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<category name="">No Further Punishment
 
<category name="">No Further Punishment
 
<p>Hashem does not punish the nation after it repents, and verses implying otherwise must be reinterpreted.</p>
 
<p>Hashem does not punish the nation after it repents, and verses implying otherwise must be reinterpreted.</p>
<mekorot><p><multilink><a href="SifraVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Sifra</a><a href="SifraVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">26:40-41</a><a href="Sifra Vayikra" data-aht="parshan">About the Sifra Vayikra</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="LekachTovVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Lekach Tov</a><a href="LekachTovVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:40-41</a><a href="R. Toviah b. Eliezer (Lekach Tov)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Toviah b. Eliezer</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="IbnEzraVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:40-41</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn Ezra</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RalbagVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Ralbag</a><a href="RalbagVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:40-41</a><a href="R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Levi b. Gershom</a></multilink>,<fn>Ralbag reads the verses in Vayikra in this way, but understands those in Devarim differently (see above).</fn> <multilink><a href="TzerorHaMorDevarim31" data-aht="source">Tzeror HaMor</a><a href="TzerorHaMorDevarim31" data-aht="source">Tzeror HaMor Devarim 31</a><a href="R. Avraham Saba (Tzeror HaMor)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham Saba (Tzeror HaMor)</a></multilink>,<fn>See above that R"A Saba brings six different ways to understand the verses in Devarim.&#160; Only his fourth explanation works with this approach.&#160; His explanation of the verses in Vayikra differs as well.</fn> <multilink><a href="HaKetavVeHaKabbalahVayikra26-40-44" data-aht="source">HaKetav VeHakabbalah</a><a href="HaKetavVeHaKabbalahVayikra26-40-44" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:40-44</a><a href="HaKetavVeHaKabbalahDevarim31-18" data-aht="source">Devarim 31:18</a><a href="R. Yaakov Mecklenburg (HaKetav VeHaKabbalah)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yaakov Mecklenburg</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="NetzivVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Netziv</a><a href="NetzivVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:40-41</a><a href="R. Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin</a></multilink>,<fn>Netziv's understanding of the verses in Vayikra fits this approach, but his explanation of the passage in Devarim differs (see above).</fn> <multilink><a href="RDZHoffmannVayikra26-40-42" data-aht="source">R. D"Z Hoffmann<fn>R. Hoffmann combines this approach with the one above, understanding that the verses do not say that the people confessed nor that Hashem punished them afterwards.</fn></a><a class="ahtNonEditable" href="#fn38">38</a><a class="ahtNonEditable" href="#fn38">38</a><a href="RDZHoffmannVayikra26-40-42" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:40-42</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink></p></mekorot>
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<mekorot><p><multilink><a href="SifraVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Sifra</a><a href="SifraVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">26:40-41</a><a href="Sifra Vayikra" data-aht="parshan">About the Sifra Vayikra</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="LekachTovVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Lekach Tov</a><a href="LekachTovVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:40-41</a><a href="R. Toviah b. Eliezer (Lekach Tov)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Toviah b. Eliezer</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="IbnEzraVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:40-41</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn Ezra</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RalbagVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Ralbag</a><a href="RalbagVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:40-41</a><a href="R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Levi b. Gershom</a></multilink>,<fn>Ralbag reads the verses in Vayikra in this way, but understands those in Devarim differently (see above).</fn> <multilink><a href="TzerorHaMorDevarim31" data-aht="source">Tzeror HaMor</a><a href="TzerorHaMorDevarim31" data-aht="source">Tzeror HaMor Devarim 31</a><a href="R. Avraham Saba (Tzeror HaMor)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham Saba (Tzeror HaMor)</a></multilink>,<fn>See above that R"A Saba brings six different ways to understand the verses in Devarim.&#160; Only his fourth explanation works with this approach.&#160; His explanation of the verses in Vayikra differs as well.</fn> <multilink><a href="HaKetavVeHaKabbalahVayikra26-40-44" data-aht="source">HaKetav VeHakabbalah</a><a href="HaKetavVeHaKabbalahVayikra26-40-44" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:40-44</a><a href="HaKetavVeHaKabbalahDevarim31-18" data-aht="source">Devarim 31:18</a><a href="R. Yaakov Mecklenburg (HaKetav VeHaKabbalah)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yaakov Mecklenburg</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="NetzivVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Netziv</a><a href="NetzivVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:40-41</a><a href="R. Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin</a></multilink>,<fn>Netziv's understanding of the verses in Vayikra fits this approach, but his explanation of the passage in Devarim differs (see above).</fn> <multilink><a href="RDZHoffmannVayikra26-40-42" data-aht="source">R. D"Z Hoffmann<a href="RDZHoffmannVayikra26-40-42" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:40-42</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink></p></mekorot>
 
<point><b>"וְהִתְוַדּוּ אֶת עֲוֺנָם"</b> – These sources understand this to refer to a full and sincere confession and return to Hashem.</point>
 
<point><b>"וְהִתְוַדּוּ אֶת עֲוֺנָם"</b> – These sources understand this to refer to a full and sincere confession and return to Hashem.</point>
 
