Commentary for Yoma 164:2
ההיא עוברה דארחא אתו לקמיה דרבי אמר להו זילו לחושו לה דיומא דכיפורי הוא לחושו לה ואילחישא קרי עליה (ירמיהו א, ה) בטרם אצרך בבטן ידעתיך וגו' נפק מינה רבי יוחנן
People came before Rabbi [questioning him what should be done]. He said to them: Go and whisper to her that it is the Day of Atonement. They whispered to her and she accepted the whispered suggestion, whereupon he [Rabbi] cited about her the verse: Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jer. I, 5.');"><sup>2</sup></span> From her came forth R'Johanan.
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