Was Yael, the wife of Chever the Kini who killed Sisra, Jewish?
Some write that Yael was not Jewish, and her husband Chever Hakini was a Ger Toshav.[1] Others write that she was Jewish.[2] Some write that she was a convert.[3]
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[1] Yaavetz in Migdal Oz Even Bocehin Pina 1:10; See Beir Eliyahu E.H. 86; Ben Yehoyada p. 38, Sanhedrin 11
[2] Implication of Shoftim 5:6 and Rashi and Midrash Raba Rus 1:1 there that Yael was a Judge of the Jewish people; Horiyos 10b that from Yael we learn Gedola Aveira Lishma; Malbim Shoftim 4:17
[3] Yalkut Shimoni Yehoshua Remez 9
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