Comments on: Tamar, Crimson Thread, Anniversary

By: The Jewish Side

The Jewish Side — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:00:16 +0000

o, I didn’t look at the other comments.

Always good to plan ahead.

interesting…

By: Leora

Leora — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:57:21 +0000

4 dreams. Aron Grinshtein wrote the answer first.

I’ve learned to study one parsha ahead on Shabbat, so I can think of something for next week.

Yes, the watercolor had the answer. I didn’t write a lot about the red thread, but it seems to show up throughout Jewish history.

By: The Jewish Side

The Jewish Side — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:52:05 +0000

Ok, so I’m late with this one, but happy blogversary!
I thought you were blogging for more than a year!

I love your parsha posts, always something interesting.

So the crimson thread was the red string on the baby’s hand?

How many dreams were there? 3?

By: Leora

Leora — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:02:12 +0000

Batya, thanks for the link to your post. That was an interesting approach, focusing on Yehuda’s wife. I’ve never heard it presented that way.

By: Batya

Batya — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:56:58 +0000

Tamar was a very gutsy lady. I’ve blogged about her. She risked everything to have a baby in the Yehuda line, like his mother Leah and later on Ruth/Naomi.
Yehuda was supposed to marry his youngest son to her and didn’t so she dressed like a prostitute and seduced him. Then he went on his way and couldn’t find her to pay her. When it was discovered that she pregnant, the court, Judah as judge, ordered her to be executed. Then she showed him the “deposit” the father left, and he declared her tzadeket.
http://me-ander.blogspot.com/2005/12/shabbat-alone-and-parshat-shavua.html

By: Leora

Leora — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:24:15 +0000

>You are always learning and teaching
I think I’m a natural student. I apologize to anyone who feels like they are in school when they read my posts; l’havdil, other way around, should just be fun to learn new things.

By: mother in israel

mother in israel — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:14:45 +0000

Mazal tov! So glad that you have stuck around. You are always learning and teaching–even on a post about blogging.

By: Leora

Leora — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:12:09 +0000

>I do these from memory only
And I look up everything… I found a bit more on Tamar last night. Much more on Yosef for this parsha.

By: Larry Lennhoff

Larry Lennhoff — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:28:38 +0000

You are correct – Peretz emerged fully first. (I mentioned earlier that as a personal challenge I do these from memory only).

Someone discusses the obstetrical aspects of the birth on the Jewifery blog.

I’ll watch with interest to see what other people say about why Tamar merits being the great^n grandmother of Moshiach. One problem is that the normal rules of yibbum don’t ever include the father-in-law, but of course this is all occurring pre-Sinai.

By: Leora

Leora — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:08:09 +0000

Larry, “The first child to fully emerge lacked the red cord, but the second child had it” I thought Zerach got the red cord and Peretz became the ancestor of Boaz and David didn’t?

Yes, that explains why Judah had the merit, but why did Tamar? (Rashi gave one suggestion).