Chaya Rochel Nach Yomi

*Shmuel Aleph 7*

https://mg.alhatorah.org/Full/Shemuel_I/7.1#e1n6

*Perek Points*

_Adapted from R' Shaya Sussman's Nach Daily_

● The Aron is brought to Kiryas Ye'arim for twenty years.

● The B'nei Yisrael long for Hashem; Shmuel urges the B'nei Yisrael to rid themselves of idolatry and return to Hashem.

● Water libations and sacrifices are brought to Hashem in Mitzpa.

● B'nei Yisrael defeats the Plishtim.

● Yearly, Shmuel would travel Eretz Yisrael to judge the nation.

● Shmuel builds a _mizbeach_ for Hashem at his home in Ramah.

*Shmuel Aleph 6*

Learn the Perek with translation and classic commentaries:

https://mg.alhatorah.org/Full/Shemuel_I/6.1#e0n6

*Perek Points*

_Adapted from R' Shaya Sussman's Nach Daily_

● The Plishtim return the Aron to Yisrael after seven months. Plishtim consult with their elders who advised them to return the Aron with a guilt offering. A plan was devised on exactly how to return the Aron to Yisrael.

● The Aron was returned with 2 nursing cows, a box and golden mice with images of hemorrhoids as an offering to Hashem.

● The Plishtim send the Aron off to Bet Shemesh and observe the Aron from a distance waiting to see if the Aron would head back to the Yisrael or not.

● The Aron stops in the fields of Yehoshua of Bet Shemesh and is unloaded by the Levites.

● 70 men who were the equivalent of 50,000 are smote for gazing at and not treating the Aron in a dignified manner.

● The news is spread that the Aron was returned to Yisrael.

*Shmuel Aleph 5*

Learn the perek (with translation and classic commentaries): https://mg.alhatorah.org/Full/Shemuel_I/2.1#e0n6

*Perek Points*

The Pelishtim bring the Aron to Ashdod and place it next to their idol Dagon and the next day, Dagon is found lying in front of it.

The next day, Dagon is found lying in front of it broken.

The people in Ashdod are stricken with hemorrhoids so they send the Aron to the city of Gas.

The people of Gas are stricken there as well so they send it to Ekron and the same happens there.

*Shmuel Aleph 4*

https://mg.alhatorah.org/Full/Shemuel_I/4.1#e1n6

*Perek Points*

_Adapted from R' Shaya Sussman's Nach Daily_

● Shmuel became known throughout Yisrael.

● Bnei Yisrael takes an initial blow battle against the Plishtim.

● Bnei Yisrael consults with the Elders and are advised to carry the Aron with them to battle against the Plishtim.

● The Plishtim shake by the sight of the Aron and strengthen themselves, as a last minute attempt to not be defeated.

● 30,000 Jewish soldiers are killed including Chafni and Pinchas.

● The Aron is captured.

● An unnamed man from the tribe Binyman (Shaul, perhaps?) runs from the battlefield and relates the bad news to Eili Hakohen.

● After Eili Hakohen hears about the death of his children and that the Plishtim captured the Aron, Eili falls backward on chair, breaking his neck and dies.

● Eili had judged the Bnei Yisrael for 40 years.

● Eili’s daughter in-law -in astonishment of the news- dies after giving birth to Ichavod.

*Shmuel Aleph 3*

Learn the Perek with translation and classic commentaries:

https://mg.alhatorah.org/Full/Shemuel_I/3.1#e0n6

*Perek Points*

_Adapted from R' Shaya Sussman's Nach Daily_

● Shmuel receives his first prophecy in an era when prophecy was not common.

● Shmuel awakens and mistakenly thinks that Eili the Kohen is calling his name. This happens three times. After the 3rd time, Eili understands that Shmuel had received prophecy but was unaware. Eili coaches Shmuel to lie down and receive the prophecy.

● Hashem related to Shmuel that Shmuel will become a great a leader, the Aron will be captured, that both Chofni and Pinchas will die on the same day, and that the Kehunah will be lost from the family of Eili.

● Upon request, Shmuel relates the prophecy to Eili. Eili accepts the tiding as the will of Hashem.

*Shmuel Aleph 2*

Learn the perek (with translation and classic commentaries): https://mg.alhatorah.org/Full/Shemuel_I/2.1#e0n6

*Perek Points*

Chana sings a shira to Hashem praising Him for the miracle and davening for Shmuel’s success.

Chafni and Pinchas, sons of Eili, are in charge of the avodah but corrupt the service by taking abnormally large portions of the korbanos and taking them before Hashem’s portion, even at the disapproval of the nation.

