The Book describes Yonah the Prophet's message from G-d to the city of Ninveh to Repent and his journey doing so, It is read on Mincha of Yom Kippur
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What kind of 'bottoms of mountains' are these in Jonah 2:7?
Jonah 2
7 I was going down to the bottoms of the mountains,
to a land whose bars would close me in forever;
but you brought me up alive from the pit,
Adonai, my God! Complete Jewish Bible
The 'bottoms'( ''cuttings'') of mountains which…
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Why is Jonah so displeased?
God tells Jonah to go to Nineveh, capital of Assyria, and tell the people to repent or He will destroy them. Jonah keeps refusing and escaping, but God steers him back to his mission every time. Finally he warns Nineveh and they repent, so God…
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Why does God justify himself to Yona?
In Yona 4:4 why does God need to explain/justify what he did to Yona?
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Why does Yona flee?
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Why did Yonah run away?
Sefer Yona 1:3 What is this silly game of running away? Obivously a person who has achieved nevius can't believe fleeing is a real solution. What was he hoping to accomplish by this?
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