When the Prophetess Devorah called upon Barak ben Avinoam in the name of God to gather ten thousand soldiers from the tribes of Naftali and Zevulun in order to free Israel from the yoke of Canaanite oppression, she directed him to confront the mighty forces led by Sisra at Mount Tabor. It was on this lofty mountain in the north of Eretz Yisrael that God granted the outnumbered and outarmed Israelite forces a miraculous victory over their enemies (Shoftim 4:6-15) .

Because it was destined to be the scene of such a great miracle, Mount Tabor asked that the Torah be given to Israel upon it. Its claim was rejected, says the Midrash (Bereishit Rabbah 89:1), because idols had been worshiped upon it. In the end of days, however, it will regain its glory, for God will bring Mount Tabor together with Mount Sinai and Mount Carmel and build the Beit HaMikdash upon them (Midrash Tanchuma 36:6)

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