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Shlach: Collective Punishment

In speaking of Hashem’s various attributes, Moshe says that Hashem “visits the sins of the fathers on the sons.” This suggests that sometimes Hashem punishes a child for his father’s deeds, while the father himself escapes harm. How is this fair?

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Neima Novetsky

Neima Novetsky is a Tanakh educator and co-founder of AlHaTorah.org, an online resource dedicated to Jewish textual study. She holds a BA in Religion from Princeton University and an MA in Bible from Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Graduate School. She has taught at numerous Jewish educational institutions in Jerusalem and the United States, including Midreshet Moriah, Nishmat, and Matan, emphasizing critical thinking, textual analysis, and a lifelong love of Torah learning.

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