# #228 | Shoftim ch.15 - Samson's Foxes, Fire, and Prayer

From **The Tanakh Podcast: R Alex Israel** by R Alex Israel.

- **Published:** Sat, 11 Jul 2026 20:11:00 GMT
- **Duration:** 00:11:45
- **Books:** Deuteronomy
- **Parsha:** Shoftim
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<p>Samson continues his lone guerilla actions against the Philistines, setting fields on fire, and killing one-thousand of the enemy armed with a mere donkey's jaw bone. </p><p>The chapter ends with the phrase: "And Samson judged Israel for twenty years" - but did he ever save Israel or shift the strategic power balance? </p>