Shoftim: Perek 15

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Shoftim Perek 15

  • Shimshon remembers his wife.

  • Shimshon is denied access to her by his father in-law, who offers Shimshon a younger daughter instead.

  • Shimshon sends three hundred foxes with lit torches tied between their tails into the Plishti town in order to burn it down.

  • The Plishtim respond by going to war against the tribe of Yehudah.

  • Yehudah responds, saying that they will hand Shimshon over to them.

  • Three thousand men of Yehudah speak to Shimshon about what is happening.

  • Shimshon consents to being tied up with ropes and handed over to the Plishtim.

  • Shimshon destroys the ropes that bind him and he kills one thousand Plishtim with the jawbone of a donkey.

  • Hashem performs a miracle that the donkey’s jawbone gave forth water to revive the thirsty and weakened Shimshon.

  • Shimshon is the judge of the Jews for 20 years.