Musar for Yoma 138:2
והיכא איתמר דרב חסדא אהא מיתיבי דתניא היכן קורין בו בעזרה ראב"י אומר בהר הבית שנאמר (נחמיה ח, ג) ויקרא בו לפני הרחוב אשר לפני שער המים ואמר רב חסדא בעזרת נשים
- Where was R'Hisda's statement made? - In connection with the following: An objection was raised, it was taught: Where did they read therein?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., when any public reading took place in the Temple.');"><sup>2</sup></span> In the Temple. R'Eliezer B'Jacob said: On the Temple Mount, as it is said: And he read therein before the broad place that was before the water gate;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Neh. VIII, 3. Ezra read the Law 'in the presence of the men and the women'.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
Shenei Luchot HaBerit
When Moses, the man described as the most humble man who ever lived, permitted himself to say: "Any matter which is too difficult for you bring to me," G–d reacted by proving that he could not even deal with a problem that women knew the answer to, i.e. the problem presented by the daughters of Tzlofchod (Deut. 1,17, concerning Numbers 27,4-5).
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