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Where did Yehuda go?
In whose eyes?
Who did he meet?
Name?

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1) Down from his brothers
2) in his brothers eyes and it was his fault
3) he turned to an adullamite man
4) named Chira

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Why do we have a sudden break in Yosefs story

A1 - consequence

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We are about to see the vonsequence of Yehudae actions -> middah kneged middah
Just like yehuda caused yaakov to lose his son so to he will lose his sons

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Why do we have a sudden break in Yosefs story

A2 - eyes

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It is showing us yehudas descent in his brothers eyes

They blame him for the selling of yosef

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Why do we have a sudden break in Yosefs story

A3 - leaders

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Yosef and Yehuda are two leaders of Bnai Yisrael

Were seeing both of their decelopments - this begins tehudas growith into a leader

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Who did Yehuda see?
Name?
What did he do?

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1) the daughter of a canaani (rich merchant)
2) name of the rich merchant = Shuva
3) he took her (married her) and was with her

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Arent we not supposed to marry from Canaan?

How can Yehuda do this?

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A diff translation of Canaani is wealthy merchant

It uses the word canaani specifically to show that his surroundings are influncing him

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What were the names of all the sons?

Where did she have the last one?

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Ayr, Onan, Shelah - Cheezib

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What did Yehifa do for his eldest son?

Name?

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Took a wife

Tamar

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What was Ayr in Hashemes eyes?

What did Hashem do?

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Evil

He caused him to die

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What was Ayr in HaShems eyes?

What did he cause him to do?

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Evil

To die

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What did Ayr do that was evil in HaShems eyes?

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Ayr did the same thing as Onan will do

They didnt allow Tamar to get pregnant bc they didnt want to ruin her beauty

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What is the life lesson from Er and Onans actions?

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It shows that the Jewish Mindset is that everything should be for Hashem
Beauty by itself is worth nothing
We need to use it for Avodas Hashem
Eishes Chayil says: Beauty is false and Grace is a phase - at the end of the fay having those two qualities are worthless but if you use for HaShem then it has worth

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Yibum: what is the mitzvah of Yibum?

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When a man dies w/o kids
The brother of the man should marty the widow
And the son is the spiritual son of the deceased brother
If one doesnt want to marry the widow - he should perform chalitzah (they didnt have the torah yet so it applies to all relatives not just brothers)

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What does Yehuda tell Onan to do?

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To go to his brothers wife and perform yibum - make childten to his brother

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What did Onan know?
So what would he do?
Why?

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1) that the offspring wouldnt be counted as his own
2) everutike he would come to hsi brothers wife - he would make it go wrong
3) in order to not provide children to his brothet

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What we’re two reasons for Onans behavior?

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1) Same ad Ayr - he didn’t want to Ruin her beauty

2) he was so selfish that he wouldnt do something if he had to share the honor

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What was Onan in Hashems eyes?

What happened?

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His actions were bad in the eyes of HaShem

Hashem caused him to die

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How cpuld the sons of Yehuda, a tzadik, bejave such a way?

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Life Lesson:
In life whenever theres a hiuge opportunity for good/mitzvah, theres an equal opportunity for a big fail = bigger yetzer hara
Tamar is destined to be the mother of mashiach, so theres an abnormally large yetzet hara

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What did Yehuda say to Tamar
What rid he say to himself
What did Tamar do

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1) to stay as a widow in her fathers jouse until Shelah grows up
2) lest (dont let) Shelah die like his brother
3) so tamar went and settled in her fathets house

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What was Yehidas real intention

A1 - young

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Shelah was actually too young, he wanted to wait

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What was Yehudas real intention

A2 - פן ימות

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He didnt actually want to give hef shelah

He thought she was a woman whose hisbands die

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What happened to Yehudas wife?
What did Yehuda do?
With who?

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1) she died
2) he mourned
3) he went to check on his sheep shearers
4) with Chira

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What was Tamar told?

What did she do?

