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Bava Batra 120: A Miracle for Yocheved

10.23.2024 | כ״א בתשרי תשפ״ה

Starting with some aggadah – a miracle that was done for the daughters of Tzlofchad that parallels the miracle done for Yocheved: bearing children “older,” but really older. And the Gemara does the math for us — and explains the miracle of her returned youth in detail. Also, shifting focus back to the daughters of Tzlofchad and the order of their names in the Torah — once for their age order and once for their measures of wisdom. Plus, the exhortation that they marry people who are suitable for them.

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Anne Gordon is the deputy editor of Ops & Blogs at The Times of Israel. She is a veteran educator, having taught in high school and post-high school institutions in Israel and America for several decades. Yardaena Osband is a pediatrician and teaches in her community and online. They both hail from Boston, proud alumna of Maimonides School, where they first learned Gemara. Talking Talmud is their conversation (via podcast) on the daf yomi. They say: “Learning the daf? We have something for you to think about. Not learning the daf? We have something for you to think about! (Along with a taste of the daf…) Join the conversation with us!”

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