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YINR 929: Tanach Yomi
A short thought for each chapter/perek in Tanach for Tanach yomi/daily Bible study by Josh Blechner
Episodes
- YINR 929: Tanach Yomi
Genesis 11: The Curious Case of the Tower of Babel
The last of the pre-Abraham stories in Genesis concerns the famous tower of Babel. Reading the text, however, we are faced with many…
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Genesis 10: Where have you gone Sabteca?
After the flood, the children of Noah begin to spread out and inhabit the known world. Chapter 10 lists the names of the descendants of each son. These lists…
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Genesis 9: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
After the flood, God promises that he will not destroy the world by showing Noah a rainbow. Why a rainbow? A rainbow appears when the light of the sun refracts…
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Genesis 8: Finding Rest on Shabbat
A staple of the Shabbat zemirot liturgy is a poem written by Rabbi Yehudah HaLevi: “Yonah Matzah Bo Manoach,” “The Dove found in it [Shabbat] rest.” This…
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Genesis 7: Noah the Righteous Man
"This is the line of Noah.—Noah was righteous and blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God" (6:9). There is a debate among the commentators whether…
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Genesis 6: Fallen Giants
Genesis 6 is the prelude to the flood story. Humankindhas spread across the land and immediately turns to evil. “The LORD saw how great was man’s wickedness on…
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Friday Bonus Intro to the flood
This week we will be reading about Noach and the flood. When reading the text, pay attention to the confusion in the story. When did Noach start building the…
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Genesis 5: Creation Story Version 4?
“This is the book of Adam’s lineage.—When God created man, He made him in the likeness of God”זֶה סֵפֶר תּוֹלְדֹת אָדָם בְּיוֹם בְּרֹא אֱלֹהִים אָדָם בִּדְמוּת…
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Genesis 4: UnAble to Break from the Past
Cain is the first farmer. He spends his days tilling thesoil—fulfilling the curse that God pronounced on Adam in chapter 3: “Cursed be the ground because of…
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Genesis 3: Shrewd Word Play
Chapter three tells the famous story of the Garden of Eden. We also areintroduced to the first clever wordplay of Tanach. The chapter uses the Hebrewword…
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Genesis Chapter 2: From Programming to Planting
Continuing the question posed in chapter 1, chapter 2 looks like a rehashing of the creation story. Many of the things created in chapter one, seem to be…
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929 Tanach Yomi: Genesis Chapter 1: Genesis-GPT
A short thought on Bereishit chapter one for the 929 Tanach Yomi cycle. Genesis 1: Block Chain Creation Bereishit barah elokim et hashamyim v’et haaertz. In…