Hannah is barren and tormented by Peninnah. She weeps before the Lord in the temple. Eli thinks she is drunk.

Barrenness was a social stigma. She had no recourse but God. Torah connection: Psalm 62:8 (Pour out your heart). The Pharisaic distortion: Long prayers for pretence.

Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have not been drinking wine or strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Yahweh. Don’t consider your servant a wicked woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation.”

1 Samuel 1:15-16

Your Spirit

Loves God

Loves Neighbor

Your Body

Moral Behaviour