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To Speak Out Without Shaming the Other (Parshat Vayeshev)

December 11, 2009 | By Cynthia Hoffman

Media Type(s): Torah Commentary

Textual Source: Genesis

Torah Portion: Vayeshev

This resource is part of the Torah Queeries collection.

The author frames the story of Tamar and Judah as an example of speaking out against injustice without shaming another person. Instead of publicly calling out Judah, Tamar takes a different route to teach Judah a lesson. As queers, the author argues, we are familiar with public shaming and can glean lessons from this Torah portion.

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