Daily Tanach Monday 28th Tishreiy Sefer Yirmiyah Chapter 9: Mourning for a Nation’s Forsaken Path

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Chapter 9: Mourning for a Nation’s Forsaken Path

1.      The Cry for Solitude

  • The prophet wishes for a refuge in the desert to escape the company of the people.
  • He describes the people as adulterers and traitors filled with deceit and treachery.
  • They have strayed from truth, moving from evil to evil, and do not know Hashem.

2.      A Nation Consumed by Deceit

  • Warnings against trusting neighbors and brothers, as they spread lies and slander.
  • Their tongues are described as deadly arrows, speaking deceit while harboring malicious intent.
  • Hashem announces a plan to refine and test the people due to their wickedness.

3.      Lament for the Land

  • The prophet grieves for the ruined mountains and desolate wilderness.
  • Both animals and humans have fled, leaving the land barren and uninhabitable.
  • Jerusalem is foretold to become a ruin, with Judah left in desolation.

4.      Reasons for Divine Judgment

  • The people have forsaken Hashem’s Law, following the corrupt desires of their hearts and idol worship.
  • Hashem declares He will feed them with wormwood and give them poisonous water to drink.
  • They will be scattered among unfamiliar nations, pursued by the sword until destruction.

5.      A Call to Mourning

  • Hashem commands the hiring of professional mourners to lament the nation’s downfall.
  • The sound of wailing from Zion reflects the shame and ruin of the people.
  • Women are instructed to teach laments to their daughters and neighbors.

6.      The Consequences of Sin

  • Death is described as entering through windows and cutting off lives from the streets and squares.
  • The prophet proclaims that human carcasses will scatter the fields like discarded sheaves.

7.      Hashem’s Delight in Justice

  • Warnings against boasting in wisdom, strength, or riches.

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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.