Journey through Nach - Shoftim 15: Widening Gyre of Revenge

Shoftim 15 traces the widening cycle of betrayal and revenge as Shimshon burns the Philistine crops, retaliates against their violence, and is ultimately handed over by the fearful men of Yehuda. The shiur explores the symbolism of the foxes, the halachic and moral questions surrounding Shimshon’s surrender, and his miraculous victory with the jawbone of a donkey. It concludes by examining Shimshon’s complicated emergence as a leader whose deliverance of Israel remains powerful but incomplete.