• ...tween seeking candidates for a sin which might have deserved such a severe punishment, or trying to uncover non-punitive goals of the Egyptian experience. In doi ...l question becomes tangled in knotty theological issues such as collective punishment, children suffering for the sins of parents, afflictions of love, holding t
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  • ...in Bemidbar are so detailed, repeating both the individual counts and the collective twice.</fn> Thus, Hashem counted the Israelites upon their departure from E ...n of the Golden Calf in Shemot 34.<fn>As it was only after the sin and its punishment that there was a need for a recount.</fn> See <a href="Purpose of the Mishk
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  • ...and their personal stances on such questions as the validity of collective punishment or acts of deterrence. Many condone, and even laud, Shimon and Levi's actio ...icipated, to varying degrees, in the taking of Dinah, all deserved capital punishment.</p>
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  • ...arguments, condemning collective punishment, yet simultaneously requesting collective salvation. How do these requests relate to each other?&#160; [See <a href=" ...that Avraham was indeed praying for both the righteous and wicked, viewing collective salvation as a merciful act that transcends justice.</li>
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  • ...tive punishment justified?&#160; Can the same reasoning apply to vicarious punishment? ראו <a href="Are Children Punished for Parents' Sins" data-aht="page">� ....&#160; Is this the ultimate form of justice, or is it "cruel and unusual" punishment? How should the command to <a href="Annihilating Amalek" data-aht="page">מ
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  • ...s leads him to conclude that there was a unique decree of collective total punishment on Anatot, from which even the righteous would not be spared (see Yirmeyahu
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  • ...will erroneously conclude that Israel's suffering must have been vicarious punishment for their own sins.</li> ...האם ה' פֹּקֵד עֲוֹן אָבֹת עַל בָּנִים?</a>, <a href="Philosophy:Collective Punishment" data-aht="page">ענישה קולקטיבית</a>, ו<a href="Philosophy:T
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  • ...ing these as unjust, and preferred a policy of restraint and / or targeted punishment.&#160; Commentators differ regarding what exactly he had thought would happ ...in Hashem.&#160; Rashbam even suggests that the attack by the angel was a punishment for this lack of trust.<fn>See also&#160;<multilink><a href="RadakBereshit3
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  • ...r! How, then, is the story to be understood?&#160; Is it a tale of sin and punishment or something else? For details, see <a href="Mystery at the Malon" data-aht ...all three cases the leg is specifically chosen as a "measure for measure" punishment for not going to do what Hashem desired. For more on Rashbam's reading of e
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  • <h1>Collective Punishment for Akhan's Sin</h1> ...of secret thoughts for these belong to the Lord our God and He will exact punishment from that individual; but those things which are revealed belong to us and
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  • ...eir gratitude to and respect for Hashem. Thus, all of the nation's initial collective and creative labors are dedicated to Hashem in the form of the Tabernacle.< ...f Israel and created the need for them to observe all of the mitzvot (as a punishment) rather than merely achieving salvation by having simple faith. According t
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  • ...Q_VRvnLhhQ7E_INPziBkyoePKfNW8MW0nV0QXjCcjGiNk#.Uk5wTD-F2UV">Individual and Collective Responsibility</a>, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Rabbi Sacks argues that the gener ...ommentary on Parashat Ki Tavo and his interpretation that the curses are a punishment for rejection of the system of mitzvot rather than laxness of observance.</
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  • ...m, in which Ramban discusses various theological issues such as reward and punishment, the World to Come, and Resurrection.</fn> and possibly Iggeret HaMusar.<fn ...ng <a href="Tzara'at" data-aht="page">Tzara'at</a>), Vayikra 18:28 (on the punishment of Karet), Vayikra 19:19 (on the <a href="Purpose of the Laws of Hybrids" d
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  • <h1>Collective Punishment</h1> ...se they worshipped these as gods. When the Holy One, blessed be He, exacts punishment from a nation, He punishes their gods at the same time (cf. Mekhilta on 12:
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  • ...men. Still others believe that all the large sea monsters are known by the collective name of “Leviathan.” The scholar Rabbi Avraham bar Chiya wrote that the ...part of His universe are up to, and that He even will not exact collective punishment unless He can demonstrate that the parties affected are all guilty. There w
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  • ...d to him, אל תירא אברם אנכי מגן לך FEAR NOT ABRAM, I AM THY SHIELD against punishment: for you shall not be punished on account of all these people whom you have ...d is called גוזל by the Torah. Basically, all small birds are known by the collective name of גוזל, as for instances in Deuteronomy 32,11 where the Torah des
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  • ...f good tidings, and we hold our peace; if we tarry till the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's househo ...CEDAR WOOD </b> – This lofty tree was used because plagues come also as a punishment for haughtiness (cf. ib.). <br/><b>ושני תולעת ואזוב AND CRIMS
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  • <br/><b>to atone for him</b> to release him from the punishment due him.</text> ...d his theft - his sin will not be atoned. However, we can suppose that his punishment will not be so strong as it would have been, had he not returned the money.
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