They are also disrespectful to the women who would bring korbanos.

This is all while Shmuel is growing in the ways of Hashem.

Eili tries to give his sons musar but is unsuccessful so Hashem sends a navi to Eili telling him that his family will be cursed with many curses, among them that everyone from his household would suffer from poverty and die young, and the sign of the onset of this curse would be that Chafni and Pinchas would die on the same day.

*Shmuel Aleph 1*

https://mg.alhatorah.org/Full/Shemuel_I/1.1#e1n6

*Perek Points*

_Adapted from R' Shaya Sussman's Nach Daily_

● Every year Elkana would bring sacrifices at the Mishkan in Shilo.

● Elkana had two wives Penina and Chana.

● Penina would taunt Chana for not having children.

● On a yearly basis Elkana would try to console Chana by giving her an extra portion from the sacrificed meat.

● Chana went to the Mishkan and made a vow that if she would have a child she would dedicate it for the service of Hashem at the Mishkan and the child would be a Nazir.

● Eli the Kohen mistakenly thought Chana to be drunk after seeing her lips move with no words coming out.

● Chana related to Eli the Kohen she was praying to Hashem for a child.

● Chana’s prayers were answered.

● Chana named her child Shmuel.

● Chana dedicated Shmuel to work in the Mishkan as she promised.

*Shoftim 21 - Final Perek of the Sefer*

Learn the Perek with translation and classic commentaries:

https://mg.alhatorah.org/Full/Shofetim/21.1#e0n6

*Perek Points*

_Adapted from R' Shaya Sussman's Nach Daily_

● After the civil war with Binyamin, Yisrael mourn and do Teshuvah over the almost complete decimation of Binyamin.

● An oath had been made not to allow any female of Yisrael marry any man from Binyamin.

● There were many survivors in Binyamin after the war, but there weren’t enough women for all of them to be able to marry and perpetuate future generations of Binyamin.

● Yisrael went to war against the members of Yaveish Gil’ad for not coming when called to battle.

● The order was given not to harm any of the single women of Yaveish Gil’ad and to give them to the remaining members of Binyamin as wives. But more women were needed to perpetuate the future generations of Binyamin.

● At the annual festival that was held in Shiloh, as the single women danced in the fields, the members of Binyamin would select wives from among those women.

*Hadran Alach Sefer Shoftim! (We will return to you, Sefer Shoftim) Mazel Tov!*

*Shoftim 20*

Learn the perek (with translation and classic commentaries): https://mg.alhatorah.org/Full/Shofetim/20.1#e0n6

*Perek Points*

_Adapted from R' Shaya Sussman's Nach Daily_

After seeing the body of the pilegesh b’Giv’ah, the rest of Yisrael is horrified and, after hearing the full story, demand that Binyamin hand over the perpetrators to be put to death but Binyamin refuse.

Bnei Yisrael ask the Urim V’Tumim who should go to battle against Binyamin first, a civil war ensues, and Bnei Yisrael lose 30,000 lives in the two days after consulting the Urim V’Tumim twice.

The Urim V’Tumim is consulted a third time regarding whether or not the war should be fought at all and Hashem responds that Yisrael would win.

25,100 members of Binyamin are lost in battle and the cities of Binyamin are burned to the ground.

*Shoftim 19*

Learn the perek (with translation and classic commentaries): https://mg.alhatorah.org/Full/Shofetim/19.1#e0n6

*Perek Points*

_Adapted from R' Shaya Sussman's Nach Daily_

● A man from sheivet Levi torments his pilegesh (concubine) forcing her to return to her father’s home and four months later, the Levi returns to his father-in-law’s home to get back his pilegesh.

● The father-in-law convinced the Levi to stay for an additional five days and he serves him a feast.

● The Levi leaves for home with his pilegesh, attendant, and two donkeys.

● As sundown approaches, the attendant asked to stay at the closer town of Yevus, but the Levi refuses, preferring to stay with people of the B'nei Yisrael.

● The Levi reaches the courtyard in Giv’ah, located in the portion of the tribe of Binyamin, at sundown and an elderly man appears and is the only one to offer lodging for the night.

● A mob from Giv’ah demands that the elderly man send out the Levi for intimacy.

● The elderly man offers his daughter instead but the mob refuses so the Levi sends out his pilegesh to satisfy the mob, and hides for his life.

● The next morning the pilegesh was found dead on the doorstep.

● Upon returning home, the Levi cut up the pilegesh and sends pieces of her body to the twelve tribes.

● All who hear the story are appalled and astounded.