Have you ever wondered
In this weeks parshah it says:
Exodus 1:7 - The children of Israel were fertile, and their population increased. They became very very numerous, and the land was filled with them.
According to another opinion the Isralite woman gave birth to sextuplets. According to a second opinion 12, and a third opinion holds up to 60.
Have you ever wondered to how it's possible.
Its written in the Torah the word Vayishretzu (they were fertile.) The literal
translation of Vayishretzu is, "and they became like the crawling animals." (Sheretz is a crawling creature.) It is known that a scorpion can give birth to 70 in a single litter. The term indicates that the women had the capabilities of these animals, giveing birth to many at a time.
However one might still wonder how did they support so many children?
It says the verse... "they became very very numerous." The second very is redundant.
The sages in Talmud explain the verse, "And you shall love your G-d with all your heart, soul and Me'od. (The sages translate Me'od as "to your might," indicating your weatlth.) Me'od literaly means very or alot. So the second Me'od relates that the jewish women not only had many children by also much wealth in order to support them.
We learn from this that one mustn't worry about, 'How will I be able to support children,' and 'I must wait till I have enough money.' However G-d teaches us that one mustn't think that or worry. One must believe that G-d will provide. G-d does provide for the children that He creates. G-d blesses a couple to have children. It is not within the couples powers that they were able to coneive. This is proven since we see that some people were sterile, and suddenly have children!
May G-d bless all those that need children to be fertile.
Derived from Meam loez - Talmud - Teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
2 Comments:
This is a great explanation!!
I enjoyed it tremendously.
i love it it so inspiering it keeps u up dated on all the jewish holidays keep it up bro and sis may god be with u
hamon hatzlacha
-adassa
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