Tevit and Tevyah

For this activity you need:

   a 70m minutes session or 2 35 minute sessions
   An audience or family
   High speed internet to stream the sound
      (a CD of the content -
            purchase here     
        or audio-stream it here
        or download it here.)
   Computer speakers or sound system
   The Check-off List download - one for every participants
   With pencils.

Introduction

"Tevit and Tevyah" (Teh-VEET and Teh-YAH) is our audio version of the Biblical book of Tobit.  Our version is rated "G" and can be used as a family Torah activity.  After a short explanation of the book, distribute the check-off list that may be downloaded from this link.  Does everyone have a pencil?  Then make sure the computer speakers are on and click the button. 

The Internet broadcast of "Tevit and Tevyah" lasts about an hour and may be broken into two sessions.  Session 1 - chapters 1-6 and session 2 - chapters 7 - 14.  The music background is courtesy "The Royal Klezmerines" and "Vrat Na Vrat" of Sweden.

You will be listening to a free DEMO version of Tevit and Tevyah, so there will be minor flaws in the sound.  You may purchase the final version here so you may have it for your collection.

You, as the leader of the activity, would be wise to listen to the whole production and go through the checklist before doing the activity with a gathering.

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WIKIPEDIA tells us in very serious words about the story to Tevit (Tobit):

The Book of Tobit (or Book of Tobias in older Catholic Bibles) is a book of scripture that is part of the Catholic and Orthodox biblical canon, pronounced canonical by the Council of Carthage of 397 and confirmed for Roman Catholics by the Council of Trent (1546). It's listed in Article VI of the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England[1]. Tobit is regarded by Protestants as apocryphal. Also, it has never been included within the Tanakh as canonical by ancient Judaism. However, it is found in the Greek Old Testament, the Septuagint, and Aramaic and Hebrew fragments of the book were discovered in Cave IV at Qumran in 1955. These fragments are generally in agreement with the Greek text, which exists in three different recensions.
The book tells the story of a righteous Jew of the Tribe of Naphtali named Tobit living in Nineveh after the deportation of the northern tribes of Israel to Assyria in 721 BC under Sargon II. (The first two and a half chapters are written in the first person.) He was particularly noted for his diligence in attempting to provide proper burials for fallen Jews who had been slain by Sennacherib, for which the king seized all his property and exiled him. After Sennacherib's death, he was allowed to return to Nineveh, but again buried a dead man who had been murdered on the street. That night, he slept in the open and was blinded by bird droppings that fell in his eyes. This put a strain on his marriage, and ultimately, he prayed for death.

Meanwhile, in faraway Media, a young woman named Sarah prays for death in despair. She has lost seven husbands to the demon of lust - Ashmodai, who abducts and kills every man she marries on their wedding night before the marriage can be consummated. God sends the angel Raphael, disguised as a human, to heal Tobit and to free Sarah from the demon.

The main narrative is dedicated to Tobit's son, Tobiah or Tobiyah (Greek: Tobias), who is sent by his father to collect a sum of money that the latter had deposited some time previously in the far off land of Media. Raphael represents himself as Tobit's kinsman Azariah, and offers to aid and protect Tobias on his journey. Under the guidance of Raphael, Tobias makes the journey to Media. Along the way, he is attacked by a giant fish, whose heart, liver and gall bladder are removed to make medicines.

Upon arriving in Media, Raphael tells Tobias of the beautiful Sarah, whom Tobias has the right to marry, because she is related to his tribe. He instructs the young man to burn the fish's liver and heart to drive away the demon when he attacks on the wedding night. The two are married, and the fumes of the burning organs drive the demon away to Upper Egypt, while Raphael follows him and binds him. Meanwhile, Sarah's father has been digging a grave to secretly bury Tobias (whom he assumes will be dead). Surprised to find his son-in-law alive and well, he orders a double-length wedding feast and has the grave secretly filled. Since he cannot leave because of the feast, Tobias sends Raphael to recover his father's money.

After the feast, Tobias and Sarah return to Nineveh. There, Raphael tells the youth to use the fish's gall to cure his father's blindness. Raphael then reveals his true identity and returns to heaven. Tobit sings a hymn of praise, and tells his son to leave Nineveh before God destroys it according to prophecy. After burying his father, Tobias returns to Media with his family.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Tobit

 Download Tevit - 14 chapters

http://www.radio-yahweh.com/tevit-073007/tevit-ch01.mp3

http://www.radio-yahweh.com/tevit-073007/tevit-ch02.mp3

http://www.radio-yahweh.com/tevit-073007/tevit-ch03.mp3

http://www.radio-yahweh.com/tevit-073007/tevit-ch04.mp3

http://www.radio-yahweh.com/tevit-073007/tevit-ch05.mp3

http://www.radio-yahweh.com/tevit-073007/tevit-ch06.mp3

http://www.radio-yahweh.com/tevit-073007/tevit-ch07.mp3

http://www.radio-yahweh.com/tevit-073007/tevit-ch08.mp3

http://www.radio-yahweh.com/tevit-073007/tevit-ch09.mp3

http://www.radio-yahweh.com/tevit-073007/tevit-ch10.mp3

http://www.radio-yahweh.com/tevit-073007/tevit-ch11.mp3

http://www.radio-yahweh.com/tevit-073007/tevit-ch12.mp3

http://www.radio-yahweh.com/tevit-073007/tevit-ch13.mp3

http://www.radio-yahweh.com/tevit-073007/tevit-ch14.mp3

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