Episode 4 - Gideon and the Midianites: The Angel Speaks

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

The book of Judges uncensored episode 4. So where we left off last week was that D'vorah led the Jewish people and Barak led the Jewish people into victory against the Canaanite King Yavin and his general Cisra. And then she led the Jewish people into song, singing great praises of thanks to Hashem and recognizing Hashem's role in helping them achieve this victory. And the implication is that in under the implication is that in under the leadership of D'vorah, the Jewish people rose to great spiritual heights and there was a rejuvenation in Torah study. There's a major is to sit under the the palm tree and she used to teach Torah to the masses. So she wasn't just a judge. She was also teaching Torah as well. And the people started doing chuva and everything was hunky dory. And as it says, we mentioned last week at the end of the fifth chapter in it says land was quiet for 40 years. What how's it possible that she was a judge how's it possible that she was a judge and not only but she taught Torah. She was teaching Torah. meaning like she she knew the demoral sexist. It turns out I mean look the it's it's not it's not common but historically we find different outstanding women who were important Torah leaders like we find there was one of the it was a go and he had a daughter who he was he had he was the rush in Baghdad like maybe in the 900s or so his daughter was like the

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1. 0:00The book of Judges uncensored episode 4. So where we left off last week was that…
2. 6:13a new person. What he did before we don't care about what he did before now…
3. 12:29called in the southwest. But when it comes to the Midianites so the Midionites are actually…
4. 18:41were that by the exodus were they were wicked. So just like you Hashem had saved…
5. 24:53I'm going to come back with a special gift to you. Okay. And so the angel…
6. 31:10him peace is going to be upon you. Don't worry, you're not going to die. And…
7. 37:23eight the usi says in in the where's the shami did I write this down I…
8. 43:33to do it but Hashem told when Hashem tells that you're allowed to temporarily violate a…
9. 49:50to fighting against the Midionites and how Gdon defeats the Midionites. So it says we're if…
10. 55:58Midionites in in that way. So it's it it might lead the Jewish people to become…

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