1)
What is the status of a Pilegesh?
1.
Refer to Shoftim 8:31:1:1,2 and the note there.
2)
Is it permitted to have a Pilegesh?
1.
Refer to Shoftim 8:31:2:1,2 and the notes there.
3)
When did they veer his heart? The next verse says that it was in his old age!
1.
Malbim: It was also in his youth, but then his mindset stood for him, and he was drawn only to small sins.
