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The Sages say that Jews are not suspected of false testimony due to love nor hatred.
The rabbis discuss the potential sources of this statement.
There are competing proof texts suggesting that sons will only die for the sins of their fathers when they continue those sins (or when they could have stopped but did not), and that one will be punished for his brother's sins. In this last case we are all responsible for each other.
We explore the notion of vicarious suffering by children for the sins of the fathers.