Tanach Study is an in depth study of the books of Tanach, covering every passuk in every sefer. It places an emphasis on understanding the peshat of the words and framework of the text, endowing all with a complete picture of the Tanach.
Sefer Yehoshua (Joshua) describes Yehoshua’s battles and conquests, as Israel slowly adapts to a non-miraculous natural existence in their own national homeland.
Sefer Shofetim (Judges) cycles through 15 leaders, in a time of anarchy, as Israel sins, finds themselves delivered into the hands of an enemy, repents and is saved by God through various leaders.
Sefer Shemuel 1 (Samuel I) transitions from a political state of anarchy to an established monarchy, and from a religious decentralized worship of God to a centralized one, all through the rise of the Kingdom of David.
Sefer Shemuel 2 (Samuel II) relates the stories, trials and tribulations of King David, and all he had to overcome to be a successful king.
Melachim 1
Sefer Melachim 1 (Kings I) builds up to the inauguration of King Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem and a time of political and economic stability like none other, only to spiral downward with the splitting of the kingdom, and ending with civil war between Kings Yehoshafat and Ahab.
Melachim 2
Sefer Melachim 2 (Kings II) weaves the stories of the religious decline of the Kingdoms of Yehuda and Israel, ultimately leading to the exile of the ten tribes by Assyria, destruction of the Temple, and exile of Yehuda to Babylon.
Yeshayahu
Sefer Yeshayahu (Isaiah) predicts the destruction of the first Temple, and then famously preaches prophecies of consolation and redemption.
Yirmiyahu
Sefer Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah) warns of the imminent destruction of the Temple and records those tragic events as an eyewitness to the destruction and suffering.
Yehezkel
Sefer Yehezkel (Ezekiel) opens with the famous vision of the Divine Chariot symbolizing the Shekhina being exiled to Babylon, and continues with prophecies from the exile about the return to Zion and detailed rebuilding of the Temple.
Hoshea
Hoshea (Hosea) harshly rebukes Israel, ending with a moving call for repentance.
Yoel
Yoel (Joel) warns of an unprecedented plague of locusts, and then turns to prophecies about Messianic times.
Amos
Amos sharply rebukes Israel for their social injustices and prophesizes about their impending destruction.
Ovadia
Ovadiah (Obadiah) prophesizes about God's retribution against the Nation of Edom
Yona
Yona (Jonah) sets sail on a mission to Nineveh, calling on the people to repent before their city will be destroyed, and imparts powerful lessons about repentance.
Micha
Micha (Micah) foretells the destruction and restoration of the nation while offering rebuke and hope to Israel.
Nahum
Nahum foretells the destruction of Assyria and it's capital, Nineveh.
Habakkuk
Habakkuk questions God about the disturbing success of the evil Babylonians, and recounts Habakkuk's prayer after God's response.
Sephania
Sephania (Zephania) foretells devastating destruction, while ending on a note of hope and redemption.
Haggai
Haggai exhorts and encourages the nation to begin rebuilding the second Temple.
Zecharia
Zecharia (Zachariah) prophesizes esoteric visions, through which he communicates rebuke to the people and offers guidance.
Malachi
Malachi aims to correct the lax religious and social behavior of Israel and the Kohanim in Jerusalem.
Tehillim
Sefer Tehillim (Psalms) praises God through 150 individual psalms, reflecting a wide range of emotions (thanks, joy, happiness, sadness, bitterness) as they relate to God.
Mishle
Sefer Mishle (Proverbs) imparts ethical and practical teachings in the form of proverbs.
Iyov
Sefer Iyov (Job) recounts the suffering of a righteous individual who by no means deserved that suffering, and ask the eternal questions of suffering of the righteous, divine providence and the existence of evil.
Shir Hashirim
Megillat Shir Hashirim (Song of Songs) embraces a beautiful relationship of a young man and woman as they hide and seek love. Behind all the imagery and poetry lies the metaphor for the everlasting relationship between God and Israel.
Ruth
Megillat Rut (Ruth) shares a story of extraordinary selfless kindness first through Rut and then through her redeemer Boaz, thereby laying the foundations of the family of King David.
Eicha
Megillat Eicha (Lamentations) laments the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem, the desolation of the Land of Israel, and the exile of the Jewish people.
Kohelet
Megillat Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) searches to find that which makes life ultimately meaningful, considering and rejecting the attainment of wisdom, wealth, power, or physical pleasure, yet ultimately finding meaning in appreciation of the writer’s current circumstances, and the recognition of his Divine provenance.
Esther
Megillat Esther describes the miraculous reversal a plot to annihilate the Jews of Persia, to that of the Jews dominating their enemies, establishing the festival of Purim.
Daniel
Sefer Daniel records the rise of a Judean captive to a position of power in the Babylonian court and leadership in the exiled community, with dreams, interpretation and mystical visions, which remain the object of speculation until today.
Ezra
Sefer Ezra relates the saga of a return of a wave of Jews, led by Ezra, to Israel to rebuild and dedicate the new Temple in Jerusalem, and the challenge to purify the Jews from intermarriage.
Nehemya
Sefer Nehemya depicts the second wave of aliyah of Jews, led by Nehemia, to Israel, who rebuild the walls of Jerusalem in defiance of their surrounding enemies and purify the Temple.
Divre Hayamim 1
Sefer Divre Hayyamim 1 (Chronicles I) chronicles the genealogy of major characters in Tanach and depicts key events until the times of King David.
Divre Hayamim 2
Sefer Divre Hayyamim 2 (Chronicles II) chronicles the genealogy of major characters in Tanach and relates events until the destruction of the first Temple and return to Zion.