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• Avraham and Yonah/0
  ...to the attempted salvation, raising important questions regarding sin and punishment and the desired balance between mercy and justice. ...קוֹם לְמַעַן חֲמִשִּׁים הַצַּדִּיקִם אֲשֶׁר בְּקִרְבָּהּ" as a request for collective salvation.  Avraham asked that if there are a significant number of ri
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• Shabbat Table Topics – Parashat Ki Tisa/0/en
  ...pply to vicarious punishment?&#160; Does the fact that the verse speaks of punishment within the family make a difference?</li>
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• Shabbat Table Topics – Parashat Ki Tavo/0/en
  ...t we assume is a reward might actually be detrimental, and what we view as punishment might be beneficial. Similarly, people who we label as righteous might not ...l order, people can become victims of chance, or benefit together with the collective even when undeserving.&#160; Is it fair to delay retribution to the next wo
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• Dialogue with the Divine During Korach's Rebellion/2
  ...ation the opportunity to distance themselves from Korach and thereby avoid punishment.</p> ...contemplate collectively punishing the nation.</fn> For more on collective punishment, see <a href="Are Children Punished for Parents' Sins" data-aht="page">Are
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• Shabbat Table Topics – Parashat Vaetchanan/0/en
  ...ning apply to vicarious punishment? Does the fact that the verse speaks of punishment within the family make a difference?</li>
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• Avraham's Prayer for Sedom/2/en
  ...nishment, while his secondary appeal (to God's attribute of mercy) was for collective salvation.&#160;&#160;</p> ...reshold of ten for avoiding collective punishment and implementing instead collective salvation.&#160; R. Hirsch also views Avraham's arguments as a single one,
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• Avraham's Prayer for Sedom/2/he
  ...ces agree that, in these words, Avraham is challenging Hashem's collective punishment<fn>R. Yosef Bekhor Shor asserts that Avraham understood from Hashem's words <li><b>Collective salvation</b> – Also according to R. D"Z Hoffmann, Avraham is really maki
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• Are Children Punished for Parents' Sins/1/he
  ...ד) מתייחסת להורה, לצאצאיו, או לשניהם.</fn> or that the parents receive any punishment,<fn>השוו "וְשַׂמְתִּי אֲנִי אֶת פָּנַי בָּ� ...ונש קולקטיבי של המשפחה</b> – Do these verses advocate a form of collective punishment in which innocent children suffer for sins which they didn't commit?<fn>א�
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• Why Was the Ark Taken/2
  ...captive and destruction of Shiloh.&#160; Rashi and others assume that the punishment must relate to the crime and conclude that if the ark was taken captive, th ...k being captured by the Philistines can be viewed as a measure for measure punishment for the nation's having wrongfully taken it to war.</point>
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• Philosophy:Theodicy – צדיק ורע לו/2
  ...ecompense.&#160; We assume that something is a reward when it is in fact a punishment or vice versa.</p> ...ssible that an individual will undeservedly be included in the rewards (or punishment) aimed at another, and fall prey to the vicissitudes of chance.&#160; This,
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• David's Counting of the Nation/2
  ...<a href="Collective Punishment for Akhan's Sin" data-aht="page">Collective Punishment for Akhan's Sin</a>.</fn></li> ...is for this reason that the site of the Mikdash became known through their punishment and atonement.</fn>&#160; He might explain that David himself was spared si
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 34/0
  ...of the calf.&#160; The wilderness period is marked by God's instantaneous punishment of the sinful, stemming from His direct presence in the nation's midst. Aft ...es that take different approaches to the issue of collective and vicarious punishment and gives an overview of commentators’ interpretations and resolutions of
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• Shabbat Table Topics – Parashat Vayishlach/0/en
  ...policies of restraint versus active deterrence, the morality of collective punishment versus targeted killings, and the appropriate response to the use of human
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• Reward and Punishment/2
  <h1>Reward and Punishment</h1> ...תם".&#160; It is possible, though, that here too, R"Y Albo is referring to collective physical rewards, but noting that also certain exceptional individuals, suc
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• Moshe's Misstep and Mei Merivah/2
  ...f Korach. Seeing it would remind the nation of their recent grumblings and punishment.</fn> while R. Hirsch maintains that it was a sign of status, meant to asse ...</b> – Rashbam, Mendelssohn and R. Hirsch suggest that the severity of the punishment reflects the higher standards that Hashem demands of the righteous.</point>
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• Overview – Sefer Bereshit/0
  ...e future exile in Bavel.</fn> He even claims that the future exile came as punishment for Avraham's initial descent and <a href="Endangering Sarai in Egypt" data ...ers of the tower of Bavel embarking on a malicious project that called for punishment, or, might their actions be viewed as an error in judgement and Hashem's in
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 13-14/0
  .../sefer-devarim/parashat-devarim/devarim-1-sins-spies-and-nation-and-moshes-punishment">חטא המרגלים, חטא העם ועונשו של משה</a>, by R. A ...she's prayers allowed for a renewal of the covenant. No parallel repeal of punishment can be found after the sin of the spies. This factor might relate to the di
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• Are Children Punished for Parents' Sins/2
  ...ence from various Biblical stories and prophecies which describe crime and punishment. In doing so, they attempt to present composite theories of how Divine just ...h, chart various compromise positions according to which justice is either collective or only semi-vicarious. They do so by positing that either both the parents
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• Overview – Sefer Shemot/0/en
  <li><b>Punishment</b> – In setting penalties for crimes, which of the following objectives ...tive punishment justified?&#160; Can the same reasoning apply to vicarious punishment? See <a href="Are Children Punished for Parents' Sins" data-aht="page">Are
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• The Suffering Servant in Yeshayahu 53/2/en
  ...es differ regarding whether or not this and similar verses imply vicarious punishment, and whether Israel really suffered "עַל לֹא חָמָס עָשָׂה" ...fn>This might stem from a general discomfort with the notion of collective punishment.&#160; Radak, for instance, opens his comments with the question, "הנה �
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