Rav Joe's 929 Tanakh Podcast

David brings the ark/aron to Yerushalayim - Mijal is looking from the window at David dancing just as she was looking from the window when she saved him from her father's assassins, but what a difference lies between them! Today's audio using our chapter and Mijal's tragedy as a case study in ambiguity. Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/II_Samuel.6

Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/II_Samuel.5

Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/II_Samuel.4 Notes: This episode was originally uploaded with previous episode's episode, but the mistake has been fixed. 

Avner attempts to bring about his own reconciliation between the Houses of Shaul and David, but instead it becomes a a dramatic story of revenge. https://www.sefaria.org/II_Samuel.3

Today David is crowned as King of Judah! But immediately afterwards, a dramatic battle ensues between the soldiers of King David and Ish-Boshet, Shaul’s son who has been made King of Israel. Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/II_Samuel.2

David learns of the death of Shaul and Yonatan, after which he mournfully composes the "Song of the Bow". Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/II_Samuel.1

Audio today reflects on Shaul's life and legacy. Having lived with him now daily for a month I can't help but feel somewhat fond of him. Text for this chapter can be found here:   https://www.sefaria.org/I_Samuel.31

We start our last week of Shmuel I with an impending battle between Israel and the Philistines. Oddly enough, David seems to be fighting on the side of the Philistines. Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/I_Samuel.29

When the Philistines march towards Israel and King Shaul goes in search of ghosts. Today's chapter is really one of my very favourites. I'm not quite sure what I'm going to focus on in my audio, but if you'd like my full class on it then here is the source sheet and full shiur www.joewolfson.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/saul-and-the-witch-joe-wolfson.pdf www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/861999/...

Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/I_Samuel.27

Audio considering whether this chapter is a repetition of ch.24 or adds something altogether new Text for this chapter can be found here:   https://www.sefaria.org/I_Samuel.26

Rav Alex is one of the premier teachers of Tanakh today, author of two outstanding books on Sefer Melakhim which we will doubtless come to in a about 6 weeks time.  Today he considers a fascinating analogy between David/Avigael and Esav/Yaakov.  Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/I_Samuel.25

Audio featuring a reading of the Ralbag which dramatically opens the question of the difference between David's private motivation and public justification. Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/I_Samuel.24

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Extra Special Audio. For today's audio Calev Ben Dor combines everything from midrash to 20th century philosophy as he considers Shaul's descent along with an intriguing parallel to Aerys Targaryen. In uploading this chapter, we realized we were missing this recording, and Calev Ben Dor kindly re-recorded last cycle's audio and added an extra something on Achimelech's ancestry. Please enjoy this T...

Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/I_Samuel.21

Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/I_Samuel.20

Two of our most beloved teachers, Calev Ben Dor (Ch. 18) and Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo, provide sympathetic insightful readings of both Shaul and David, considering jealousy, prophecy, madness and the Torah that David studied together with Shmuel as he fled Shaul.  Text for this chapter can be found here:  https://www.sefaria.org/I_Samuel.19

Two of our most beloved teachers, Calev Ben Dor and Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo (ch. 19), provide sympathetic insightful readings of both Shaul and David, considering jealousy, prophecy, madness and the Torah that David studied together with Shmuel as he fled Shaul.  Text for this chapter here: https://www.sefaria.org/I_Samuel.18

Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/I_Samuel.17

Our audio today will focus on how Shmuel feels about Shaul's rejection and the task of finding a new king Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/I_Samuel.16

In today's audio we'll be discussing whether Shaul should be considered a model humanitarian or a brutal murderer and will be referencing a letter that Rav Aharon Lichtenstein wrote to Menachem Begin after Sabra and Shatila Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/I_Samuel.15

Text for these chapters can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/I_Samuel.13 , https://www.sefaria.org/I_Samuel.14

Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/I_Samuel.12

Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/I_Samuel.11