[Avodah] Tamar's Theatrics

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 11:52:51PM +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: I apologize. I should have made my point more clearly...
: In every respect, coming clean at the beginning would have been better
: for all parties, rather than continuing the subterfuge and hoping no one
: finds out...

Thanks. That IS more clear.

On a tangent, a little chassidishe vertl of my own invention:

Recall Chazal's statement about parah adumah (and other mitzvos)
which require tying the ezov and some erez together with a sheni
tola'as. Ezov, the lowly grass, representing anavah. Erez, the
tall and powerful tree, representing the people who stand larger
than life.

    Tzadiq kaTamar yifrach -- when a tzadiq blossoms like Tamar,
	placing another's kavod ahead of oneself
    k'erez baLvanon yisgeh -- he will grow mighty like a cedar
	in Levanon

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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