Jewish%20thought for Yevamot 123:1

משאי אפשר ובית הלל נמי לילפו ממשה אמרי לך משה מדעתיה הוא דעבד דתניא שלשה דברים עשה משה מדעתו והסכימה דעתו לדעת המקום פירש מן האשה ושיבר הלוחות והוסיף יום אחד

from the impossible.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It would have been impossible for the human race to propagate had not one of each sex been created. For the preservation of the race, however, it is not necessary for every man to have children of both sexes. ');">¹</span> Let Beth Hillel, then, make the inference from Moses! — They can answer you: Moses did it with His consent.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' God approved of Moses' action. No inference for other people may be drawn from an exceptional case. ');">²</span> For it was taught: Moses did three things on his own initiative and his opinion coincided with that of the Omnipresent. He separated himself from his wife,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though no daughter had been born from their union. ');">³</span>

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