Ki Tavo is the barbiturate of parshiot. Midway through it, God threatens Israel with a list of curses if they violate the law: this list is so lengthy and so brutal that it is traditionally read sotto ...
Say goodbye to the confused, vengeful, wild-eyed prophecies of the first half of the book. Isaiah has calmed down, offering hymns of praise rather than orgies of damnation. Chapter 40 is probably the ...