• ...ה' פֹּקֵד עֲוֹן אָבֹת עַל בָּנִים?","sefer":"2","chapter":"20","parashah":"5","type":"General"}
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  • ...part of, if not the entire, experience. Which verses might provide support for each position?</p> ...and they requested that Moshe step in. According to them, had it not been for the people's fear, Hashem would have given them the rest of the Torah direc
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  • <h1>Collective Punishment for Akhan's Sin</h1> ...aining that, despite being blameless, the nation was collectively punished for the sin of one individual.&#160; As all members of Israel constitute one bo
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  • ...v deserved to lose his health, wealth, and loved ones. Various suggestions are made by his friends, but each is rejected.&#160; The book's conclusion is o ...hey refer to blessings of this world or the next?<fn>Most of the blessings are physical in nature and appear to speak of events of this world (such as war
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  • ...itial impression given by the text, Hashem never punishes more than called for.</p></div> <category>Punished More than Deserved
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  • <category>Only the Sinners are Punished <p>Hashem only punishes the deserving and does not collectively punish anyone for someone else's crime.</p>
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  • ...o not have a good perspective on the true merits of a person. Often people are not what they seem, and a wicked person might really be a hidden <i>tzaddik ...r, should not be perceived as unjust because true compensation is reserved for the next world, where everyone receives their appropriate due.</p>
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  • ...e of <a href="Avraham's Prayer for Sedom" data-aht="page">Avraham's Prayer for Sedom</a>.</fn> How does one "choose sides" in such a case, or can a way be <p>Other commentators try to present the exchange as Moshe pleading for Hashem to have mercy even upon sinners. Ramban proposes that the entire con
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  • <h1>Are Children Punished for Parents' Sins?</h1> ...d in this verse – only the parent, only the child, or both?<br/> 2. Who is punished – only the parent, only the child, or both?</p>
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  • ...s of the surrounding Canaanites. If so, the story comes to stress the need for the Egyptian exile which would safeguard the family against further accultu ...ntant, having learned to look past himself to take responsibility and care for the welfare of others.</p></div>
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  • ...tly linked to any sin. Commentators thus divide between seeking candidates for a sin which might have deserved such a severe punishment, or trying to unco ...eological issues such as collective punishment, children suffering for the sins of parents, afflictions of love, holding the righteous to a higher standard
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  • <li><b>"Slavery and Redemption"</b> – The first unit, Chapters 1:1 – 15:21, speaks of the period of bondage and Israel's physical emancipati <li><b>"Servants of Hashem"</b> – The last section, Chapters 19:1 – 40:38, speaks of the nation's spiritual redemption and their entering i
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  • ...step further in viewing the destruction of Amalek as merely the prototype for the standard fate of all enemies who dare to attack Israel.</p></div> ...malek attacked without just cause and in an unscrupulous fashion. They are punished more harshly than other enemies of Israel because of their terrorist mindse
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  • ...in contrast, suggests that Nadav and Avihu suffered a vicarious punishment for Aharon's role in the Sin of the Golden Calf.</p> <category>Punished for Sin
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  • ...it that Yishmael was a wholesome youth, and Tzeror HaMor even faults Sarah for banishing him. &#160;Rashi, following numerous Midrashim, goes to the oppos .../a><a href="TzerorHaMorBereshit16-13512" data-aht="source">Bereshit 16:1,3,5,12</a><a href="TzerorHaMorBereshit21-91114" data-aht="source">Bereshit 21:9
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  • ...uities 1:20:1</a><a href="Josephus2-1-1" data-aht="source">Antiquities 2:1:1</a><a href="Josephus" data-aht="parshan">About Josephus</a></multilink>, <m ...lly recognized that all the money in the world is not worth one's life.<fn>For elaboration, see <a href="Sale of the Birthright – A Fair Deal" data-aht=
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  • ...ghtful place.&#160; Finally, R. Avraham Saba is unique in condemning Sarah for her actions, presenting her as wanting to expel Yishmael over an imagined i ...ht="source">Tanchuma</a><a href="TanchumaShemot1" data-aht="source">Shemot 1</a><a href="Tanchuma" data-aht="parshan">About the Tanchuma</a></multilink>
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  • <h1>Avraham's Prayer for Sedom</h1> ...e punishment, while his secondary appeal (to God's attribute of mercy) was for collective salvation.&#160;&#160;</p>
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  • <li><b> Chapters 1-11</b> speak of universal history: the creation, destruction and recreation <li><b> The Adam Narrative </b>(Bereshit 1:1-5:32)<b><br/></b></li>
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  • ...ef="NachalatAvotMishnaAvot1-3" data-aht="source">Nachalat Avot Mishna Avot 1:3</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak A ...ude agricultural blessings, promises of victory over enemies, abundance of children, and health, they would seem to relate to this world rather than the next.<
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  • ...yahu 42</a><a href="HoilMosheYeshayahu49-1" data-aht="source">Yeshayahu 49:1</a><a href="HoilMosheYeshayahu52-13-14" data-aht="source">Yeshayahu 52:13-1 ...throughout Yeshayahu, the term "עַבְדִּי" often refers to the nation. See, for instance, "&#8206;וְאַתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל עַבְדִּי" &
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  • ...makes one question whether procreation had been part of the original plan for mankind, and what life would be like if it were not colored by sensual desi ...g, who view the intellect as the crowning glory of man, deem it impossible for man to have been created without wisdom.&#160; As such, they assert that ea
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  • ...tice, and manages a fledgling nation in a grueling wilderness. He provides for both the people's physical and spiritual needs, nurturing, chastising, defe ...explanations of Moshe's deeds. The varying portraits drawn leave much food for thought and many lessons to explore.</p></div>
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  • ...o determine what was "good and bad", or would he recognize that such terms are defined by Hashem's command alone?</div> ...banelBereshit2-1" data-aht="source">אברבנאל</a><a href="AbarbanelBereshit2-1" data-aht="source">בראשית ב׳:א׳</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel
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  • ...he is one of the few husbands in Tanakh to explicitly rebuke his wife. How are we to understand these contrasting traits?&#160; The page below explores Ya ...ה' לִי לֵא-לֹהִים" part of what he expects from Hashem, or what he will do for Hashem?&#160; If the latter, what is he promising to do?&#160; Was Hashem n
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  • <aht-xml inrb="1"> ...for blood, it pollutes the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him who shed it.</text>
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  • <aht-xml inrb="1"> <h1>Are Children Punished for Parents' Sins?</h1>
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  • <aht-xml inrb="1"> <text xml:lang="EN">For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof Shall not give their lig
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  • <aht-xml inrb="1"> This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
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  • <aht-xml inrb="1"> ...9-1-4" book="English Bereshit" ref="9,1,6" mgtype="Tanakh" url="Bereshit/9.1$$e1">
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  • <aht-xml inrb="1"> ...delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.” (20) He said to his daughters, “Where is he
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  • <aht-xml inrb="1"> ...I will put none of the diseases on you, which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Hashem who heals you.”</text>
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  • <aht-xml inrb="1"> ...ouring fire, even a G-d of jealousies</i>. <br/>And He will show those who are pleasing to Him wonders from His Torah. Rather let such see in our commenta
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