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The Meshech Chochmo’s Dream

The Meshech Chochmo’s Dream

by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer · Published December 17, 2012 · Updated April 1, 2020

Yerushalmi Sotah 7a on the travels of Shimshon and his parents past the vineyards of Timnath, and the interpretation of the Meshech Chochmo that was revealed to him in a dream.

Posted on December 17, 2012 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

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