim Chs. 18-19 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Devarim #18: of priests and necromancers & Devarim #19 the Leviim and the cities of refuge

Ep. 162: Devarim Ch. 17 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Welcome to Jewish political thought - the king!⁠

Ep. 161: Devarim Ch. 16 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The festivals from the point of view of Sefer Devarim

Ep. 160: Devarim Ch.15 by Adina Lichtman | The chapter of tzedaka, powerful, beautiful, essential - and for that reason a special guest for our audio.

Ep. 159: Devarim Ch.14 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Food and holiness⁠

Ep. 158: Devarim Ch. 13 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | False Prophets

Ep. 157: Devarim Chs. 11-12 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Why the land of Israel, is, and is not, like the garden of Eden⁠

Ep. 156: Devarim Ch. 10 by Aron Whitefrom | Rebuke to inspiration from Moshe

Ep. 155: Devarim Ch. 9 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson |

Ep. 154: Devarim Ch. 8 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Just a genuinely beautiful chapter on the relationship between food and faith.

Ep. 153: Devarim Ch. 7 by Rabbi Sarna | Israel and the nations in the land⁠

Ep. 152: Devarim Ch. 6 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Beast of a chapter, Shema and plenty other goodies

Ep. 151: Devarim Ch. 5 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Back to Sinai!

Ep. 150: Devarim Ch. 4 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Moshe begins his speech and reminds the people of what it was like to stand at Sinai

Ep. 149: Devarim Ch. 3 by Tali Zabari

Ep. 148: Devarim Ch. 2 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Moshe recounts the journey through the desert and interactions with various peoples

Ep. 147: Devarim Ch. 1 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Beginning of the 5th book of Tanakh⁠

Ep. 130 Bamidbar Ch. 25 by Esther Bildrici | The sons of Israel fall for the daughters of Moav and Baal Peor. Pinchas is incensed

Ep. 129: Bamidbar Ch. 23 by Dov Lerner | Bilam tries to curse Israel yet fails multiple times

Ep. 128: Bamidbar Ch. 22 by Rabbi Sarna

Ep. 127: Bamidbar Ch. 21 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 126: Bamidbar Ch. 20 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 125: Bamidbar Ch. 19 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The para aduma, the red heifer which purifies the impure and makes impure those who are pure.

Ep. 124: Bamidbar Ch. 18 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The privileges and responsibilities of the Leviim and Kohanim - a post Korach message.

Ep. 123: Bamidbar Ch. 17 by Rabbi Sarna | The aftermath of Korach

Ep. 122: Bamidbar Ch. 16 by Miriam Lorie

Ep. 121: Bamidbar Ch. 15 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | And suddenly a break in the narrative for some halachot.

Ep. 120: Bamidbar Ch. 14 by Calev Ben Dor | The spies return, the people weep, Calev and Yehoshua try to save the day.

Ep. 119: Bamidbar Ch. 13 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The story of the spies

Ep. 118: Bamidbar Ch. 12 by Noah Santa Cruz

Ep. 117: Bamidbar Ch. 10 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | A turning point in Bamidbar from vision to harsh reality.

Ep. 116: Bamidbar Ch. 9 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 115: Bamidbar Ch. 8 by Rabbi Sarna

Ep. 114: Bamidbar Ch. 7 by Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo | The Princes And The Dedication Of The Mishkan

Ep. 113: Bamidbar Ch. 6 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The Nazir!

Ep 112: Bamidbar Ch. 5 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The order of the counting disrupted by Sota and others

Ep. 111: Bamidbar Ch. 4 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The sons of Kehat

Ep 110: Bamidbar Ch. 3 by Rabbi Sarna | The count of the Levi'im.

Ep. 109: Bamidbar Ch. 2 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The numbers, the tribes, the formation

Ep. 99: Vayikra Ch. 18 by Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Ep. 98 Part II: Vayikra Ch. 17 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 98 Part I: Vayikra Ch. 17 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson Video Episode | Part I | A short chapter, but one which provides some of the fundamentals of how animals are viewed in Sefer Vayikra.

Ep. 93: Vayikra Ch. 12 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 92: Vayikra Ch. 11 by Jon Muhlrad

Ep. 91: Vayikra Ch. 10 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 90: Vayikra Ch. 9 by Rabbi Yehuda Sarna

Ep. 89: Vayikra Ch. 8 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 88: Vayikra Ch. 7 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The conclusion of the laws of the sacrifices.

