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Difficulties in the placement and translation of Hosea chapter 3 lead to interesting questions. Is there a second wife in Hosea’s experience? What can we learn about the price paid for the woman, and how does the exile affect obedience to Torah?
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From Hosea 2:15-25 , Yoel and Jeff discuss how the Northern Kingdom perverted their perception of YHVH to be like the Ba’alim, what the “wilderness” experience is for them, and the response of the earth to the presence of the people of Israel.
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The discussion of Hosea continues in Chapter 2 with images of divorce, shaming and execution. Yoel compares the language of Hosea with Ezekiel and Jeremiah, and he and Jeff discuss whether the redemption will be a sudden, big event or a gradual thing, as well as whether these judgements mean ending the covenant.
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“We were taken out of Egypt to make sure we receive the promise to Abraham of the good land… The days of Sukkot are actually a celebration of the gift and the goodness that God gives us by allowing us to sit on the land.” Yoel and Jono Vandor discuss the textual evidence and traditional opinions of what
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Yoel and Jeff Gilbert continue in Hosea with the significance of the names Jezreel, Lo-ruhamah and Lo-ammi, whether Israel is being divorced, as well as the concept of loyalty, consequences of disloyalty, and the gathering of Israel.
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How do we know we are to fast? What constitutes afflicting the soul in the Rabbinic world? Is Blood Required For All Atonement? Yoel answers these questions as well as
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Yoel and Jeff Gilbert begin the study of the book of Hosea with a discussion of the times that Hosea lived and saw. Hosea was a contemporary of several of the other “Major Prophets”, but the only “Prophet” that was of the northern Kingdom.
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In this final episode, Yoel and Jeff wrap up the Oral Torah series with a discussion of modern Judaism and the Judaisms that make up Judaism; from the Neologs to the Ultra Orthodox; from the emancipation of the mind in the 1700’s to our current world.
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In this special podcast Yoel explains the historical background of the practices of the 6th month of Elul.
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In Part 21, Yoel and Jeff bring the discussion into the modern era; still several hundred years back in time from today, and the series is nearly complete.
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