ONAN. AND SHE YET AGAIN CONCEIVED AND BORE A SON, AND CALLED HIS NAME
SHELAH”- Genesis 38:2-5). And, since these kids came from a Canaanite (gentile) mother, it wasn’t
surprising that most of them were wicked (“AND ER, JUDAH’S FIRSTBORN, WAS WICKED in the sight
of the Lord; and the Lord slew him”- Genesis 38:7; “AND THE THING WHICH HE [ONAN] DID
DISPLEASED THE LORD; THEREFORE HE SLEW HIM ALSO…”- Genesis 38:10 ).
On the other hand, Judah’s two last kids (Perez and Zerah) where born from a Canaanite woman named
Tamar, with whom Judah had had an incestuous relationship. As it is written: «AND HE [JUDAH] TURNED
UNTO HER [TAMAR] ON THE WAYSIDE AND SAID, “COME, I PRAY THEE, LET ME COME IN
UNTO THEE” (FOR HE KNEW NOT THAT SHE WAS HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW)… And it came to pass
about three months after that it was told Judah, saying, “Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot;
and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom… AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THE TIME OF HER
TRAVAIL THAT, BEHOLD, TWINS WERE IN HER WOMB… [THEREFORE] HIS [FIRSTBORN]
NAME WAS CALLED PEREZ… AND AFTERWARD CAME OUT HIS BROTHER… AND HIS NAME
WAS CALLED ZERAH”- Genesis 38:16, 24, & 27-30).
But, if things are so straightforward, and the matriarchs of all modern Jews were gentile women, why do
Hasidic Rabbis keep telling everyone that Jews somehow inherit [from their mothers] a soul that is superior
to that of the gentiles? Well, the reason for this Historical revisionism is that our big ego often puts a limit to
the amount of truth we can comfortably “digest”. And the story of Tamar is particularly difficult to swallow.
You see, although Hasidic Jews are brought up believing to be so holy [and important] that, had their
ancestors not accepted the Torah, God would have have found no reason to keep the World alive, truth is that
righteous gentiles can be as righteous as any Jewish patriarch. In fact, Judah himself (the patriarch of all
modern Jews) confessed that the gentile Tamar was more righteous than Him. As it is written: «When she
[Tamar] was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “By the man whose these are, am I with
child”… AND JUDAH ACKNOWLEDGED THEM AND SAID, “SHE HATH BEEN MORE RIGHTEOUS
THAN I…”- Genesis 18:25-26.
In short, there’s no such thing as a superior Jewish soul, and any gentile who chooses to live the life of
righteousness described by the Torah is as great [and as deserving of receiving God’s glory] as any great
Jewish patriarch. In fact, an ancient Hebrew tradition confirms this idea, when it goes on to say: «In the
school of Elijah (the prophet) it was taught: “ I call heaven and Earth to witness that whether it be a heathen
or a Jew, a man or a woman, a manservant or a maidservant, the Holy Spirit will suffuse any one of them in
keeping with the [righteous] deeds he or she performs”» (Tanna Devei Eliyahu)
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