TT #49 · Parashas Vayeishev · Passuk 38:26
Parashas Vayeishev · Passuk 38:26
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.
Torah Temimah points to Yerushalmi Sotah 9:6.
Sefaria — Yerushalmi Sotah 9:6
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.”
Derash on the verse (midrash/Yerushalmi style) — not a formal named middah of the 13. The closing line is assigned to Ruach HaKodesh.
Heaven itself closes the episode: after the confession, the relationship is sealed under divine attestation.