Rav Joe's 929 Tanakh Podcast

Ilana Stein explores the ideas of redemption. Text here: www.sefaria.org/Psalms.67

Jon Muhlrad considers ch.66's suggestion that God listens only to our positive thoughts and not student to our negative ones. Text here: www.sefaria.org/Psalms.66

Today I share thoughts on two of my favourite verses in ch.62 and 65. Text here: www.sefaria.org/Psalms.65

Thoughts on the chapter presented by Jonathan Muhlrad. Text here: www.sefaria.org/Psalms.64

אֱלֹהִים  אֵלִי אַתָּה אֲשַׁחֲרֶךָּ צָמְאָה לְךָ  נַפְשִׁי כָּמַהּ לְךָ בְשָׂרִי בְּאֶרֶץ־צִיָּה וְעָיֵף בְּלִי־מָיִם׃ God, You are my God; I search for You, my soul thirsts for You, my body yearns for You, as a parched and thirsty land that has no water. :כֵּן בַּקֹּדֶשׁ חֲזִיתִךָ לִרְאוֹת עֻזְּךָ וּכְבוֹדֶךָ I shall behold You in the sanctuary, and see Your might and glory. First time presenter...

Text begins here: http://www.sefaria.org/Psalms.59

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 Rabbi Dr Sam Lebens considers how we relate to sentiments of bloody vengeance such as in our chapter which offend both our own moral feelings as well as contradicting so much of the Torah's teachings. Text here: www.sefaria.org/Psalms.58

Text here: ⁠www.sefaria.org/Psalms.56⁠ , ⁠www.sefaria.org/Psalms.57 No audio for ch.55 but a short written ideaby Rabbi Joe below: Says the author: וָאֹמַ֗ר מִֽי־יִתֶּן־לִּ֣י אֵ֭בֶר כַּיּוֹנָ֗ה אָע֥וּפָה וְאֶשְׁכֹּֽנָה׃ I said, “O that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and find rest; הִ֭נֵּה אַרְחִ֣יק נְדֹ֑ד אָלִ֖ין בַּמִּדְבָּ֣ר סֶֽלָה׃ surely, I would flee far off; I would lodge in the...

Chs. 52-54 Three chapters each of which focus on critical moments in David's life as a fugitive. Sam Lebens shares a bumper audio on chapter 53 www.sefaria.org/Psalms.53

52-54 Three chapters each of which focus on critical moments in David's life as a fugitive. Rafi Addlestone will be sharing Torah on chapters 52 and 54 - chapters linked for a number of reasons, but not least their connection to iconic reggae beats which Rafi assumes everyone will know. Text here: www.sefaria.org/Psalms.52 , www.sefaria.org/Psalms.54

אַ֭שְׁרֵי מַשְׂכִּ֣יל אֶל־דָּ֑ל בְּי֥וֹם רָ֝עָ֗ה יְֽמַלְּטֵ֥הוּ יְהוָֽה׃ Happy is he who is thoughtful of the wretched; in bad times may the LORD keep him from harm. In my audio I consider just one verse in the chapter, and how it relates to one of the great luminaries who left the world this week, Rav Dovid Feinstein: אַ֭שְׁרֵי מַשְׂכִּ֣יל אֶל־דָּ֑ל בְּי֥וֹם רָ֝עָ֗ה יְֽמַלְּטֵ֥הוּ יְהוָֽה׃ Happy...

Text here: www.sefaria.org/Psalms.49

The intersection of many Biblical themes. Celebrating the eternity of a great city after a tremendous victory... yet sowing the seeds for future calamity. Text here: www.sefaria.org/Psalms.48

You'll quite possibly recognise this chapter from one of the most intense moments of the calendar - the blowing of the shofar on Rosh Hashana. Nations acknowledge as God arises and is made great to the sound of the shofar. Sharing her thoughts, on the beautiful insight of the chapter and of Rosh Hashana that the Jewish people have their own God but at the same time delight in sharing their God...

An attack on Jerusalem, mountains melt, rivers flow, and universal peace is ushered in. Text here: www.sefaria.org/Psalms.46

This chapter concludes on a very different note than the previous: אַזְכִּירָה שִׁמְךָ בְּכׇל־דֹּר וָדֹר עַל־כֵּן עַמִּים יְהוֹדוּךָ לְעֹלָם וָעֶד Calev Ben Dor shares Torah on Ch.45 with a reflection on a midrash beloved of Rabbi Sacks. Text here: www.sefaria.org/Psalms.45

One which urges God to be as faithful to the covenant as Israel is, as Israel are killed for his name every day. The very next chapter concludes on a very different note: אַזְכִּירָה שִׁמְךָ בְּכׇל־דֹּר וָדֹר עַל־כֵּן עַמִּים יְהוֹדוּךָ לְעֹלָם וָעֶד I commemorate your fame for all generations, so peoples will praise you forever and ever. I provide thoughts on Ch.44. Text here: www.sefaria.org/Psa...

Rabbi Sacks' Favourite Song and Epitaph Many many times has the 929 corresponded eerily with other events happening. But I have not had one like this before. In 1991, Dr Jonathan Sacks, then chief rabbi elect of the United Kingdom was the guest on a deeply beloved British radio show, Desert Island Disks, in which guests are asked to select the songs they would take with them to a desert island...

אַ֭שְׁרֵי מַשְׂכִּ֣יל אֶל־דָּ֑ל בְּי֥וֹם רָ֝עָ֗ה יְֽמַלְּטֵ֥הוּ יְהוָֽה Happy is he who is thoughtful of the wretched; in bad times may the LORD keep him from harm In my audio I consider just one verse in the chapter and how it relates to one of the great luminaries who left the world this week, Rav Dovid Feinstein (2020). And if you don't have time to listen to the audio, then at least take o...

As Rabbi Sacks is on the minds of so many of us , Tehillim 39 and 40, are eerily appropriate for thinking about him. The words that David said, could have been said by him. וַיִּתֵּ֬ן בְּפִ֨י ׀ שִׁ֥יר חָדָשׁ֮ תְּהִלָּ֪ה לֵֽאלֹ֫הֵ֥ינוּ יִרְא֣וּ רַבִּ֣ים וְיִירָ֑אוּ וְ֝יִבְטְח֗וּ בַּיהוָֽה׃ He put a new song into my mouth, a hymn to our God. May many see it and stand in awe, and trust in the LORD I...

Written in 2020: What a hard hard way to begin the week. I doubt there is anyone in the hundreds of people in our WhatsApp groups who has not encountered and been impacted by Rabbi Sacks' work. We begin today with recordings from Jon Muhlrad and Sam Lebens on chapters 37 and 38. Both Sam and Jon were immeasurably by Rabbi Sacks and even though these were recorded before his passing, they serve...

Text here: www.sefaria.org/Psalms.37

Here are my thoughts on chs35 and 36, featuring one of my all time favourite verses כל עצמותי תאמרנה ה' מי כמוך all of my limbs will declare, Hashem, who is like you. Text here: www.sefaria.org/Psalms.35 , www.sefaria.org/Psalms.36

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 the Philistine king Avimelech. Daniel Silverstein returns again with a powerful audio - beginning with a fast paced beautiful rap translation of his own of the chapter and continuing with insights ancient and modern into the chapter and the nature of what it me...

Beautiful Torah from Rabbi Daniel Silverstein on Tehillim ch.33. Text here: www.sefaria.org/Psalms.33