Berachos 31b § 5
Does God Make Useless Things?
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And Hannah spoke on her heart.
Question: Why the phrase on her heart instead of
the common phrase to her heart?
Answer: Hannah spoke to God concerning
matters that were of her heart.
Question: Why the phrase on her heart instead of
the common phrase to her heart?
Answer: Hannah spoke to God concerning
matters that were of her heart.
| Hanna | Master of the Universe, of all the organs you created
in a woman, you have not created one in vain. (Every organ fulfills its purpose) Eyes to see, ears to hear, a nose to smell, a mouth to speak, hands with which to perform labor, feet with which to walk, breasts with which to nurse. If so, these breasts that You placed upon my heart, to what purpose did You place them? Was it not in order to nurse with them? Grant me a son and I will nurse with them. |
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דדים הללו שנתת על לבי למה לא להניק בהן תן לי בן ואניק בהן