Retribution against the nations

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1. "Sos Assis ba-Hashem"

   Haftarot: Nitzavim - Vayelekh

   Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein

   "Sos Assis" is the height of comfort in the Sheva Denechemta prophecies, and all of the book of Isaiah. Am Yisrael is analogous to an energetic and vital bride, who is heading toward her groom. The redemption is a byproduct of uniting God and his nation, instead of the essence of the prophecy.

2. The Prophecies of Amos: Oracles Against the Nations (continued)

   Shiur #06

   Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom

   תאריך פרסום: 5778 |

   Aram, the first nation “addressed” by Amos, will be the focus of this shiur.  Aram’s mention at the top of the list is due partially to Aram’s position as the most frequent enemy Yisrael faces during this period.

   A brief background sketch of Aram and the role it plays in regional warfare will give us a broader understanding of the specifics of the oracle. This includes the pesha that seals Aram’s fate (and the meaning of "pesha" here) as well as the nature of that fated punishment. 

3. The Prophecies of Amos: Oracles against the Nations (continued)

   07

   Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom

   תאריך פרסום: 5778 |

   In this shiur, we will continue our study of Amos’s oracles against the nations. Last week, we surveyed the history of Aram in order to put the crime of which they are accused and the punishment designated for them into context. We will do much the same with the oracles against Philistia (“Peleshet”) and Phoenicia (“Tzor”). The rationale for studying these two together goes beyond convenience
   and their juxtaposition in the text. It may well be that these two coastal nations – the only two to be accused of the crime of handing over war refugees – have more in common than alphabetical proximity.

4. The Prophecies of Amos: Oracles against the Nations (Cont.)

   Shiur #04

   Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom

   In this lesson, we will analyze the rhetorical style of these prophecies, specifically the opening formula of each. In the next lecture, we will study the overall pattern of the oracles and identify the underlying message of this pattern. In the following lectures, we will study the substance of the first seven of these oracles and then we will, in the final lecture of this series, complete our study of this section, analyzing the final oracle in the section – the prophecy against Yisrael.

    

   Each of the oracles follows a common pattern – a pattern which is then greatly expanded in the final, culminating oracle against Yisrael.