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s a woman, so often
demise. Her father-in-law,
when I read the
Judah, fearing the death of his
weekly parshah, I
third son, withholds him from
am troubled by the lack of
Tamar. Tamar takes matters
female voices, opinions,
into her own hands, craftily
bodily autonomy and value
seducing Judah by disguising
in our sacred text.
herself and becomes pregnant
Rabbi Jennifer
Our matriarchs, the moth-
with twins.
Lader
ers of our people, are repeat-
These two women were
Parshat
edly acted upon — they are
change agents, for better or
Vayeshav: worse. Mrs. Potifar, through
supporting characters in the
Genesis
holy and ancient stories of
her inappropriate sexual
37:1-40:23; prowess (#metoo, Joseph),
our people. But this week,
Amos
we find two women who
drives our hero into harm’s
2:6-3:8.
don’t fit the mold.
way. Tamar, through her
First, there’s the nameless
ingenuity, gets what is right-
wife of Potifar, the Egyptian
fully hers, despite the con-
First Lady, who was so overcome by stant barriers she encounters creat-
Joseph’s beauty that she demanded
ed by those closest to her.
he lie with her. Midrash teaches
These two stories of female-driv-
that she would beg him every day,
en seduction are not equal. Tamar
changing her clothing to entice
is celebrated by our sages for pre-
him, completely distraught over his serving Judah’s dignity and con-
restraint. She throws him in prison
tinuing her family line. Mrs. Potifar
for his lack of desire for her. There
is cast in a more nefarious light, an
he begins to dream his prophetic
example of how sinful lust creates
dreams once again.
discord between families, leading
Then, we meet Tamar, a young
to disastrous results.
widow who needs to conceive a child
Regardless of the rabbis’ judg-
with a man from her deceased hus-
ments, it is refreshing to me to
band’s bloodline in order to remarry. see women in our text portrayed
Ignoring the ethical implications of
as human beings, fighting their
this law, which is a commentary for
own fights, living their own lives,
another time, she is failed time and
playing their own roles and raising
time again by this family. One of her
their own voices. ■
husband’s brothers sleeps with Tamar
Rabbi Jennifer Lader is a rabbi at Temple Israel
but spills his seed on the ground,
in West Bloomfield.
angering God, which leads to his