Daily Tanach – Hoshea Chapter 1: A Living Sign of Hashem’s Case Against Yisra’el

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Daily Tanach – Hoshea Chapter 1: A Living Sign of Hashem’s Case Against Yisra’el

 

  1. Historical Setting (v. 1)

The word of Hashem comes to Hoshea ben Be’eri during the reigns of Uzziyyah, Yotam, Achaz, and Chizqiyahu, kings of Yehudah, and during the reign of Yarov‘am ben Yo’ash, king of Yisra’el.

 

  1. Hashem’s Command to Hoshea (v. 2)

Hashem commands Hoshea to take a wife of unfaithfulness, using the prophet’s marriage as a symbol of the land’s unfaithfulness in turning away from Hashem.

  1. Hoshea’s Marriage (v. 3)

Hoshea marries Gomer bat Divlayim, and she conceives and bears him children through whom Hashem communicates His message.

 

  1. The Children as Prophetic Signs (vv. 4–9)
  • Yizre‘el (vv. 4–5)
    A son whose name announces judgment on the house of Yehu and the coming end of the kingdom of Yisra’el, connected with bloodshed in the Valley of Yizre‘el.
  • Lo‑Ruchamah (vv. 6–7)
    A daughter whose name means “Not Shown Compassion,” declaring that Hashem will no longer show mercy to the house of Yisra’el, though He will still show compassion and deliver Yehudah by His own power.
  • Lo‑‘Ammi (vv. 8–9)
    A son whose name means “Not My People,” signifying a broken covenant relationship between Hashem and Yisra’el.

About The Author

Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein is a 6th generation descendent of the famous Chief Rabbi of Izhmir, Rav Yehoshua Avraham Krispin, who authored a number of Sefarim, and was a colleague of Rav Chaim Falagi, and father in-law of the Pesach Hadvir. He currently lives with his wife Shayna, and twelve children K”H, in Tzfas, Israel. Rabbi Goldstein received Semicha from Rabbi Schneur Zalman Labkowski of the Tomchei Temimim headquarters in 2005 and served as a chaplain in the Lotar/Kalatz and K9 unit of the IDF from years 2005-2008. He is also a certified Shochet, and has performed Hashgacha work in slaughterhouses. Rabbi Goldstein is the director of Shulchanaruchharav.com, the world’s leading web-based Halacha database, and is the director of the Home Study Semicha Program, a self-study web-based Semicha program. He is a prolific author of over 50 Sefarim studied by a wide range of readers throughout the world, which is used regularly in Semicha programs around the globe. He is a world renowned Posek, answering questions to a web-based market, and serves as a local Posek, Rav, and Lecturer, in the Tzemach Tzedek community Shul in Tzefas, Israel. His many classes can be heard both from his website, Vimeo and YouTube channel. Students can join live to classes given in the Tzemach Tzedek Shul, through the “בית חבד צפת Chabad Tsfat” YouTube channel.