There is no surviving allusion elsewhere to this annual lamentation of the untimely fate of Jephthah’s daughter. But the poetic nature of the narra…

To lament. —Rabbi Tanchum makes it mean “to praise,” or “celebrate.” The feelings of the Israelites towards Jephthah’s daughter wo…

That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the
daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite<…

Several important lessons are to be learned from Jephthah's vow.

1. There may be remnants of distrust and doubt, even in the hearts of tr…