Living Torah Archives

The Talmud states that Samson ruled for forty years, yet the verse states that he only ruled for twenty? In answer to this apparent discrepancy the Talmud declares: He influenced them for twenty years after his passing, thus extending the years of his leadership of the Jewish nation. In this passionate talk delivered at a farbrengen celebrating the liberation of his father-in-law from prison, the Previous Rebbe, the Rebbe explains why our circumstances aren’t so different today.