About this episode

This episode explores Judges Chapter 17, focusing on the themes of false worship and internal spiritual collapse in Israel.

👉 Join the Prophets of Israel Daily for powerful Torah learning from the heart of Israel. https://thelandofisrael.com/prophets-of-israel/ In Judges Chapter 17 Bible study (Sefer Shoftim), Ari Abramowitz and Jeremy Gimpel uncover one of the most unsettling and foundational chapters in Tanach — a story not of war or foreign oppression, but of internal spiritual collapse. After the death of Samson, instead of national redemption or a new judge rising, the Book of Judges shifts suddenly to a quiet home in the hills of Ephraim. There, a man named Micah builds a private religious system with stolen silver, a homemade shrine, an ephod, teraphim, and a hired Levite priest. What begins as sincere devotion quickly becomes the blueprint for distorted worship: a system where Hashem’s name is used, but His instructions are replaced. This chapter introduces the haunting foundation verse of Sefer Shoftim: “In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes.” But as this teaching reveals, the crisis is not lawlessness — it is self-defined religion. Micah and his mother are not rebels; they are believers who have unknowingly crossed the line between…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ari Abramowitz, Jeremy Gimpel

Topics covered

• Torah learning
• spiritual collapse
• false worship
• internal conflict
• religious distortion

Keywords

• Judges
• Torah
• spirituality
• false worship
• internal conflict
• religion
• Micah

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Judges, Sefer Shoftim

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