Musar for Sotah 24:11

זה א"ר יוחנן מלמד שנתנבאה שלא מדעתה זה נופל ואין אחר נופל

And she had compassion on him and said: Of the Hebrews' children is this.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. II, 6. The text is literally: she saw him the child. ');">¹²</span> How did she know it? — R. Jose b. R. Hanina said: Because she saw that he was circumcised. 'Is this' — R. Johanan said: It teaches that she unwittingly prophesied that 'this' one will fall [into the river] but no other will fall.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because on that day the decree to drown the males was rescinded. ');">¹⁶</span>

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