Kommentar zu Schoftim 17:7
וַיְהִי־נַ֗עַר מִבֵּ֥ית לֶ֙חֶם֙ יְהוּדָ֔ה מִמִּשְׁפַּ֖חַת יְהוּדָ֑ה וְה֥וּא לֵוִ֖י וְה֥וּא גָֽר־שָֽׁם׃
Es war ein Jüngling aus Bet-Lehem Jehuda, das dem Geschlechte Jehuda gehörte, ein Levite —, der daselbst weilte.
Rashi on Judges
Of the clan of Yehudah. He was a Leivi maternally.14Paternally, he was descended from Yehudah. This explains why he was both “of the clan of Yehudah”, and a Levi. However, the Rabbis15Bava Basra, 109:b. interpret that, because he behaved like Menasheh,16The king who instituted idol worship throughout Eretz Yisroel. (Melachim 2, 21). who was descended from Yehudah, he is described as "of the clan of Yehudah." He was actually a Leivi, the son of Gershom, son of our master Moshe, as stated explicitly below, "Yehonasan, son of Gershom, etc."17
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