Rabbi Jon Bailey



Additional Courses
by Rabbi Bailey

Thoughts on Teshuva in Pirkei Avot
Thursday 6:00AM
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Sefer Shmuel

Monday 9:00PM
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Course Description

In this class we will learn the entire first book of Shmuel. We will begin each new chapter with a quick, independent reading of the text; this process will help us familiarize ourselves with the chapters general contents. We will then analyze more deeply, using only selected excerpts, specific pesukim of that chapter and cross-referenced sections throughout the rest of Tanakh, the chapters specific themes and ideas, while also appreciating its overall place in the entire work. Along the way, we will also be building the invaluable skills of textual analysis.
Some of the themes which we will be discussing are:
The rise of Shmuel as Shofet and kings navi;
The rise and fall of Shaul, the first King of Israel;
The rise of David, from shepherd to next in line;
Shauls tragic obsession for eradicating the usurper to his throne.

About Rabbi Jon Bailey
After receiving his BA in English Literature from Yeshiva University, Rabbi Jonathan Bailey spent five years in Efrat at Yeshivat Hamivtar, where he received Smicha from Rabbi Zalman Nechemia Goldberg and Rabbis Riskin and Brovender in 2002. Upon returning to the U.S., Rabbi Bailey became the Judaic Studies Coordinator for a high school in Baltimore, Maryland and taught Tanach, Gemara and English Literature for four years. As a member of the Torah Mitzion Kollel, he also taught Chumash and Gemara, among other topics, to adults of the Baltimore community. Since his aliyah in 2006, he has been teaching at Yeshivat Eretz Hatzvi as a Ram in Tanach and at Midreshet Harova, teaching Tanach, Pirkei Avot, Gemara and Halakha. Rabbi Bailey resides in Jerusalem, with his wife and son.