David learns of the death of Shaul and Yonatan, after which he mournfully composes the "Song of the Bow".

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Audio today reflects on Shaul's life and legacy. Having lived with him now daily for a month I can't help but feel somewhat fond of him.

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We start our last week of Shmuel I with an impending battle between Israel and the Philistines. Oddly enough, David seems to be fighting on the side of the Philistines. Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/I_Samuel.29

When the Philistines march towards Israel and King Shaul goes in search of ghosts. Today's chapter is really one of my very favourites. I'm not quite sure what I'm going to focus on in my audio, but if you'd like my full class on it then here is the source sheet and full shiur

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Audio considering whether this chapter is a repetition of ch.24 or adds something altogether new

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Rav Alex is one of the premier teachers of Tanakh today, author of two outstanding books on Sefer Melakhim which we will doubtless come to in a about 6 weeks time.  Today he considers a fascinating analogy between David/Avigael and Esav/Yaakov. 

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Audio featuring a reading of the Ralbag which dramatically opens the question of the difference between David's private motivation and public justification. Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/I_Samuel.24

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Extra Special Audio. For today's audio Calev Ben Dor combines everything from midrash to 20th century philosophy as he considers Shaul's descent along with an intriguing parallel to Aerys Targaryen. In uploading this chapter, we realized we were missing this recording, and Calev Ben Dor kindly re-recorded last cycle's audio and added an extra something on Achimelech's ancestry. Please enjoy this Torah! 

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