The appeal by the daughters of Tzelofchad to Moshe arouses empathy in the casual reader who is glad when they receive a positive response. The daughters of Tzelofchad belong to a venerable list of figures who, faced with the letter of the law that was to their detriment, did not resign themselves but rather took up their fight – and won.

However, a comparative review of the different situations reveals a more accurate perspective of how the Torah directs us to view them.

 

Translated by Kaeren Fish

4 pages
Courtesy of the Virtual Beit Midrash, Yeshivat Har Etzion