Chapters 18, 20 and 21 - Bildad and Tzofar go at Iyov again implying not too delicately that he is to be counted among the wicked. I share an idea in the second part of the recording that I think can really transform our understanding the book as a whole. Worth a listen! Ch. 19 will follow tomorrow an extension of the idea contained in this chapter. Text here:
https://www.sefaria.org/Job.18?lang=bi,https://www.sefaria.org/Job.20?lang=bi, https://www.sefaria.org/Job.21?lang=bi

Iyov Chs.16 + 17 - Iyov responds to Eliphaz with anger and frustration.
Ilana Stein shares her thoughts on the chapters with help from our great teacher Maureen Kendler z"l and invokes Shakespeare to solve the 'spoiler problem' while she's at it. Text here:
https://www.sefaria.org/Job.16?lang=bi, https://www.sefaria.org/Job.17?lang=bi

Iyov Ch.15 - Eliphaz speaks again, beginning the second round of the friends' responses. In my audio I share a teaching on the Talmud's presentation of the friends of Iyov as the paradigm model of how not to speak to someone experiencing terrible pain. Text here: https://www.sefaria.org/Job.15?lang=bi

Iyov Ch13+14: a critical turning point as Iyov takes Eliphaz up on his suggestion of taking his case to God.
In my recording I share what is my favourite _kri ketiv_ of all time, how a simple difference between how a word is written and how it is pronounced can dramatically change the meaning of a chapter.

A thought for ch14 that I didn't mention in the recording: Iyov contrasts humanity to trees - when a human is struck, they are done for, whereas a tree can regenerate. Why on earth do people, so lowly, deserve God's attention so intensely? Text here: https://www.sefaria.org/Job.13?lang=bi, https://www.sefaria.org/Job.14?lang=bi

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Iyov Ch.11 - the turn of Tzofar, friend #3. It's all a mystery but perhaps if you change your perception, your suffering won't seem so bad. Audio from yours truly. Text here: https://www.sefaria.org/Job.11?lang=bi

Iyov responds to both Bildad and Eliphaz with passion and irony.
We are delighted to welcome back Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo who argues eloquently that what Iyov's friends fail to understand is that his protest is itself a form of faith.
Text here:

https://www.sefaria.org/Job.9?lang=bi, https://www.sefaria.org/Job.10?lang=bi

Rafi Addlestone unpacks Bildad's four arguments with a little bit of help from The Prince of Egypt. Text here:
https://www.sefaria.org/Job.8?lang=bi

Chs.6 and 7: Iyov's response to Eliphaz. Text here: https://www.sefaria.org/Job.6?lang=bi, https://www.sefaria.org/Job.7?lang=bi

Iyov 4 and 5: Eliphaz, the first of the friends, speaks up with not-so-comforting words of 'you must have deserved it'. There's a vision too - at first glance it appears to be Eliphaz's, but does that make sense? Audio from Ilana! Text here: https://www.sefaria.org/Job.4?lang=bi, https://www.sefaria.org/Job.5?lang=bi