Tafsiran yang Mengutip untuk Kejadian 38:24

The second is, what he would write on his throne, And you shall not erect for yourself a monument [of a single stone], meaning to tell you not to judge alone, for only the Holy One, blessed be His name, judges alone. He also learned this from the adjacency of this section where it says, And if you make for Me an altar of stones. This implies specifically [an altar] composed of many stones and not a monument of a single stone. Similarly, the Sanhedrin, men of high standing who are called “crown stones” and “holy stones,” must specifically be many and not one. Rashi explains in the portion of Judges, which the Lord your God hates — it was beloved in the days of the Patriarchs, etc. And as an example of this regarding judging alone: in the days of the Patriarchs, the Holy One, blessed be He, was not so particular, because Shem and Eber and Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob judged alone. And so too Judah said, Take her out and let her be burned, which shows that he judged alone. Moses also judged alone before Jethro came, because they were perfect in their understanding and possessed knowledge from their Maker, and were not afraid of making errors. But as hearts diminished and continued to decrease, the Lord commanded not to judge alone.

Our Sages, of blessed memory, ruled that one must abstain for three months [Yevamot 48b]. Although there is no need to bring support for their words, the evidence for their reasoning is seen in the verse “about three months later” [Genesis 38: 24] — that being the time when the fetus first begins to stir. It is forbidden to initiate sexual relations with a woman unless one knows whether or not she is pregnant, in order that the paternity of the child may be known — for some babies are born two months earlier than normal, or later than normal (though the latter is less common).

Please (Havah na). The word havah often means “prepare yourself.” Yehudah requested that she consign herself to him exclusively so that no harlotry would be involved.

ומלכי צדק AND MELCHIZEDEK — A Midrashic explanation is that he is identical with Shem, son of Noah (Nedarim 32b).