tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post1370777090653037335..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: From Whence The Ten Years Before Yitzchak and Rivkah Began To Try To Have Children?joshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-39492265022122963962008-11-20T13:17:00.000-05:002008-11-20T13:17:00.000-05:00When I was a kid, I heard a peshat that the word ה...When I was a kid, I heard a peshat that the word הוא of כי עקרה הוא is spelled with a vav (I know, it's spelled that way many times, but bear with me) to show that she was barren for 12 years - gematria of הוא, since it's physically possible for her to bear children at age 11, so the 12 years from age 11-23 is when she was barren.yaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08179304707239865515noreply@blogger.com