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Hello everyone. We've reached the
hafturah of paratukat. [music]
Our haftura brings us the story of ytak
hagiladi. It's a complicated life
[music] story that begins with great
difficulty, continues with challenges,
and reaches a moment of leadership and
mission [music] within the Jewish
people. At first, Yiftah is described as
a mighty warrior,
a strong [music] and capable man. But at
the same time, his background is very
complicated. His father, Gilead, fathers
him, but later his father also has sons
from [music] his legal wife. When the
sons grow up, they reject Yah and do not
accept him as one of them. They drive
him [music] out of his father's house
and tell him outright, "You have no
share in our inheritance because you are
the son of another woman." Yifak [music]
is forced to flee from his brothers,
leave his home and his place, and he
arrives in the land of Tove.
There he lives a different life. People
without status, [music] people who have
no established place gather around him,
and he goes out with them. In [music]
this way, he builds a new reality for
himself. Far from his family and his
original home, [music] time passes and
the situation changes. The Ammonites go
to war against Israel. The Jewish people
are in a difficult situation [music] and
the elders of Gilead are looking for a
solution. They remember Yiftak, the very
man they themselves had rejected and
cast [music] out.
and they go to him in the land of Tove
to ask [music] him to return and lead
them in the war. They approach him and
say, "Come be our leader and fight
against [music] the Ammonites."
Yifak does not accept their offer right
away. He reminds them of what they did
to him. You hated me. You drove me out
of [music] my father's house.
So, how come now you come to me when
you're in trouble? There is real pain
here, a memory of injustice.
[music] The elders don't deny it. They
say, "That's true, but now we've [music]
come back to you. If you go with us and
fight, you will be our leader over all
the [music] inhabitants of Gilead."
In other words, not just a [music]
temporary commander, but a leader. Eve
sets a clear condition. If you bring me
back to fight, [music] and if God gives
the Ammonites into my hand, then I will
be your leader. The elders agree and
[music] say that God will be a witness
between them that they will do as he
said. If goes with them and the people
appoint him as their leader and
commander, he speaks all his words
before God at mitzvah. In other words,
[music]
everything is done with the
understanding that it all depends on
divine guidance. [music] Before going
out to war, Yiftak tries to resolve the
matter peacefully. [music] He sends
messengers to the king of Ammon and
asks, "What is there between us? [music]
And why have you come to fight against
my land?"
The king of the Ammonites [music]
replies, claiming that Israel took his
land when they came out of Egypt, and
therefore they must return it.
Yif does not rush into war, but instead
responds in an organized [music]
and detailed manner. He explains that
the Jewish people did not take the land
of Moab [music]
or the land of the Ammonites. He
describes how the Jewish nation left
Egypt, traveled through the desert,
asked to pass through Adome and Moab,
but were refused, and therefore went
around [music] and did not enter their
lands. He goes on to explain that the
Jewish people [music] turned to Con,
king of the Amorites, to ask to pass
through his land, but Sehon refused and
went out to war against the Jews. Only
then did God deliver Sehon [music] and
his people into the hands of Israel, and
Israel inherited his land. In other
words, this land was not taken from the
Ammonites, but from the Amorites after a
war that was forced upon [music] the
Jewish people.
Adds and argues, "If your God gives you
something, you take [music] it, and we
also take what the Lord our God gives
us." He even mentions that the Jews have
been living in these cities for 300
years already. And if there was a claim,
why didn't you mention it earlier? At
the end of his words, he states clearly,
"I have not wronged you, and you [music]
are doing me harm by coming to fight
me." The Lord is the judge between
Israel and the [music] Ammonites. But
the king of the Ammonites does not
listen to these words. He does [music]
not accept the explanation, and the path
leads to war. [music]
Here, an important moment is described.
The spirit of the Lord comes upon Yak.
[music] He passes through the regions of
Gilead and Manashe and advances toward
the Ammonites. Before going out to
battle, [music] Yift makes a vow to the
Lord. If God grants him victory over the
Ammonites, then whatever comes out first
from the doors of his house to meet him
when he returns safely will belong to
God and will be offered as a burnt
offering. [music] After that, Yifak goes
out to war. God grants him victory over
the Ammonites and [music] he strikes
them with a very great blow. 20 cities.
It's a complete defeat and the Ammonites
surrender before the Israelites. The
passage ends with a great victory for
Israel after a long [music] process. A
person who is rejected and cast out
returns and becomes a leader first
[music] tries for peace and explains his
side acts with faith in God and
ultimately leads the people to victory.
