“Y’all act like he came out here with the black agenda on his back. He’s not the black savior of the 21st century. Go find the one who is” ~ Camonghne Felix
Ya'akov Avinu: Dan will avenge his people, like one, Shevatim Yisra'el. Dan will be a serpent on the road, a viper on the path, which bites the horse's heels, so its rider falls backwards. For Your salvation, I hope, O L-rd!
Moshe Rabbeinu: And of Dan he said: "Dan is a young lion, streaming from Bashan."
Rabbi David Katz: Before I got into this, Samson was something of a Revelation. There's actually a lot of Famous things on the Internet, come to think of it, that Moshiakh would be a Nazir. Nobody says that in Classic Literature, but Jacob on his deathbed is going to prophecy that when he sees the blessing for Dan that he thinks that He's saying, you know, that it's the Messiah, and he prays for Shimshon to succeed, but Shimshon dies, therefore he's not the Moshiach, so Jacob is confused. The Zohar comes along and says, "Who in fact helps Moshiach succeed? And it's none other than Tsariah ben Dan." The Redemption comes from the helping aid of Tsariah ben Dan.
J. Immanuel Schochet: Maimonides concludes the laws of Naziriteship as follows: "He who vows unto G-d by way of holiness (as opposed to mere abstinence for its own sake) does well and is praiseworthy. Of him it is said, 'the crown of his G-d is upon his head... he is holy unto G-d.' Scripture considers him equal to a prophet, as it is said, "I set up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men" (Amos 2:11).
2013/5773/4771 marks The Year of the Water Snake based on the Chinese Zodiac. 2014/5774/4772 will mark The Year of the Horse based on the Chinese Zodiac.