Ep. 87: Vayikra Ch. 6 by Tal Attia

Ep. 86: Vayikra Ch. 5 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 85: Vayikra Ch. 4 by Rabbi Yehuda Sarna

Ep. 84: Vayikra Ch. 3 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 83: Vayikra Ch. 2 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 81: Shemot Ch. 40 by Maya Neiman | Our final day of Shemot - the book of redemption.

Ep. 80: Shemot Ch. 39 by Rabbi Yehuda Sarna | the penultimate chapter of the book

Ep. 79: Shemot Ch. 38 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 78: Shemot Ch. 37 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Betsalel's construction of the Aron and other vessels. '

Ep. 77: Shemot Ch. 36 by Dovi Brum

Ep. 76: Shemot Ch. 35 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 75: Shemot Ch. 34 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 74: Shemot Ch. 33 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 73: Shemot Ch. 32 by Harris Lorie

Ep. 72: Shemot Ch. 31 by Helene Aylon

Ep. 71: Shemot Ch. 30 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 70: Shemot Ch. 29 by Rabbi Yehuda Sarna

Ep. 69: Shemot Ch. 28 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 68: Shemot Ch. 27 by Dana Frankel Zeitz

Ep. 67: Shemot Ch. 26 by Steve Kurtz

Ep. 66: Shemot Ch. 25 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 65: Shemot Ch. 24 by Rabbi Yehuda Sarna

Ep. 64: Shemot Ch. 23 by Yigal Kamel

Ep. 63: Shemot Ch. 22 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Mishpatim continue, with a strong emphasis on preventing injustice.

Ep. 62: Shemot Ch. 21 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 61: Shemot Ch. 20 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 60: Shemot Ch. 19 by Rabbi Yehuda Sarna

Ep. 59: Shemot Ch. 18 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 58: Shemot Ch. 17 by Calev Ben-Dor | Too little water, too much Amalek.

Ep. 57: Shemot Ch. 16 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The manna and Shabbat.

Ep. 56: Shemot Ch. 15 by Esther Bildirici | The song at the sea

Ep. 55: Shemot Ch. 14 by Rabbi Yehuda Sarna | Israel at the red sea.

Ep. 54: Shemot Ch. 13 Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The sanctification of the firstborns for posterity, the command to remember the exodus, and the beginning of the journey onward from Egypt

Ep. 53: Shemot Ch. 12 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Pesach in real time and Pesach in the future

Ep. 52: Shemot Ch. 11 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Our shortest chapter so far - the introduction to the final plague and reparations for slavery.

Ep. 51: Shemot Ch. 10 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Plagues 8 and 9 - locusts and darkness.

Ep. 50: Shemot Ch. 9 by Tal Attia | The heart of the plagues sent against Egypt.

Ep. 49: Shemot Ch. 5 by Rabbi Yehuda Sarna | Moshe returns to Egypt... and things don't go so well

Ep. 48: Shemot Chs. 2-4 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 46: Bereishit Ch. 50 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Ch. 50 concludes the book with the death of Yaakov and the reconciliation of the brothers.

Ep. 47: Shemot Ch. 1 by Doron Luder | Shemot opens with the promise to Avraham forgotten and Israel enslaved.

Ep. 45: Bereishit Ch. 48 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Yosef's parting with his father and Yaakov's blessings to Ephraim and Menashe

Ep. 44: Bereishit Ch.47 by Isaac Kurtz | Yosef settles the family in Goshen, and then gets his economic policy in place. Is he the saviour or the enslaver of Egypt?

Ep. 43: Bereishit Ch. 46 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Yaakov journeys down to Egypt and is reunited with Yosef.

Ep. 42: Bereishit Ch.45 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Yosef reveals himself to his brothers

Ep. 41: Bereishit Ch.44 by Rabbi Sarna | The planted goblet, and Yehuda steps in to save Binyamin. Does Yehuda know that the man he's talking to is Yosef?

Ep. 40: Bereishit Ch. 41 by David Bernheim | Pharoah dreams and Yosef is released and rises to power.

Ep. 39: Bereishit Ch. 40 by Jake Goldstein | Yosef in prison meets the butler and the baker

Ep. 38: Bereishit Ch. 39 by Rabbi Yehuda Sarna | Yosef in Potifar's house.

