Arrows

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1. The Arrows

   Chapter 20 (Part II)

   Rabbi Amnon Bazak

   This lesson continues to explore the development of David and Jonathan's relationship, in order to understand Shaul's intentions toward David. We will discuss why the arrow signal was necessary, when ultimately David and Jonathan were going to meet regardless of the signal.

2. The Fall and Rise of Yisrael

   Rabbi Alex Israel

   During Yehu's reign Aram, headed by Hazael occupy the Eastern bank of the Jordan. In Yehoahaz's time the situation becomes direr as Aram imposes a full demilitarization of Israel. The turnaround begins in the days of Yoash who receives a deathbed prophecy from Elisha of a victory over Aram and peaks in the time of Yerovam ben Yoash who receives a prophecy from Yona ben Amitai and restores the Northern border to a magnitude previously witnessed only during the days of David and Shlomo. While historians describe the decline of Aram due to the rise of Assyria, the book of Kings describes a divine process which is surprisingly almost entirely devoid of any repentance. 

   Does the outcome of the prophetic action that Elisha preforms with Yoash on his deathbed actually have an impact on the outcome in reality?

   Is the resurrection from death of the man who came in contact with Elisha's buried bones just another miracle of Elisha or does it symbolize a national resurrection?

3. The Rainbow in a Cloud: A Weapon in its Case

   Rabbi David Silverberg

4. Psalm 127: The Difference Between “In Vain” and “Tranquility”

   Part 6

   Rabbi Elchanan Samet

   This psalm, with its two halves, deals with the fundamental values of man's life, with his most basic existential needs: a roof over his head, a city to defend him from enemies, and food for the subsistence of himself and his family. The family is the crown of all the other values mentioned before it, and they all constitute conditions and preparations for its establishment. This is because family is not merely a necessary aid to the survival of its members, but rather, with the establishment of a family, a person realizes his most basic human mission: to emerge from his solitariness and give rise to progeny who will perpetuate his existence over the course of the generations.

   Our psalm in its entirety describes adult life from the building of a house and attaining a livelihood, to the siring of children and their reaching adulthood, when they can already assist their father.