SHMUEL IN THE HOLY OF HOLIES BEFORE YOU

Centuries of separation between the people and their God ends with the appearance of Samuel, the last of the judges and the first of the prophets. Shmuel is the transitional link from period to period. Throughout the book of Judges, there are no prophets who bring God's word to the world, no pilgrimage to the tabernacle at Shiloh, no contact between heaven and earth. Until Shmuel arrives. Shmuel - in the Holy of Holies describes the two revolutions brought about by Shmuel against the background of his tumultuous time. The first revolution is in the field of the intimate meeting of man with God, a meeting that will become over the years the focus of religious life - the world of prayer. The second, political revolution, is the government revolution: a transition from a tribal diaspora to a centralized monarchy. From a distance of thousands of years, these questions of earth and heaven continue to resonate and occupy us: How does the wonderful and complex meeting with God take place? Wha