[Avodah] Yosef Kappara and Tamar

[Meir Rabi]

The arguments and counter arguments about Yosef's brothers asking for
Mechila and if Yosef granted Mechila, seem like a discussion about "it was a
horse! NO it was a mule!" what is said and what is not. Why not put the text
itself on the discussion?

 

Is there some suggestion that even after the demise of Yosef there was still
some opportunity to attain forgiveness and Mechilla?

Aside from going to his Kever with a Minyan, the obvious answer, there is an
implied understanding that even many generations later some type of
reconciliation can be achieved. Does this mean that the old enmities were
still being maintained? All the way down to the 10 Martyrs?

 

And is there some understanding how their suffering brought reconciliation?

 

 

On another matter: Tamar - Why did Tamar wait until her pregnancy was
obvious; she sh/could have presented to Yehudah the evidence of his presence
and informed him that she is expecting. This would have avoided the
inevitable "showdown" and given Yehuda ample opportunity to devise an
honourable solution by marry her to Shelah or himself or send her away to
return later or not at all. If the last option frightened her and she wanted
to avoid this was she permitted to thus endanger her life?

 

 

Meir

 

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