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"'''A woman will give birth every day'''" is one of the prophecies of the Geulah (Redemption). Its meaning is that the situation during Galus (exile), where pregnancy lasts nine months, will change, and on the same day a woman conceives, she will also give birth. Furthermore, the same woman will bear additional children on another day from the same marital union that produced the first child. | "'''A woman will give birth every day'''" is one of the prophecies of the [[Geulah - Redemption|Geulah (Redemption)]]. Its meaning is that the situation during [[Galus (Exile)|Galus (exile)]], where pregnancy lasts nine months, will change, and on the same day a woman conceives, she will also give birth. Furthermore, the same woman will bear additional children on another day from the same marital union that produced the first child. | ||
== Source of the Prophecy == | == Source of the Prophecy == | ||
<blockquote>"Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the ends of the earth, among them the blind and the lame, the pregnant woman and she who is giving birth together; a great assembly shall return here." — Yirmiyahu 31:7</blockquote>The Gemara relates regarding this verse:<blockquote>Rabban Gamliel was sitting and expounding that in the future a woman will give birth every day, as it says: "The pregnant woman and she who is giving birth together." A certain student scoffed at him, saying: "There is nothing new under the sun." Rabban Gamliel said to him: "Come, and I will show you an example of this in our world." He went out and showed him a chicken. — Shabbos 30b</blockquote>'''Translation''': Rabban Gamliel sat and taught that in the future days of Moshiach, a woman will give birth every day, as Yirmiyahu prophesies, "The pregnant woman and she who is giving birth together." This means that on the same day she becomes pregnant with one child, she will have already given birth to another child earlier, thus "together." | <blockquote>"Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the ends of the earth, among them the blind and the lame, the pregnant woman and she who is giving birth together; a great assembly shall return here." — Yirmiyahu 31:7</blockquote>[[The Talmud|The Gemara]] relates regarding this verse:<blockquote>Rabban Gamliel was sitting and expounding that in the future a woman will give birth every day, as it says: "The pregnant woman and she who is giving birth together." A certain student scoffed at him, saying: "There is nothing new under the sun." Rabban Gamliel said to him: "Come, and I will show you an example of this in our world." He went out and showed him a chicken. — [[Masekhet Shabbos|Shabbos]] 30b</blockquote>'''Translation''': Rabban Gamliel sat and taught that in the future days of Moshiach, a woman will give birth every day, as Yirmiyahu prophesies, "The pregnant woman and she who is giving birth together." This means that on the same day she becomes pregnant with one child, she will have already given birth to another child earlier, thus "together." | ||
There was a student there who scoffed at Rabban Gamliel and said: How is this possible? It is written (Koheles 1:9), "There is nothing new under the sun," so how can this new phenomenon of a woman giving birth every day occur? | There was a student there who scoffed at Rabban Gamliel and said: How is this possible? It is written (Koheles 1:9), "There is nothing new under the sun," so how can this new phenomenon of a woman giving birth every day occur? | ||
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== It Has Already Happened in History == | == It Has Already Happened in History == | ||
Extended topic – '''It Has Already Happened in History''' | Extended topic – '''[[Kvar Haya Le'olamim|It Has Already Happened in History]]''' | ||
At the beginning of creation with Adam and Eve, birth occurred immediately. In the future, this will happen in an even more elevated manner. | At the beginning of creation with Adam and Eve, birth occurred immediately. In the future, this will happen in an even more elevated manner. | ||