ייִדישער מחשבֿה אויף בראשית 38:26

וַיַּכֵּ֣ר יְהוּדָ֗ה וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ צָֽדְקָ֣ה מִמֶּ֔נִּי כִּֽי־עַל־כֵּ֥ן לֹא־נְתַתִּ֖יהָ לְשֵׁלָ֣ה בְנִ֑י וְלֹֽא־יָסַ֥ף ע֖וֹד לְדַעְתָּֽה׃

האָט יהודה דערקענט, און ער האָט געזאָגט: זי איז גערעכטער פֿון מיר, דערפֿאַר װײַל איך האָב זי ניט געגעבן צו מײַן זון שֵלָהן. אָבער ער האָט מער װידער ניט פֿאַרקערט מיט איר.

Dirshuni I

Rebellious, that is Tamar—what does she say?
“Recognize, please” (Genesis 38:25) the ways of enslavement and the cruelty of one person having power over another. Although she rebelled against authority, it is said: “she was right” (Genesis 38:26) more than he, and we have no freedom until we change our ways.
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Duties of the Heart

He will admit his failings and will not seek false excuses to absolve and justify himself, as Yehuda said: "She has been more righteous than I" (Bereishis 38:26), and he won't attempt to shame the speaker and make him out a liar, nor condemn him for having exposed him, rather, he will say to him: "my brother, the amount of bad things you have observed in me is little compared to what you don't know about me and which the Creator has for so long kept hidden. If you knew the full extent of my bad deeds and transgressions, you would flee from me, fearing that the punishment of the Creator which they merit, would befall you too, as a poet once said: "if my neighbors could smell my sins, they would run away and keep far from me", and as Iyov said: "Did I, like men, cover my transgressions, to conceal my iniquity in my hiding place?" (Iyov 31:33).
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Dirshuni II

The Holy Blessed One said: regarding you it is said "She is more righteous than me" (Bereishit 38:26).
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