Shaul and the Witch of Endor

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  1. Shaul in Ein-Dor (I)

    Chapter 28 (Part I)

    Rabbi Amnon Bazak

    Shaul seeks God's advice, but God refuses to answer him. Why does Shaul turn to the witch? How did the Witch of Ein Dor and Shaul know that the ghost they raised was Shmuel? This lesson discusses the first part of the dramatic story at Ein Dor, on the eve of Shaul's death.

  2. Shaul in Ein-Dor (II)

    Chapter 28 (Part II)

    Rabbi Amnon Bazak

    This lesson completes our discussion of Shaul and the fortune teller. Why did Shmuel appear before Shaul? Why do Shaul and his men argue about whether they should eat? Was it really the Witch of Ein Dor who conjured up Shmuel ghost?

  3. The First King's Last Night: Saul & The Witch of Ein Dor (Ba’alat Ov)

    Rabbi Joe Wolfson

    תאריך פרסום: 2023 | | Hour and 2 minutes

    A short Tanakh story and one of the strangest: Saul, on the eve of battle consults a pagan necromancer to raise the prophet Samuel from the dead to find out his fate. Combining midrash, medieval commentaries, and Israeli poetry, this lecture looks at the life of the first King of Israel from the perspective of his last night alive.