Devora praises the tribes that fought with Barak
Shir Devora sings a song of triumph and gives us a glimpse into what it was like for the children of Israel under oppression.
Sisera escapes from the battlefield into the tent of Yael, who kills him with a tent peg.
Explaining the miraculous victory over Sisera's army...
Devora tells Barak to go to war against Sisera.
During the days of Devora, the King of Hazor and Sisera, his captain of the host oppress Israel.
After escaping from Eglon's chamber, Ehud ben Gera rallies the Jewish forces to defeat the Moavite enemy.
After returning to the palace, Ehud ben Gera gets King Eglon alone and stabs him with his double-edged sword, and things get messy.
The enemy from Iraq attacks Israel from afar, with the first Judge, Otniel ben Kenaz to the rescue.
We examine the verses that the "Lord left the nations in order to test Israel, because they did not know the wars...." What does that mean?
The next generation after Joshua is tested
In this shiur, we explain the two "introductions" to the book of Judges and then the narrative goes on to explain how the Jewish People deteriorated spiritually
A prophet, who according to the sages was Pinchas, comes from the Gilgal to rebuke the children of Israel for not expelling the inhabitants of the land.
The prophet lists the tribes that failed to disinherit the local Canaanites from their portions. In this shiur, we bring sources to show hw the mitzvah to "drive out" supersedes the mitzvah "to dwell".
The tribe of Yosef conquers Bet El, but the rest of the tribes fail to dispossess the Canaanites from their portion
The Kenites join Yehuda, Yehuda conquers Tzfat and captures Gaza.
The tribe of Yehuda, led by Kalev ben Yefuna, conquer their ancestral inheritance.
We begin with an introduction to the Book of Judges, and then get into the wars....
We solve the mystery - what was the cause of the harsh punishment? Why did it all end up on the Temple Mt? What do we learn from the discrepancies in Chronicles on Shmuel on this episode?
A destructive angel kills 70,000 people, and then threatens Jerusalem. David buys the threshing floor on the Temple Mount to halt the plague.