<point><b>"וְאָמַר... הֲלֹא עַל כִּי אֵין אֱלֹהַי בְּקִרְבִּי מְצָאוּנִי הָרָעוֹת "</b> – According to this approach, these words, too, constitute a confession and true repentance.<fn>The commentators differ in how they understand the phrase "כִּי אֵין אֱלֹהַי בְּקִרְבִּי". HaKetav VeHaKabbalah assumes it refers to Hashem's lack of providence while R. Saba asserts that it refers to the fact that the nation had previously pretended that they returned to Hashem, when really He was not in their hearts.</fn></point>
 
<point><b>"וְאָמַר... הֲלֹא עַל כִּי אֵין אֱלֹהַי בְּקִרְבִּי מְצָאוּנִי הָרָעוֹת "</b> – According to this approach, these words, too, constitute a confession and true repentance.<fn>The commentators differ in how they understand the phrase "כִּי אֵין אֱלֹהַי בְּקִרְבִּי". HaKetav VeHaKabbalah assumes it refers to Hashem's lack of providence while R. Saba asserts that it refers to the fact that the nation had previously pretended that they returned to Hashem, when really He was not in their hearts.</fn></point>

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60: <mekorot><p><multilink><a href="SifraVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Sifra</a><a href="SifraVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">26:40-41</a><a href="Sifra Vayikra" data-aht="parshan">About the Sifra Vayikra</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="LekachTovVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Lekach Tov</a><a href="LekachTovVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:40-41</a><a href="R. Toviah b. Eliezer (Lekach Tov)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Toviah b. Eliezer</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="IbnEzraVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:40-41</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn Ezra</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RalbagVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Ralbag</a><a href="RalbagVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:40-41</a><a href="R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Levi b. Gershom</a></multilink>,<fn>Ralbag reads the verses in Vayikra in this way, but understands those in Devarim differently (see above).</fn> <multilink><a href="TzerorHaMorDevarim31" data-aht="source">Tzeror HaMor</a><a href="TzerorHaMorDevarim31" data-aht="source">Tzeror HaMor Devarim 31</a><a href="R. Avraham Saba (Tzeror HaMor)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham Saba (Tzeror HaMor)</a></multilink>,<fn>See above that R"A Saba brings six different ways to understand the verses in Devarim.&#160; Only his fourth explanation works with this approach.&#160; His explanation of the verses in Vayikra differs as well.</fn> <multilink><a href="HaKetavVeHaKabbalahVayikra26-40-44" data-aht="source">HaKetav VeHakabbalah</a><a href="HaKetavVeHaKabbalahVayikra26-40-44" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:40-44</a><a href="HaKetavVeHaKabbalahDevarim31-18" data-aht="source">Devarim 31:18</a><a href="R. Yaakov Mecklenburg (HaKetav VeHaKabbalah)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yaakov Mecklenburg</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="NetzivVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Netziv</a><a href="NetzivVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:40-41</a><a href="R. Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin</a></multilink>,<fn>Netziv's understanding of the verses in Vayikra fits this approach, but his explanation of the passage in Devarim differs (see above).</fn> <multilink><a href="RDZHoffmannVayikra26-40-42" data-aht="source">R. D"Z Hoffmann<a href="RDZHoffmannVayikra26-40-42" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:40-42</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink></p></mekorot>
60: <mekorot><p><multilink><a href="SifraVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Sifra</a><a href="SifraVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">26:40-41</a><a href="Sifra Vayikra" data-aht="parshan">About the Sifra Vayikra</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="LekachTovVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Lekach Tov</a><a href="LekachTovVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:40-41</a><a href="R. Toviah b. Eliezer (Lekach Tov)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Toviah b. Eliezer</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="IbnEzraVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:40-41</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn Ezra</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RalbagVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Ralbag</a><a href="RalbagVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:40-41</a><a href="R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Levi b. Gershom</a></multilink>,<fn>Ralbag reads the verses in Vayikra in this way, but understands those in Devarim differently (see above).</fn> <multilink><a href="TzerorHaMorDevarim31" data-aht="source">Tzeror HaMor</a><a href="TzerorHaMorDevarim31" data-aht="source">Tzeror HaMor Devarim 31</a><a href="R. Avraham Saba (Tzeror HaMor)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham Saba (Tzeror HaMor)</a></multilink>,<fn>See above that R"A Saba brings six different ways to understand the verses in Devarim.&#160; Only his fourth explanation works with this approach.&#160; His explanation of the verses in Vayikra differs as well.</fn> <multilink><a href="HaKetavVeHaKabbalahVayikra26-40-44" data-aht="source">HaKetav VeHakabbalah</a><a href="HaKetavVeHaKabbalahVayikra26-40-44" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:40-44</a><a href="HaKetavVeHaKabbalahDevarim31-18" data-aht="source">Devarim 31:18</a><a href="R. Yaakov Mecklenburg (HaKetav VeHaKabbalah)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yaakov Mecklenburg</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="NetzivVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Netziv</a><a href="NetzivVayikra26-40-41" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:40-41</a><a href="R. Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin</a></multilink>,<fn>Netziv's understanding of the verses in Vayikra fits this approach, but his explanation of the passage in Devarim differs (see above).</fn> <multilink><a href="RDZHoffmannVayikra26-40-42" data-aht="source">R. D"Z Hoffmann<a href="RDZHoffmannVayikra26-40-42" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:40-42</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink></p></mekorot>