And Samson said: 'Let me die with the Philistines.'
And he bent with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead that he slew at his death were more than they that he slew in his life.
Judges 16:30 (The Israel Bible™)
וַיֹּאמֶר שִׁמְשׁוֹן תָּמוֹת נַפְשִׁי עִם-פְּלִשְׁתִּים, וַיֵּט בְּכֹחַ וַיִּפֹּל הַבַּיִת עַל-הַסְּרָנִים וְעַל-כָּל-הָעָם אֲשֶׁר-בּוֹ וַיִּהְיוּ הַמֵּתִים אֲשֶׁר הֵמִית בְּמוֹתו רַבִּים מֵאֲשֶׁר הֵמִית בְּחַיָּיו
שופטים טז:ל
va-yo-mer shim-shon ta-mot naf-shee im p'-lish-teem va-yayt b'-kho-akh va-yi-pol ha-ba-yit al ha-s'-ra-neem v'-al kol ha-am a-sher bo va-yih-yu ha-may-teem a-sher hay-meet b'-mo-to ra-beem may-a-sher hay-meet b'-kha-yav
Today's Israel Inspiration
Samson’s prayer to die among his Philistine oppressors, taking his own life for the sake of his people, is one of the most stirring moments in the Bible. Samson has served as a model for soldiers of Israel who have been willing to give up their lives to save the Jewish People. A striking modern example is Major Ro’i Klein, who during the second Lebanon War jumped on a grenade, lest it blow up and kill his comrades. Dying with the holy words of “'Shema Yisrael' - Hear O Israel, the Lord is Our God, the Lord is One” on his lips, he sacrificed his life to save other soldiers who were fighting for the Land of Israel.
--Rabbi Tuly Weisz
And he bent with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead that he slew at his death were more than they that he slew in his life.
Judges 16:30 (The Israel Bible™)
וַיֹּאמֶר שִׁמְשׁוֹן תָּמוֹת נַפְשִׁי עִם-פְּלִשְׁתִּים, וַיֵּט בְּכֹחַ וַיִּפֹּל הַבַּיִת עַל-הַסְּרָנִים וְעַל-כָּל-הָעָם אֲשֶׁר-בּוֹ וַיִּהְיוּ הַמֵּתִים אֲשֶׁר הֵמִית בְּמוֹתו רַבִּים מֵאֲשֶׁר הֵמִית בְּחַיָּיו
שופטים טז:ל
va-yo-mer shim-shon ta-mot naf-shee im p'-lish-teem va-yayt b'-kho-akh va-yi-pol ha-ba-yit al ha-s'-ra-neem v'-al kol ha-am a-sher bo va-yih-yu ha-may-teem a-sher hay-meet b'-mo-to ra-beem may-a-sher hay-meet b'-kha-yav
Today's Israel Inspiration
Samson’s prayer to die among his Philistine oppressors, taking his own life for the sake of his people, is one of the most stirring moments in the Bible. Samson has served as a model for soldiers of Israel who have been willing to give up their lives to save the Jewish People. A striking modern example is Major Ro’i Klein, who during the second Lebanon War jumped on a grenade, lest it blow up and kill his comrades. Dying with the holy words of “'Shema Yisrael' - Hear O Israel, the Lord is Our God, the Lord is One” on his lips, he sacrificed his life to save other soldiers who were fighting for the Land of Israel.
--Rabbi Tuly Weisz