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<category>Slightly Guilty also Punished | <category>Slightly Guilty also Punished | ||
<p>When Hashem inflicts punishment, those who are totally innocent are never included.  However, individuals who are guilty by association, or culpable to even a small degree, might be included in the punishment of a worse sinner.</p> | <p>When Hashem inflicts punishment, those who are totally innocent are never included.  However, individuals who are guilty by association, or culpable to even a small degree, might be included in the punishment of a worse sinner.</p> | ||
| + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="BavliShabbat54b-55a" data-aht="source">Bavli Shabbat</a><a href="BavliShabbat54b-55a" data-aht="source">Shabbat 54b-55a</a><a href="Talmud Bavli" data-aht="parshan">About the Bavli</a></multilink>, Radak</mekorot> | ||
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<category>Even the Innocent Punished | <category>Even the Innocent Punished | ||
<p>Sometimes Hashem collectively punishes the entire group and the innocent suffer together with the guilty.</p> | <p>Sometimes Hashem collectively punishes the entire group and the innocent suffer together with the guilty.</p> | ||
| + | <mekorot>R. Saadia GAon, Ralbag, <multilink><a href="RalbagVayikra20-4-5" data-aht="source">Ralbag</a><a href="RalbagVayikra20-4-5" data-aht="source">Vayikra 20:4-5</a><a href="RalbagBemidbar16Toelet6" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 16 Toelet 6</a><a href="RalbagBemidbar16-32" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 16:32</a><a href="RalbagDevarim13-16" data-aht="source">Devarim 13:16</a><a href="RalbagYehoshua7-1" data-aht="source">Yehoshua 7:1</a><a href="RalbagYehoshua5-8Toelet11" data-aht="source">Yehoshua 5-8 Toelet 11</a><a href="R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Levi b. Gershom</a></multilink></mekorot> | ||
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Version as of 05:14, 17 July 2015
Collective Punishment
Exegetical Approaches
Only the Sinners are Punished
Hashem only punishes the deserving and does not collectively punish anyone for someone else's crime.
Why is it justified?
Slightly Guilty also Punished
When Hashem inflicts punishment, those who are totally innocent are never included. However, individuals who are guilty by association, or culpable to even a small degree, might be included in the punishment of a worse sinner.
Sources:Bavli Shabbat, Radak
Even the Innocent Punished
Sometimes Hashem collectively punishes the entire group and the innocent suffer together with the guilty.
Sources:R. Saadia GAon, Ralbag, Ralbag
