Editing Sisera (section)

==Sisera in later Jewish tradition==
The Jewish Encyclopedia reports that possibly his father was [[Shamgar]].<ref>[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13495-shamgar Jewish Encyclopedia Shamar]</ref> According to Jewish legend, because [[Sisera's mother]] cried a hundred cries when he did not return home, a hundred blasts are blown on the [[shofar]] on [[Rosh Hashana]], the Jewish New Year.<ref>The Complete Artscroll Machzor for Rosh Hashanah, page 584.</ref> The Talmud states that the descendants of Sisera studied Torah in Jerusalem and even taught children there.<ref>Sanhedrin 96b, [[Gittin]] 57b.</ref><ref name="JWENC"/> A direct descendant of Sisera was [[Rabbi Akiva]].<ref>[http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1033-akiba-ben-joseph Jewish encyclopedia Akiva]</ref><ref>[https://www.mayimachronim.com/tag/siseras-mother/ Sisera Mother]</ref>

According to the [[Talmud]], Jael engaged in sexual intercourse with Sisera seven times, but because she was attempting to exhaust him in order to kill him, her sin was for Heaven's sake and therefore praiseworthy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nazir 23b|url=https://www.sefaria.org/Nazir.23b|access-date=2020-07-15|website=www.sefaria.org}}</ref> The significance of that exact number of coituses and the meaning of the multicoital nature of Jael and Sisera's encounter has been discussed in the scholarship, along with an alternate view in [[rabbinic literature]] that asserts to the contrary that Jael never engaged in sex with Sisera.<ref> {{cite journal | last1=Klein |first1=Reuven Chaim |date=January 1, 2024 |title=Male Virility and Biblical Power Dynamics
| url=https://hcommons.org/deposits/download/hc:65096/CONTENT/jbq_521_kleinmalevirility.pdf |journal=Jewish Bible Quarterly |volume=51 |issue=1 |pages=3-19 |doi=10.17613/rb9g-4m16}}</ref>

Also according to the [[Midrash]],<ref>Yalḳuṭ Shim'oni on {{bibleverse||Judges|4:3|NIV}}</ref> Sisera had previously conquered every country against which he had fought. His voice was so strong that, when he called loudly, the most solid wall would shake and the wildest animal would fall dead. [[Deborah]] was the only one who could withstand his voice and not be stirred from her place. Sisera caught enough fish in his beard when bathing in the [[Kishon River|Kishon]] to provision his whole army, and thirty-one kings followed Sisera merely for the opportunity of drinking, or otherwise using, the waters of Israel.<ref name="JWENC">[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=840&letter=S Jewish Encyclopedia]</ref>