Perek Lamed Ches Flashcards
Where did Yehuda go?
In whose eyes?
Who did he meet?
Name?
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
Why do we have a sudden break in Yosefs story
A1 - consequence
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
Why do we have a sudden break in Yosefs story
A2 - eyes
It is showing us yehudas descent in his brothers eyes
They blame him for the selling of yosef
Why do we have a sudden break in Yosefs story
A3 - leaders
Yosef and Yehuda are two leaders of Bnai Yisrael
Were seeing both of their decelopments - this begins tehudas growith into a leader
Who did Yehuda see?
Name?
What did he do?
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
Arent we not supposed to marry from Canaan?
How can Yehuda do this?
A diff translation of Canaani is wealthy merchant
It uses the word canaani specifically to show that his surroundings are influncing him
What were the names of all the sons?
Where did she have the last one?
Ayr, Onan, Shelah - Cheezib
What did Yehifa do for his eldest son?
Name?
Took a wife
Tamar
What was Ayr in Hashemes eyes?
What did Hashem do?
Evil
He caused him to die
What was Ayr in HaShems eyes?
What did he cause him to do?
Evil
To die
What did Ayr do that was evil in HaShems eyes?
Ayr did the same thing as Onan will do
They didnt allow Tamar to get pregnant bc they didnt want to ruin her beauty
What is the life lesson from Er and Onans actions?
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
Yibum: what is the mitzvah of Yibum?
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)
What does Yehuda tell Onan to do?
To go to his brothers wife and perform yibum - make childten to his brother
What did Onan know?
So what would he do?
Why?
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
What we’re two reasons for Onans behavior?
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
What was Onan in Hashems eyes?
What happened?
His actions were bad in the eyes of HaShem
Hashem caused him to die
How cpuld the sons of Yehuda, a tzadik, bejave such a way?
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
What did Yehuda say to Tamar
What rid he say to himself
What did Tamar do
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
What was Yehidas real intention
A1 - young
Shelah was actually too young, he wanted to wait
What was Yehudas real intention
A2 - פן ימות
He didnt actually want to give hef shelah
He thought she was a woman whose hisbands die
What happened to Yehudas wife?
What did Yehuda do?
With who?
1) she died
2) he mourned
3) he went to check on his sheep shearers
4) with Chira