The Haftarah portion for Shabbat Vayeshev (Amos 2:6-3:8) narrated in English by Ronald Guttman.
Questions for Discussion:
Amos laments the people’s ordering the prophets not to prophesy. If Amos were speaking in our streets today, would we hear him or refuse to listen? Would we try to shut him up? While Jewish tradition maintains that the age of prophesy is over, nevertheless the prophets continue to speak through our textual tradition, and in the voices of individuals who are especially ethically and spiritually sensitive.
• Whose voices in today’s discourse are truest to the prophetic tradition?
• Are we amplifying those voices and taking them to heart? Refusing to listen? Or actively trying to silence them?

JTS wishes to acknowledge the generosity of the Jewish Publication Society for allowing us to use their translation.