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<blockquote data-quote="Chaya" data-source="post: 2765747" data-attributes="member: 317926">It means he changed from someone chasing donkeys and hiding in the baggage to king. To do so, according to Rashi, one of the foremost Jewish Biblical commentators, his soul was broadened and he received a regal kingly portion in order to do the job he was chosen to do.&nbsp; Saul was out looking for some of his father&#039;s lost donkeys (chapter 9) and he and his attendant decided to go to Samuel the prophet to see if Samuel could tell them where to look for the donkeys.&nbsp; Gd had informed Samuel a day before of Saul&#039;s arrival and had told Samuel that Saul was to be anointed leader of Gd&#039;s people Israel. So, Saul was still pre-occupied with finding these donkeys....and Samuel invites him to a ritual sacrifice as an honored guest. Saul doesn&#039;t get it, he goes on about the donkeys until Samuel&nbsp; says &quot;fahget about the donkey&#039;s already -- they&#039;re found&quot;.Samuel tells Saul it is him Israel is looking for. Saul&#039;s response to that was not possible, that he was from the smallest of the tribes, his family the most junior of all the clans (much like Gideon had said).&nbsp; At the meal eating the sacrifice, Saul asked for the tail, but Samuel gave him the best piece and told him what Gd had said aout him. Then..........chapter 10 is when Samuel the prophet, the one with the authority to anoint the king, does so. Well, after he is singled out and they had to pull him out from hiding in the baggage. Saul changes from chasing donkeys and hiding in the baggage to king. Whenever he got close to the school of the prophets, he would start prophesying himself, which surprised everyone. The Divine Presence brought down by that group of prophets was able to be experienced by others around them. There is another example of this- of people getting close to prophets and some of it &#039;rubbing off&#039; on them --it may be in the book of Samuel again later.&nbsp; The comment of him being a new man, according to Rashi and other Jewish sages, was that he received a new regal soul in order to be king. In Jewish thought, the soul grows and matures, and can be reinforced and changed. It is not &#039;born again&#039; as the Christians mean accepting a human/Gd - it is a matter of Gd increasing his soul, of becoming closer to the Divine Presence&nbsp; to in this case lead Israel.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaya, post: 2765747, member: 317926"] It means he changed from someone chasing donkeys and hiding in the baggage to king. To do so, according to Rashi, one of the foremost Jewish Biblical commentators, his soul was broadened and he received a regal kingly portion in order to do the job he was chosen to do. Saul was out looking for some of his father's lost donkeys (chapter 9) and he and his attendant decided to go to Samuel the prophet to see if Samuel could tell them where to look for the donkeys. Gd had informed Samuel a day before of Saul's arrival and had told Samuel that Saul was to be anointed leader of Gd's people Israel. So, Saul was still pre-occupied with finding these donkeys....and Samuel invites him to a ritual sacrifice as an honored guest. Saul doesn't get it, he goes on about the donkeys until Samuel says "fahget about the donkey's already -- they're found". Samuel tells Saul it is him Israel is looking for. Saul's response to that was not possible, that he was from the smallest of the tribes, his family the most junior of all the clans (much like Gideon had said). At the meal eating the sacrifice, Saul asked for the tail, but Samuel gave him the best piece and told him what Gd had said aout him. Then..........chapter 10 is when Samuel the prophet, the one with the authority to anoint the king, does so. Well, after he is singled out and they had to pull him out from hiding in the baggage. Saul changes from chasing donkeys and hiding in the baggage to king. Whenever he got close to the school of the prophets, he would start prophesying himself, which surprised everyone. The Divine Presence brought down by that group of prophets was able to be experienced by others around them. There is another example of this- of people getting close to prophets and some of it 'rubbing off' on them --it may be in the book of Samuel again later. The comment of him being a new man, according to Rashi and other Jewish sages, was that he received a new regal soul in order to be king. In Jewish thought, the soul grows and matures, and can be reinforced and changed. It is not 'born again' as the Christians mean accepting a human/Gd - it is a matter of Gd increasing his soul, of becoming closer to the Divine Presence to in this case lead Israel. [/QUOTE]

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