Each tribe ultimately produced at least one Judge: Succah 27b
Atniel ben Kenaz
Seventeen hundred Talmudic analyses were forgotten during the mourning period for Moshe, and Atniel re-taught them: Temurah 16a
Why Atniel ben Kenaz's wife, the daughter of Kalev, was named "Achsah": Temurah 16a
Achsah's persuasion of Atniel to ask her father, Kalev, for land, and Kalev's response: Temurah 16a
Atniel is also known as Yaavetz; his real name was "Yehudah, the brother of Shimon": Temurah 16a
The meaning of the names "Atniel" and "Yaavetz": Temurah 16a
Atniel's request from Gd for an environment which would allow him to study Torah: Temurah 16a
Boaz
The Source for Having a quorum for Blessings of Marriage: Ketuvot 7a
Boaz chose Ruth because she stuck to her mother-in-law Naami: Shabbat 113b
Boaz hinting to Ruth that King David would emerge from her: Shabbat 113b
Boaz hinting to Ruth that Menashe would emerge from her: Shabbat 113b
Boaz hinting to Ruth that the Kingdom would eventually split: Shabbat 113b
Boaz greeting others with Gd's Name: Makkot 23b
Chanah
On the amazing creation of living things: Berachot 10a
On Gd's immortality: Berachot 10a
On Gd's judgment: Rosh HaShanah 17a [2x]
Her prophecy on the future reigns of Jewish royalty: Megillah 14a
Chanah was answered, by conceiving a child, on Rosh HaShanah: Rosh HaShanah 10b, 11a
Chanah not bringing her son Samuel to Jerusalem for aliyah laregel [ascension to Jerusalem for the holiday], because he was unusually weak: Chagigah 6a
Chanah was one of the 7 prophetesses whose prophecy was recorded: Megillah 14a
Chanah noted that proper anointing is with a horn: Megillah 14a; Keritot 6a
Devorah and Barak
Why Devorah was known as the "Woman of Torches": Megillah 14a
Devorah's concern with the prohibition against inter-gender isolation: Megillah 14a
Saying Hallel-Prayer from Psalms: Pesachim 117a
The Stars fought against Sisra, melting his chariots' axles, until the sea of Kishon could overtake him: Pesachim 118b Ex-communication of Barak on "Mayroz" who was either one of Sisra's leaders or Sisra's Mazal: Moed Katan 16a Hallel-Prayer of the Fish when Gd gave them Sisra's booty in exchange for the booty of Egypt: Pesachim 118b
Devorah was one of the 7 prophetesses whose prophecy was recorded: Megillah 14a
Whether Devorah was guilty of ostentatious self-righteousness: Megillah 14b
Eli's Household
The Curse on Eli's family through the Generations: Rosh HaShanah 18a, Yevamot 105a Rabbah and Abayye, descendant from Eli: Rosh HaShanah 18a, Yevamot 105a
Involvement of R' Yochanan Ben Zakkai with the descendants of Eli: Rosh HaShanah 18a, Yevamot 105a
Eli's curse of Samuel: Makkot 11a King Yoshiyahu hiding the box with which the Philistines returned the Aron they had taken from Eli's sons in war: Yoma 52b; Keritot 5b The Beit haMikdash crying out in outrage at the presence of kohanim who treated the Avodah [service] disrespectfully - Chofni and Pinchas, and Yissachar Ish Kfar Barkai - and crying out to welcome kohanim who treated the Avodah [service] with love - Yochanan ben Nadbai student of Pinkai, and Elisha ben Pika'i student of Pinchas: Pesachim 57a; Keritot 28a-b
Jacob's prophecy about Samson, in his blessing to Samson's ancestor, Dan: Sotah 9b
Samson was also known as "Bedan", because he came from the tribe of Dan: Rosh HaShanah 25a
Criticism of Manoach for walking behind his wife, which is considered immodest: Eruvin 18b
Manoach as an unlearned layperson: Eruvin 18b
Manoach following his wife's advice: Eruvin 18b
The angel's warning that Samson's mother should not consume items which a Nazir may not consume, while she was pregnant: Sotah 9b
Gideon, Yiftach and Samson are known as the 3 "world lightweights," but their judicial power for their generation is compared to that of Moshe, Aharon and Samuel, the "world heavyweights": Rosh HaShanah 25a-b
Samson's name was like a description of Gd [Shemesh], because he defended the Jewish people as Gd does: Sotah 10a
Samson judged the nation "in the manner of Gd": Sotah 10a
Gd used to escort Samson on his way: Sotah 9b
Gd blessed Samson in his fertility: Sotah 10a
The breadth of Samson's shoulders: Sotah 10a
The breadth of the gates of Azah, which Samson uprooted: Sotah 10a
Samson was so strong that he uprooted the mountains Tzarah and Eshtaol, and ground them together: Sotah 9b
