Musar for Yoma 138:20
אמר אביי לא קשיא כאן בענין אחד כאן בשני ענינין
But they came and said: On the contrary! Therein lie His mighty deeds that He suppresses His wrath,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So MS.M. cur. edd. He subdues his inclination.');"><sup>26</sup></span> that He extends long-suffering to the wicked. Therein lie His awful powers: For but for the fear of Him, how could one [single] nation persist among the [many] nations! But how could [the earlier] Rabbis<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jeremiah, Daniel.');"><sup>27</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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