Vayeishev 38:26 · unit 2
Parashas Vayeishev · Passuk 38:26
The Complete Passuk
וַיַּכֵּ֣ר יְהוּדָ֗ה וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ צָֽדְקָ֣ה מִמֶּ֔נִּי כִּֽי־עַל־כֵּ֥ן לֹא־נְתַתִּ֖יהָ לְשֵׁלָ֣ה בְנִ֑י וְלֹֽא־יָסַ֥ף ע֖וֹד לְדַעְתָּֽהּ׃
Judah recognized them, and said, “She is more in the right than I, inasmuch as I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he was not intimate with her again.
Chabad / Judaica Press
Source Citation
Torah Temimah points to Sotah 10b .
Sefaria — Sotah 10b
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
מִנָּא יָדַע? וְדִילְמָא כִּי הֵיכִי דַּאֲזַל אִיהוּ לְגַבַּהּ אֲזַל נַמִּי אַחֲרִינָא? אָמַר רָבָא: דְּחָשֵׁב יַרְחֵי וְיוֹמֵי וּמִתְכַּוְּנִי.
English: How did he know? Perhaps just as he went to her, someone else also went? Rava said: he calculated the months and the days, and they matched.
On the daf / in context: Yehudah’s certainty rests on timing, not on exclusive access alone.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Bavli sugya) — not a formal named middah of the 13 . Practical calculation underwrites the admission “she is right.”
What Is Learned
Yehudah verified the pregnancy’s timing against his encounter before declaring Tamar righteous.
Source pointed to by Torah Temimah. Only Chazal’s words and what they derived are presented. Ashkenazi transliteration.