Ep. 37: Bereishit Ch.38 by Jon Muhlrad | We interrupt the story of Yosef to bring you the story of Yehuda and Tamar.

Ep. 36: Bereishit Ch. 37 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | We begin the story of Yosef and his brothers.

Ep. 35: Bereishit Ch.36 by Calev Ben Dor | The descendants of Esav. Calev Ben Dor of Jerusalem returns to show us just how intriguing lineage lists can be. Plus a great trivia Q at the end

Ep. 34: Bereishit Ch.35 by Yaakov Shimshon Thall | Yaakov's return to Israel, and the death of Devora and Rachel.

Ep. 33: Bereishit Ch.34 by Corinne Shmuel | Dina, Shechem, Shimon, Levi. A rape and a massacre. Not a happy story.

Ep. 32: Bereishit Ch.33 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Yaacov and Eisav reunited.

Ep. 31: Bereishit Ch.32 by Rabbi Joe Wofson | Yaakov prepares to confront Esav and wrestles with a strange man.

Ep. 30: Bereishit Ch.31 by Rabbi Joe Wofson | Yaakov flees Lavan

Ep. 29: Bereishit Ch.30 by Rabbi Joe Wofson | Rachel and Leah's Children - one of the most tragic chapters in Bereishit and the source of much future division within the Jewish people.

Ep. 28: Bereishit Ch.29 by Rabbi Yehuda Sarna | Yaakov meets his cousin Rachel at the well and falls in love

Ep. 27: Bereishit Ch.28 by Rabbi Joe Wofson | Yaakov flees and has a dream of a ladder

Ep. 26: Bereishit Ch.27 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The (in)famous story of the theft of the brachot. The whole story depends on where you start and stop reading.

Ep. 25: Ch.26 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The only chapter devoted to Yitzchak as the central character - and there is a famine in the land.

Ep. 24: Bereishit Ch.25 by Calev Ben Dor | The birth of twins to Yitzchak and Rivka

Ep. 23: Bereishit Ch.24 by Rabbi Yehuda Sarna | The Search For A Wife For Yitzchak

Ep. 22: Bereishit Ch.23 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The death of Sarah and the search for a burial plot

Ep. 21: Bereishit Ch.22 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | 'And God said to Avraham, 'take your son, your only son, the one you love, Isaac, and raise him up as an offering'.

Ep. 20: Bereishit Ch.21 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The birth of Yitzchak and the expulsion of Yishmael

Ep. 19: Bereishit Ch.20 by Rabbi Yehuda Sarna | Avraham, Sarah and the Philistine King Avimelech

Ep. 18: Bereishit Ch.19 by Shira Hanau, 2018 Shalhevet president | The strange story of Lot and his daughters

Ep. 17: Bereishit Ch.18 by Judge Elyakim Rubinstein, former vice-President of the Israeli Supreme Court | Avraham argues with God about the destruction of Sedom

Ep. 16: Bereishit Ch.17 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Avram becomes Avraham and Sarai becomes Sarah.

Ep. 15: Bereishit Ch.16 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The pregnant Hagar flees to the desert and hears a voice at a well.

Ep. 14: Bereishit Ch.15 by Rabbi Benji Levy | God's ultimate promise to Avraham, Brit Bein HaBetarim, and the pain and promise DNA of Jewish history

Ep. 13: Bereishit Ch.14 by Rabbi Yehuda Sarna | The war of the ancient Near East featuring Avraham as not just religious leader and ba'al hesed but also warrior and likely head of a hesder yeshiva

Ep. 12: Bereishit Ch.13 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 11: Bereishit Ch. 12 by Esther Bildrici

Ep. 10: Bereishit Ch.11 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 9: Bereishit Ch.10 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The descendants of Noach's children

Ep. 8: Bereishit Ch.9 by Dovi Brom

Ep. 7: Bereishit Ch. 8 by Yigal Kamel | On seasons and mathematics

Ep. 6 Bereishit Ch.6 and Ch.7 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 5: Bereishit Ch.5 by Jake Goldstein

Ep 4. Bereishit Ch.4 by Gabe Slamovits

Ep. 3 Bereishit Ch.3 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 2: Bereishit Ch.2 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep. 1: Bereishit Ch.1 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson

Ep: 0: Introduction to Bereishit by Rabbi Joe Wolfson