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<category>Innocent also Punished
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<category>Only the Sinners are Punished
<p>Sometimes Hashem collectively punishes the entire group and the innocent suffer together with the guilty.</p>
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<p>Hashem only punishes the deserving and does not collectively punish anyone for someone else's crime.</p>
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<category>Slightly Guilty Punished
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<category>Slightly Guilty also Punished
 
<p>When Hashem inflicts punishment, those who are totally innocent are never included.&#160; 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.&#160; 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>
 
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<category>Only the Sinners are Punished
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<category>Even the Innocent Punished
<p>Hashem only punishes the deserving and does not collectively punish anyone for a crime in which they played no part.</p>
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<p>Sometimes Hashem collectively punishes the entire group and the innocent suffer together with the guilty.</p>
<mekorot><multilink><a href="TanchumaKorach7" data-aht="source">Tanchuma</a><a href="TanchumaKorach7" data-aht="source">Korach 7</a><a href="Tanchuma" data-aht="parshan">About the Tanchuma</a></multilink></mekorot>
 
 
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Version as of 06:45, 14 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.

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.

Even the Innocent Punished

Sometimes Hashem collectively punishes the entire group and the innocent suffer together with the guilty.