Guiding Questions: Isaiah 59

Exploring Judaism

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

What is the barrier that has been set up between Divinity and Israel, and who constructed it?
According to Isaiah 59:3, what are the transgressions of Israel?
And what is the essential need in order to redress these transgressions?
Isaiah 59:7 affirms a denunciation of social injustice both in action and in thought. What, specifically, is stated as the transgressions?
And how is this extended in Isaiah 59:8?
Who are the speakers in Isaiah 59:9-13 and do they appear to be ready to “return”?
Who is described in Isaiah 59:16-17?
Where, in the liturgy, do we encounter Isaiah 59:20?
But, in spite of transgression, and in spite of stubbornness, what is the closing refrain of Isaiah 59:21 in terms of the future relationship between the Divine and Israel?

Author

Exploring Judaism

Exploring Judaism is the digital home for Conservative/Masorti Judaism, embracing the beauty and complexity of Judaism, and our personal search for meaning, learning, and connecting. Our goal is to create content based on three core framing: Meaning-Making (Why?), Practical Living (How?), and Explainers (What?).
View all posts

Perek Yomi materials originally produced by the USCJ and Dr. Morton K. Siegel.
We are grateful to be able to share this material.

Author

Exploring Judaism

Exploring Judaism is the digital home for Conservative/Masorti Judaism, embracing the beauty and complexity of Judaism, and our personal search for meaning, learning, and connecting. Our goal is to create content based on three core framing: Meaning-Making (Why?), Practical Living (How?), and Explainers (What?).

Post categories: Isaiah, Neviim (Prophets), Tanakh, Tanakh Yomi

Post tags: Isaiah 59, Perek Yomi (USCJ)

Guiding Questions: I Samuel 22

Guiding Questions: Isaiah 54

Guiding Questions: II Samuel 23

Find meaning in your inbox. Sign up for our emails!

Exploring Judaism is a home for the TorahRefers to the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, the Tanakh, also called the Five Books of Moses, Pentateuch or the Hebrew equivalent, Humash. This is also called the Written Torah. The term may also refer to teachings that expound on Jewish tradition. of Conservative Judaism, embracing the beauty and complexity of Judaism, and our personal search for meaning, learning, and connecting. There is always something to learn and explore.