Vayeishev 38:26

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.

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שְׁלֹשָׁה מִקְרָאוֹת נֶאֶמְרוּ בְּעִנְיָן אֶחָד — ״הַכֶּר נָא״ אָמְרָה תָּמָר, ״צָדְקָה מִמֶּנִּי״ אָמַר יְהוּדָה, וְרוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ אוֹמֶרֶת ״וְלֹא יָסַף עוֹד לְדַעְתָּהּ״.

English: Three verses were stated in one matter — “Recognize, please” said Tamar; “She is more righteous than I” said Yehudah; and the Divine Spirit says “And he did not continue further to know her.”

On the daf / in context: The narrative is staged as three voices: Tamar’s challenge, Yehudah’s confession, and Heaven’s closing word.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (midrash/Yerushalmi style) — not a formal named middah of the 13. The closing line is assigned to Ruach HaKodesh.

What Is Learned

Heaven itself closes the episode: after the confession, the relationship is sealed under divine attestation.

Vayeishev 38:26 · unit 4

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