Rav Joe's 929 Tanakh Podcast

Ep. 47: Shemot Ch. 1 by Doron Luder | Shemot opens with the promise to Avraham forgotten and Israel enslaved. 17.04.2022 8:32 ↓

Text for this chapter can be found here:  https://www.sefaria.org/Exodus.1?lang=en&aliyot=0

Ep. 45: Bereishit Ch. 48 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Yosef's parting with his father and Yaakov's blessings to Ephraim and Menashe 13.04.2022 8:09 ↓

Text for this chapter can be found here: http://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.48?lang=bi&aliyot=0

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? 12.04.2022 8:17 ↓

Isaac Kurtz considers this deeply political chapter. Text for this chapter can be found here: http://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.47?lang=bi&aliyot=0

Ep. 43: Bereishit Ch. 46 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Yaakov journeys down to Egypt and is reunited with Yosef. 11.04.2022 9:03 ↓

Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.46?lang=bi&aliyot=1

Ep. 42: Bereishit Ch.45 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Yosef reveals himself to his brothers 10.04.2022 9:51 ↓

Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.45?lang=bi&aliyot=1

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? 07.04.2022 2:49 ↓

Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.44?lang=bi&aliyot=1

Ep. 40: Bereishit Ch. 41 by David Bernheim | Pharoah dreams and Yosef is released and rises to power. 04.04.2022 7:07 ↓

Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.41?lang=bi&aliyot=1

Ep. 39: Bereishit Ch. 40 by Jake Goldstein | Yosef in prison meets the butler and the baker 03.04.2022 6:26 ↓

Text can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.40?lang=bi&aliyot=1

Ep. 38: Bereishit Ch. 39 by Rabbi Yehuda Sarna | Yosef in Potifar's house. 31.03.2022 5:10 ↓

In the audio Rabbi Sarna explains how eunuchs and executioners are critical to understanding the story.  Text for this chapter can be found here:   https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.39?lang=bi&aliyot=1

Ep. 37: Bereishit Ch.38 by Jon Muhlrad | We interrupt the story of Yosef to bring you the story of Yehuda and Tamar. 30.03.2022 6:23 ↓

Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.38?lang=bi&aliyot=1

Ep. 36: Bereishit Ch. 37 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | We begin the story of Yosef and his brothers. 29.03.2022 8:24 ↓

Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.37?lang=bi&aliyot=1

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 28.03.2022 5:31 ↓

Text can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.36?lang=bi&aliyot=1

Ep. 34: Bereishit Ch.35 by Yaakov Shimshon Thall | Yaakov's return to Israel, and the death of Devora and Rachel. 27.03.2022 5:33 ↓

Text can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.35?lang=bi&aliyot=1

Ep. 33: Bereishit Ch.34 by Corinne Shmuel | Dina, Shechem, Shimon, Levi. A rape and a massacre. Not a happy story. 24.03.2022 7:02 ↓

Text can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.34?lang=bi&aliyot=1

Ep. 32: Bereishit Ch.33 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | Yaacov and Eisav reunited. 23.03.2022 7:14 ↓

Text can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.33?lang=bi&aliyot=1

Ep. 31: Bereishit Ch.32 by Rabbi Joe Wofson | Yaakov prepares to confront Esav and wrestles with a strange man. 22.03.2022 6:27 ↓

Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.32?lang=bi&aliyot=1

Ep. 30: Bereishit Ch.31 by Rabbi Joe Wofson | Yaakov flees Lavan 21.03.2022 10:40 ↓

Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.31?lang=bi&aliyot=1

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. 20.03.2022 8:46 ↓

Text can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.30?lang=bi&aliyot=1

Ep. 28: Bereishit Ch.29 by Rabbi Yehuda Sarna | Yaakov meets his cousin Rachel at the well and falls in love 18.03.2022 4:33 ↓

Text can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.29?lang=bi&aliyot=1

Ep. 27: Bereishit Ch.28 by Rabbi Joe Wofson | Yaakov flees and has a dream of a ladder 16.03.2022 7:44 ↓

Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.28?lang=bi&aliyot=1

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. 15.03.2022 8:40 ↓

The (in)famous story of the theft of the brachot. Were Yaacov and Rivka justified in their actions? We'll call this chapter Eisav's Teshuva. Or, in a line, the whole story depends on where you start and stop reading. Text for this chapter: https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.27?lang=bi&aliyot=1

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. 14.03.2022 8:06 ↓

Our audio attempts to discover Yitzchak's unique personality from under the shadow of his father. Text can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.26?lang=bi&aliyot=1

Ep. 24: Bereishit Ch.25 by Calev Ben Dor | The birth of twins to Yitzchak and Rivka 13.03.2022 6:52 ↓

Calev Ben Dor of Jerusalem explores the early identities of Yaakov and Esav Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.25?lang=bi&aliyot=1

Ep. 23: Bereishit Ch.24 by Rabbi Yehuda Sarna | The Search For A Wife For Yitzchak 10.03.2022 4:54 ↓

Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.24?lang=bi&aliyot=1

Ep. 22: Bereishit Ch.23 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | The death of Sarah and the search for a burial plot 09.03.2022 3:11 ↓

Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.23?lang=bi&aliyot=1