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tb, you got it! Aram was besieging Shomron, and the Jews were starving. Elish Hanavi announced a n’vuah that bread would be sold very cheaply, and the king’s officer mocked him, asking, “Will Hashem send food through windows in the sky?”. Elisha told him he would witness it, but not eat it.
Four m’tzoraim outside of the city, who were also starving, decided to ask the aramim for food. When they approached the camp, they saw no one was there, because Hashem had frightened them away & they’d left all their food behind. After eating, they returned to the city & announced their find. The officer who’d mocked Elisha was in charge of crowd control, and was trampled in the resulting stampede.
This is the haftorah for Parshas M’tzora.
Sorry for the off-topic excursion. Kiruvwife, that thread sounds like a good idea. I don’t have much time to post, so I don’t think I’ll start it, but if someone else does I’ll try to post there.