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#118: Nobody Is Born Blank

#118: Nobody Is Born Blank

Rashi on Parashat Toldot, Bereishit/Genesis 25:22

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Gimme Some Torah #118

Bereishit/Genesis 25:22

וַיִּתְרֹֽצְצ֤וּ הַבָּנִים֙ בְּקִרְבָּ֔הּ וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אִם־כֵּ֔ן לָ֥מָּה זֶּ֖ה אָנֹ֑כִי וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ לִדְרֹ֥שׁ אֶת־יְהֹוָֽה׃

But the children struggled in her womb, and she said, “If so, why do I exist?” She went to …

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