Arise Barak for the War Belongs to God and the Triumph to Israel

Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 50:3

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·

"Arise, Barak, and lead your captives captive" (Judges 5:12). The war is the Holy One's, and the victory is ours, and so on (this is written in remez 724).

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