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from where you were hewn, and to the hole of the pit from where you were dug” (Isaiah 51:1), and it is written in the next verse: “Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you” (Isaiah 51:2), which indicates that sexual organs were fashioned for them, signified by the words hewn and dug, ov
Rav Naḥman said that Rabba bar Avuh said: Our mother Sarah was initially a sexually underdeveloped woman [aylonit], as it is stated: “And Sarah was barren; she had no child” (Genesis 11:30). The superfluous words: “She had no child,” indicate that she did not have even a place, i.e., a womb, for a
Rav Yehuda, son of Rav Shmuel bar Sheilat, said in the name of Rav: They taught that he waits 10 years only with regard to the people who lived in former generations, whose years were numerous, i.e., they lived longer. However, with regard to the people who live in later generations, whose years a
However, Rabba himself said: These principles are not accepted as halakha. Why not? Now consider, who established the content of the Mishnah? R' Yehuda HaNasi. Yet, in the days of King David, many years before the time of R' Yehuda HaNasi, the years of an average lifespan were already diminished, a
The Talmud asks about the language of the baraita. And what about this expression: Perhaps he did not merit to be built from her; perhaps it was she who did not merit to build a family. The Talmud answers: She, since she is not commanded to be fruitful and multiply, is not punished. Their worthines