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1) That her father in law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep
2) removed her widows clothing, covered herself with a veil
She sat by the entrance to Einam - on the way to Timnah

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What did Tamar see

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That Shelah was grown up and she had not belonged to him as a wife

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1) who did yehuda see? 2) what did he think? Why?
1) Tamar but her face was covored 2) thinking she was a prostitue Since her face was civered
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What did yehuda do on the path What did he say - why What does she say
1) he detoured to her 2) come let me be with you - he didnt know it was his tamar in law 3) what will you give me for being with you
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Why is Yehudq stopping by a prostitue? | A1 - Midrash - Angels
Yehuda would never normally have stopped by a prostitute but מלכים came and told him that future kings will come from being with her so he was convinced
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Why is Yehudq stopping by a prostitue? | A2 - fiture jews
Supposed to ehow future jews that mashiach is not coming from someoje without mistakes - comes frok a sticky situation Show the power of teshuva and that HaShem doesnt expect perfection
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Why is Yehudq stopping by a prostitue? | A3 - Halachic view
They kept torah in those times but it was their own free will So yehuda is techincally not doing anything wrong, its just below his dignity
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What did Yehuda say to the prostitute? | What did she answer?
1) ill send a kid of a goat frok my flock | 2) what pledge will you give until you send it
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What is the purpose of this pledge? What can we learn from it? (A1 - Dawe Zekqnim)
Pledge = as a wedding token meaning they assumed they would be married through this
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What is the purpose of this pledge? What can we learn from it? (A2- proof)
A pledge and not money | She wanted something as proof sobshe cpupd later show she was fufilling tye kitzvah
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What is the purpose of this pledge? What can we learn from it? (A3 - what will we learn from this)
Shows his yetzer hara was abnormally big rn because he pledges his 3 prized possessions — ehowe it was part of Hashems plan
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What does Tamar want from Yehuda?
Give me your rings (with seal), your cloak and your staff
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When Yehuda gave those pledges, what happened to tamar
She was conceived from gim
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What did Tamar do after that interaction?
She removed her veil and changed into widows clothing
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ותקם
She rose up -> she was elevated becayse now she will be the mother of kings
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What did Yehuda send? Through who? Why?
The kid of the goat Through the adullmite friend To retrieve his pledge from the woman but he couldnt find her
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Why is Chirah not mentioned by name here
Bc he was selfless in his friendship willing to do something embarssing and shameful for his friend shows torah value of a friend
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What did Chira ask? | What was the response?
1) the ppl of the place where is the prostitute by the crossroads 2) they said there is no prostitute
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When Chira returns to Yehuda, wjat does he tell her
That the people said there is no prostitute
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What does Yehuda respond to Chiras news
Let her take them Otherwise we will be embarssed Behold i send this goat (i did my best) and you couldnt find her
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What is the middah kneged middah הנה שלחתי הגדי הזה
Since Yehuda tricked his father with a goat ( when he dipped yosefs coat ik the goats blood) Yehuda is now tricked with a goat by tamar
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What does yehuda mean we will be embarassed
Yehuda wasnt saying its embarssing to have been seen with a prostitute He was saying its embarssing to be openly discussing sexual things and it shows us the Torahe hashkafa Is ti be priv about these things
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what was yehuda told 3 months later | how did yehuda respond
1) that his daughter in law tamar was behaving like a zonah, and she got pregnant bc of her actions 2) he said brng her out and let her be burned
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why such an intense punishment
she was the daughter of a high status person and she the widow of high status men (yehudas sons) so she i helder to a higher status and is bringing shame to 2 imp families
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what did tamar say when she came out | and to who
From the man to whom these belong I am pregnant, Please recognize whose signet ring, cloak, and staff are these? to her father in law
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וְהִ֨יא שָֽׁלְחָ֤ה אֶל־חָמִ֨יהָ֙ | why does she do this through symbols insteasd of saying its from him
she would rather let him acknowledge it voluntarily instead of embarassing yehuda in public from here we learn we should suffer than embarass a jew
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why did she wait unil the last minute
the satan was trying to stop his children from being born | do this caused tamar to forget where the 3 items were at the last min tamar davened for help and remembered last min
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הַכֶּר־נָ֔א middah kneged middah
the brothers - who were led by Yehuda when they showed Yaakov Yosef's coat now tamar is using the same exact words
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did yehuda recognize the three items? | how did he respond?
1) he did 2) she is more righetous than me for i did not give my son shelah and he did not continue to be with her
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life lesson from yehuda admitting his mistake
this is yehudas teshuva moment, he couldve gotten away with forgiving her w/o admitting his mistake but instead he takes full responsibility for the mistake he showed a leadership moment
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how many children did tamar have
twins
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what happened when Tamar was in labor with the first born
one pulled out his hand and the mid wife took it and tied a red string saying he came out first
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what happened when Tamar was in labor with the secondborn
as the first one took his hand back the other brother came Tamar said wow what an entrance you made for yourself so she named him Peretz
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why do we need to know this interaction
showing the divine plan | Mashiach comes from Peretz so although he was the second Hashem made Peretz come first
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what was the name of the brother with the red string
named zerach = bright red string

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