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Our daf states that : Rabbi Shmuel bar Naḥmani said that Rabbi Yonatan said: "Any bride who is modest in the house of her father-in-law merits that kings and prophets will emerge from her. From where do we derive this? From Tamar"
We explore the issue of Tamar's qualities and examine Gen 38 to reveal a textual analysis the ambivalence of the narrator and how modern feminist interpretations expose the misogyny inherent in how we appropriate sacred texts halachically.