The first was the nursemaid of our matriarch rebecca For more, see the prophetess deborah. According to the book of judges, deborah (hebrew Devorah embraces and utilizes the full extent of a woman’s power for positive change Devorah is a girl's name of hebrew origin meaning bee. Devorah chooses a strange way to express her leadership of the jewish nation
The story of devorah, found in the book of shoftim, tells of devorah, a prophetess and judge of the jewish people, who instructed barak to lead an army against the oppressive canaanite king yavin and his evil commander, sisera. (4) deborah, wife of lappidoth, was a prophetess She led israel at that time (5) she used to sit under the palm of deborah, between ramah and bethel in the hill country of ephraim, and the israelites would come to her for decisions. Devorah is the only female judge in sefer shoftim How this came to be when women have many halachic limitations in the field of legality is a source of discussion amongst the sages.
She had a voice that was softy and low, and people found comfort in her words when they came to talk to her as she sat under the palm tree outside of her house.
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