Elections are over: The hard part comes when the ballots are counted the cameras are gone

The Jerusalem Post · MICHAEL FREUND · 2026-10-31 10:42 UTC

By the time we read this week’s haftarah, Israelis will have gone to the polls to elect a new Knesset. After months of political arguments, accusations, and promises, the votes will have been cast.

By the time we read this week’s haftarah, Israelis will have gone to the polls to elect a new Knesset. After months of political arguments, accusations, and promises, the votes will have been cast.

But the haftarah, II Kings 4:1-37, according to Ashkenazi custom, raises a question that no election can answer: What does it really mean to be a leader?

The haftarah recounts two remarkable encounters between the prophet Elisha and women who turn to him for help.

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