Samson's strength was modeled on the Divine in that it surpassed the physical norm, and this was the area in which he ultimately was hurt: Sotah 10a
Samson began to save the Jews from the Philistines; in his time Avimelech's descendants broke his oath to Abraham that his descendants wouldn't harm the Jews. Therefore, Samson used foxes in attacking them; the fox is wily in its retreat, too: Sotah 9b-10a
Samson was lame in both legs: Sotah 10a
Samson was disgraced in Timnah, and so he is described as descending to Timnah; Yehudah was elevated in Timnah, and so he is described as ascending to Timnah. Alternatively, there are topographical explanations for the descriptions: Sotah 10a
Samson followed his eyes, and so he was blinded: Sotah 9b [2x]
Gd wanted Samson to become enamored of Delilah, but Samson did so on his own, and so he was punished: Sotah 9b
Samson began to err in Azah, and so this was where he was punished: Sotah 9b
Had Samson's wife's name not been Delilah, it would have been appropriate to call her this, as she uprooted [Dildilah] his heart, his strength and his deeds, distancing him from Gd: Sotah 9b
Delilah knew Samson was telling her the truth because one can always recognize sincerity, or because he invoked Gd's Name: Sotah 9b
One of Delilah's tactics to get to Samson was to separate from him at the climactic moment of sexual relations: Sotah 9b
Samson had to depend on drinking from a donkey's jawbone to survive, because he had lusted for impurity, Delilah: Sotah 9b
The Philistines brought Samson their wives to impregnate, while he was in prison: Sotah 10a
Samson prayed that Gd help him against the Philistines as a reward for the fact that in twenty years of judging Israel, Samson had never requested the smallest favor from anyone: Sotah 10a
The differences between Moses and Samuel: Nedarim 38a
His wealth: Nedarim 38a
He was a descendant of Korach: Megillah 14a
He was too weak until weaning to come to Jerusalem for Ascension to Jerusalem for the Holiday: Chagigah 6a
Changed the advice of Eli, not assuming that the voice calling him was Gd: Shabbat 113b
Eli's curse of Samuel: Makkot 11a
Refused all gifts: Berachot 10b; Nedarim 38a
His house "traveled with him": Nedarim 38a
Established a certain number of the shifts of Kohanim serving weekly in the Temple: Taanit 27a
Gideon, Yiftach and Samson are known as the 3 "world lightweights," but their judicial power for their generation is compared to that of Moshe, Aharon and Samuel, the "world heavyweights": Rosh HaShanah 25a-b Three thousand laws were forgotten during the mourning for Moses. The people asked Joshua to ask Gd to re-teach them, but he refused because the Torah is "not in Heaven." Samuel and Pinchas refused, too, arguing that a prophet is not permitted to institute anything new: Temurah 15b-16a
The Jewish people requested a king in the 10th year of Samuel's reign. He then ruled for one year with Saul: Temurah 14b-15a
Samuel died at the age of 52: Taanit 5b; Moed Katan 28a
Samuel feared seeing Saul, his protege die: Taanit 5b
HaShem aging Samuel early so that he would die before Saul but without people thinking he had died young (which would have been taken as a sign of his guilt): Taanit 5b
Samuel as one of the 8 "Princes" - Yishai, King Saul, Samuel, Amos, Tzefaniah, Tzidkeyahu/Chizkiyahu, Messiah, Eliyahu: Succah 52b
Afraid of ultimate Judgment, when called up by King Saul; brought Moshe with him: Chagigah 4b
A Divine Voice confirmed, in Samuel's court, that Samuel never wronged anyone: Makkot 23b
Sisra
His mother crying for him to come home: Rosh HaShanah 33b
Yael
The Encounter with Sisra: Yevamot 103a-b
How Yael's voice was enough to gain the attention of men who knew of her: Megillah 15a
Yiftach [Jephtah]
Gideon, Yiftach and Samson are known as the 3 "world lightweights," but their judicial power for their generation is compared to that of Moshe, Aharon and Samuel, the "world heavyweights": Rosh HaShanah 25a-b
Yiftach's offering to Gd was improper, and not what Gd wanted: Taanit 4a
The Concubine in Givah
On the 15th of Av, permission was granted for the tribe of Binyamin to marry other tribes, after the tragedy of the Concubine in Givah: Taanit 30b
What caused the husband to get angry at the concubine: Gittin 6b
This case as a lesson against causing fear in one's home: Gittin 6b-7a
Cities which were destroyed in the ensuant war: Megillah 4a
Publically reading and translating this section: Megillah 25b
