This class raises two major questions on the book of Yonah:
1) Why does Yonah run? Doesn't he know that running from God is futile, especially as he's a prophet?
2) What message does he learn at the end of the book (with the story of the tree)?
A close examination of these questions reveals an entirely new approach to the book of Yonah: din and rachamim related to past and potential, and the meaning of true teshuva.
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