"You are not to kindle a fire in any of your homes on Shabbat.” Exodus 35:3
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“Holy, holy, holy, is YHWH of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!”
Reminiscent of the revelation of YHWH at Mt. Sinai is Isaiah’s vision of YHWH in His throne room. Haftarah Yitro depicts this vision and ominous prophecy that is given.
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Packed with information, Yoel presents nugget after historic nugget from this week’s Torah Portion, Beshalach (after he had let go).
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“Barak answered her: “If you go with me, I’ll go; but if you won’t go with me, I won’t go.”
The song of Devorah connects haftarah Beshalach to the Torah portion containing the Song on the Sea. Jono and Yoel discuss Devorah; judge and prophetess of Israel, and what we need to know about Hebrew root words and songs in the bible in this episode of our Light of the Prophets series.
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Jeff Gilbert and Yoel talk about aspects of the first Pesach and the annual reenactments in this week’s Torah Portion Bo (enter), as well as taking an interesting detour into bee honey, camel’s milk and mother’s milk.
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“Why has your strong one been overthrown? He failed to stand because YHWH pushed him down.“
Jeremiah prophesies that Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon is sent to conquer Egypt in haftarah Bo.
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What does it mean that God hardened Pharaoh’s heart? Yoel examines the concept of Free Will, as well as the significance of the Nile and more in this week’s Torah Portion, Vaera (I appeared).
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“I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, you big crocodile lying in the streams of the Nile!”
The hubris, and therefore demise, of Egypt connects this week’s parashah and haftarah Vaera. We look at the background of Egypt and the historical setting of this prophecy against Pharaoh Hophra in Ezekiel 29.
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Yoel presents midrashic, historic, archaeological and cultural aspects to several points in this week’s Torah Portion Shemot (names).
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“‘I passed by and saw you there, wallowing in your own blood; and as you lay in your blood I said to you, “Live!”“
There are three traditional readings for haftarah Shemot. We will examine the Yemenite traditional reading from Ezekiel 16.
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In this week’s Torah Portion, Vayechi (he lived) Yoel focuses on the blessings to Ephrayim, Yehudah, and Yoseph, presenting the literary, historical and cultural factors in understanding them.
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