The Little Robe Hannah Sewed Samuel Returns in the World to Come

Midrash Shmuel 6:2

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

"And his mother would make him a little robe" (1 Samuel 2:19). It was taught in the name of Rabbi Natan: The garment that goes down with a person to Sheol comes with him in the time to come. And what is the reason? "It is changed like clay under the seal, and they stand forth as a garment" (Job 38:14). Therefore it is written, "and he was wrapped in a robe" (1 Samuel 28:14).

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