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Inconceivable
Erica Brown
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Jewish Review of Books
· 29 Mar 2016
In "Inconceivable," the authors of Midrash Tanchuma explore why the matriarchs were initially barren, suggesting that it was to elicit their prayers and submission to a destiny beyond their control.