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Era of Judges
2556AM

Year 2556 of the Jewish calendar.

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Ehud judged for eighty years from year 2556 until 2636 [(and according to Seder Olam from 2532 until 2612).] And included in them were 18 years of the slavery of Eglon [(Seder Olam chapter 12 and Midrash Shoftim section 42)] - Judge 4, receiving from 5 according to Rabbi Yitzchak Abarbanel who received from Otniel [(see year 2516) (thus). (Shir HaKavod wrote 19:2 that after his death there was famine and Naomi...]

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Ehud [son of Gera was rectified through ben Chashmonai who killed Nikanor (see year 3622). And Nikanor was Eglon king of Moav, and when Nikanor was killed he prayed that no one would do what he did in the Temple, for through Eglon was sanctified as stated in the Talmud (Sanhedrin) in the chapter of Admoni, and through this merit Ruth came forth from him (year 2449)]:

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At the end of the days of Ehud, Shamgar ben Anat judged as the same priest for one year - Judge 5, included in the years of Ehud [(thus). Shamgar was the reincarnation of Gershon (Sefer Kavanot). He is buried in the city of HaBenian in Kipah (Gedi)]:

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