Yonah and Teshuva

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1. The Book of Yonah

   Rabbi Yaakov Beasley

2. He Who Answered Yona

   HaTanakh.com Staff

3. Sefer Yonah - Everyman's Teshuva

   Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein

   תאריך פרסום: תשע"ה | |

   Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein analyzes the “pshat“ storyline of Sefer Yona and brings midrashic sources, too, to tease out the big ideas about teshuva that come to the fore in this short book. What is the nature of teshuva? What is teshuva all about? What is considered legitimate teshuva and what is not? A pattern of teshuva of some sort, Divine salvation, and a dialogue between God and Yona ensues. Yona may yearn for strict judgment, but God takes account of human fallibility and tempers justice with mercy. On Yom Kippur afternoon, we plead for God to have mercy regardless of whether our teshuva is human and flawed, or objectively ideal.

4. Shallow Teshuva in Deep Waters -Real or Ideal

   HaTanakh.com Staff

5. Prophet on the Run: Yonah and Yom Kippur

   Rabbi David Fohrman |

   This class raises two major questions on the book of Yonah: 
   1) Why does Yonah run? Doesn't he know that running from God is futile, especially as he's a prophet?
   2) What message does he learn at the end of the book (with the story of the tree)?

   A close examination of these questions reveals an entirely new approach to the book of Yonah: din and rachamim related to past and potential, and the meaning of true teshuva. 

6. The Path of Repentance throughout the Tanakh

   Elisheva Brauner

7. Yonah 3-4

   Matan Al Haperek

   Rabbi David Sabato

   Perek 3: After Yonah’s “rebirth” upon leaving the belly of the fish, Yonah starts out again on his mission. The perek opens with an additional commandment to Yonah (1-2). This time Yonah fulfills the commandment (3-4), and his prophecy bears fruit- the people of Nineveh repent (5-9) and the decree is cancelled (10). The significance of the perek becomes clear when we compare it to the first mission and its results in perek 1.

   It would seem that perek 3 is the end and the resolution of the story- the city is saved from being overturned and the mission is successful. However, having the climax of the story in perek 4 teaches us that the focus of the book is not the repentance of Nineveh, but rather the character of Yonah. While the previous perakim spoke of unilateral actions, without dialogue, this perek begins with a dialogue between Yonah and God in the city (1-4), and afterward continues to a dialogue between Yonah and God outside the city (5-11). 

8. Yonah in the Stormy Sea

   HaTanakh.com Staff

9. How Does the Scapegoat Atone - A Message of Mercy and Hope

   Rabbi Dr. Yoel Bin Nun

   Seemingly, there should be no such day as Yom Kippur. How can there possibly be any rectification of sins committed intentionally? Repentance certainly has its place, for it comes to repair the deformed personality; but how can a sacrifice bring forgiveness and atonement for anything other than an unintentional sin? Through an examination of the texts relating to the scapegoat on Yom Kippur and the book of Yonah, we understand that Yom Kippur teaches us that without mercy, the world cannot exist at all. Despite all logic, justice, truth and judgment, Yom Kippur brings us a message of hope, atonement, and great possibility.