Daily Tanach Wednesday 24th Elul Sefer Yirmiyah Chapter 2 Part 2: Yirmiyahu’s Plea

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1.      Warnings and Punishments

  • Hashem warns Israel of the consequences of their sins, including their alliances with foreign nations and their reliance on idols.
  • He chastises them for the blood of innocent lives found among them, declaring that their assertions of innocence are false.
  • God cautions them against degrading themselves in pursuit of worldly gains, warning that shame and humiliation will follow, as seen through their futile alliances with Egypt and Assyria.

2.      Yirmiyahu’s Plea

  • Through Yirmiyahu, God conveys His anger and disappointment, urging Israel to acknowledge their sins and return to Him.
  • Yirmiyahu highlights the gravity of their rebellion, comparing their sword’s destruction of prophets to a lion’s ferocity.
  • He implores them to see the word of Hashem and recognize its truth.
  • The plea is urgent—turn from their sinful ways, abandon their misplaced trust in other nations, and seek salvation in Hashem alone to avoid further destruction.

3.      Symbolism of Consequences

  • The passage concludes with vivid imagery of Israel’s humiliation and downfall.
  • Hashem declares that Israel will leave their alliances defeated, with hands on their heads in shame. Those whom they trusted are despised by Hashem, and their reliance on them will not bring prosperity.
  • This serves as a solemn warning of the futility of turning away from God and placing faith in worldly powers.

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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.

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