Perek Lamed Ches Flashcards

1
Q

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

A

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

A

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

A

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

A

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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5
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Who did Yehuda see?
Name?
What did he do?

A

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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6
Q

Arent we not supposed to marry from Canaan?

How can Yehuda do this?

A

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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7
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What were the names of all the sons?

Where did she have the last one?

A

Ayr, Onan, Shelah - Cheezib

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8
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What did Yehifa do for his eldest son?

Name?

A

Took a wife

Tamar

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9
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What was Ayr in Hashemes eyes?

What did Hashem do?

A

Evil

He caused him to die

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What was Ayr in HaShems eyes?

What did he cause him to do?

A

Evil

To die

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What did Ayr do that was evil in HaShems eyes?

A

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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12
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What is the life lesson from Er and Onans actions?

A

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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13
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Yibum: what is the mitzvah of Yibum?

A

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?

A

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

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15
Q

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

A

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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16
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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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17
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What was Onan in Hashems eyes?

What happened?

A

His actions were bad in the eyes of HaShem

Hashem caused him to die

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18
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How cpuld the sons of Yehuda, a tzadik, bejave such a way?

A

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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19
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What did Yehuda say to Tamar
What rid he say to himself
What did Tamar do

A

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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20
Q

What was Yehidas real intention

A1 - young

A

Shelah was actually too young, he wanted to wait

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21
Q

What was Yehudas real intention

A2 - פן ימות

A

He didnt actually want to give hef shelah

He thought she was a woman whose hisbands die

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22
Q

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

A

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

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23
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What was Tamar told?

What did she do?

A

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

24
Q

What did Tamar see

A

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

25
Q

1) who did yehuda see?
2) what did he think?
Why?

A

1) Tamar but her face was covored
2) thinking she was a prostitue
Since her face was civered

26
Q

What did yehuda do on the path
What did he say - why
What does she say

A

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

27
Q

Why is Yehudq stopping by a prostitue?

A1 - Midrash - Angels

A

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

28
Q

Why is Yehudq stopping by a prostitue?

A2 - fiture jews

A

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

29
Q

Why is Yehudq stopping by a prostitue?

A3 - Halachic view

A

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

30
Q

What did Yehuda say to the prostitute?

What did she answer?

A

1) ill send a kid of a goat frok my flock

2) what pledge will you give until you send it

31
Q

What is the purpose of this pledge? What can we learn from it?
(A1 - Dawe Zekqnim)

A

Pledge = as a wedding token meaning they assumed they would be married through this

32
Q

What is the purpose of this pledge? What can we learn from it?
(A2- proof)

A

A pledge and not money

She wanted something as proof sobshe cpupd later show she was fufilling tye kitzvah

33
Q

What is the purpose of this pledge? What can we learn from it?
(A3 - what will we learn from this)

A

Shows his yetzer hara was abnormally big rn because he pledges his 3 prized possessions — ehowe it was part of Hashems plan

34
Q

What does Tamar want from Yehuda?

A

Give me your rings (with seal), your cloak and your staff

35
Q

When Yehuda gave those pledges, what happened to tamar

A

She was conceived from gim

36
Q

What did Tamar do after that interaction?

A

She removed her veil and changed into widows clothing

37
Q

ותקם

A

She rose up -> she was elevated becayse now she will be the mother of kings

38
Q

What did Yehuda send?
Through who?
Why?

A

The kid of the goat
Through the adullmite friend
To retrieve his pledge from the woman but he couldnt find her

39
Q

Why is Chirah not mentioned by name here

A

Bc he was selfless in his friendship willing to do something embarssing and shameful for his friend shows torah value of a friend

40
Q

What did Chira ask?

What was the response?

A

1) the ppl of the place where is the prostitute by the crossroads
2) they said there is no prostitute

41
Q

When Chira returns to Yehuda, wjat does he tell her

A

That the people said there is no prostitute

42
Q

What does Yehuda respond to Chiras news

A

Let her take them
Otherwise we will be embarssed
Behold i send this goat (i did my best) and you couldnt find her

43
Q

What is the middah kneged middah הנה שלחתי הגדי הזה

A

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

44
Q

What does yehuda mean we will be embarassed

A

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

45
Q

what was yehuda told 3 months later

how did yehuda respond

A

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

46
Q

why such an intense punishment

A

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

47
Q

what did tamar say when she came out

and to who

A

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

48
Q

וְהִ֨יא שָֽׁלְחָ֤ה אֶל־חָמִ֨יהָ֙

why does she do this through symbols insteasd of saying its from him

A

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

49
Q

why did she wait unil the last minute

A

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

50
Q

הַכֶּר־נָ֔א middah kneged middah

A

the brothers - who were led by Yehuda when they showed Yaakov Yosef’s coat
now tamar is using the same exact words

51
Q

did yehuda recognize the three items?

how did he respond?

A

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

52
Q

life lesson from yehuda admitting his mistake

A

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

53
Q

how many children did tamar have

A

twins

54
Q

what happened when Tamar was in labor with the first born

A

one pulled out his hand and the mid wife took it and tied a red string saying he came out first

55
Q

what happened when Tamar was in labor with the secondborn

A

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

56
Q

why do we need to know this interaction

A

showing the divine plan

Mashiach comes from Peretz so although he was the second Hashem made Peretz come first

57
Q

what was the name of the brother with the red string

A

named zerach = bright red string