{"id":39287,"date":"2018-09-03T22:44:22","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T19:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=39287"},"modified":"2022-03-28T22:13:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T19:13:56","slug":"the-first-penitent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-first-penitent\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Penitent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[568,354,571],"acf":{"old_id":"39287","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33923,"related_cahpter":"38","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"The ability to recognize one\u2019s own wrongdoing, to feel remorse, and to change","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judah is the first penitent \u2013 the first <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">baal teshuvah<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 in the Torah. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tamar had married Judah\u2019s two elder sons, both of whom had died, leaving her a childless widow. Judah, fearing that his third son would share their fate, withheld him from her \u2013 thus leaving her unable to remarry and have children. Once she understands her situation, Tamar disguises herself as a prostitute. Judah sleeps with her. She becomes pregnant. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judah, unaware of the disguise, concludes that she must have had a forbidden relationship and orders her to be put to death. At this point, Tamar \u2013 who, while disguised, had taken Judah\u2019s seal, cord and staff as a pledge \u2013 send them to Judah with a message: \u201cThe father of my child is the man to whom these belong.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judah understood he placed Tamar in an impossible situation of living widowhood. He admits he was wrong. \u201cShe was more righteous than I,\u201d he says. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the first time in the Torah someone acknowledges their own guilt. 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