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Who was Samuel?

April 26, 2017History Prophets Samuel

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Who was Samuel?

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by Rabbi Mendy Hecht addthis_pub = ‘rabbisimcha’; –> function gomprint(Hierarchy, ixObject){ var vwidth = 680; var vheight = 520; var url = ‘/en/article_print.html?h=’ + Hierarchy + ‘&o=’ + ixObject; window.open(url,’print’,’toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,menubar=no,status=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=no,width=’+vwidth+’,height=’+vheight+’,top=’+((window.screen.height/2)-(vheight/2))+’,left=’+((window.screen.width/2)-(vwidth/2))); } Library » History » Prophets | Subscribe | What is RSS? PRINT EMAIL COMMENT Although Moses was the greatest of the Jewish prophets for all time, Samuel was the first of a series of leaders who constituted the Era of the Prophets. He was advisor and spiritual counsel to the first Jewish king, Saul, and to his eventual successor, the famous not-yet-King David. His career was characterized by much fire and brimstone; but given the cataclysmic times in which he lived, G-d’s message was often necessarily tough. Samuel was the first child of Elkanah and Ch