Guiding Questions: Judges 12

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This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

What does Judges 12:1 echo in connection with the men of Ephraim?
What is Yiftah’s response?
How does the sequence document that civil strife in Israel had not yet diminished?
Judges 12:6 indicates a linguistic characteristic of the Ephraimites: What sound could they not pronounce?
Following Yiftah’s demise, is anything of significance related as to those who succeeded him?
With the burial of Avdon, what is implied as to the Amalekites since his burial place was in their property?

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Perek Yomi materials originally produced by the USCJ and Dr. Morton K. Siegel.
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Exploring Judaism is the digital home for Conservative/Masorti Judaism, embracing the beauty and complexity of Judaism, and our personal search for meaning, learning, and connecting. Our goal is to create content based on three core framing: Meaning-Making (Why?), Practical Living (How?), and Explainers (What?).

Post categories: Judges, Neviim (Prophets), Tanakh Yomi, Torah

Post tags: Judges 12, Perek Yomi (USCJ)

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