Peace with the Canaanite Nations

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1. Chapter 9: The Duplicity of the Giv'onites

   Rabbi Michael Hattin

   This lesson will look at the strategy and well executed plan of the people of Givon and its aftermath. We will discuss their motivation, and Yehoshua’s reaction once the deceit is discovered, and assess whether their deceitful methods were indeed necessary in order to incur peace with Israel and save themselves from other Canaanite nations.

2. Israel's Tragic Lethargy

   Rabbi Michael Hattin

   Sefer Shoftim, while it tends to revolve textually around a series of inspired regional leaders, really traces the story of Israel's tragic lethargy.  The minority of tribes are involved in the continued conquest of Canaan but the vast majority of tribes are not. The Torah commanded the nation to uproot the Canaanite Nation from their midst and sure enough, it was not possible for the people to suffer an unrepentant Canaanite population in their midst while remaining aloof from their cultural and moral values.