Blessed Above Women Is Jael and the Sin for Heaven's Sake

Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 55:2

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"Blessed above women shall Jael be" (Judges 5:24). Rabbi Nachman said: Greater is a transgression performed for the sake of Heaven than a commandment performed not for its own sake, as it is written, "Blessed above women shall Jael be, the wife of Heber the Kenite; above women in the tent shall she be blessed" (Judges 5:24). Who are these "women in the tent"? Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah.

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WomenMatriarchsRighteousness

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