Eruvin 100b § 2,3
Men Possessing Real Understanding
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Any woman who demands of her husband that he fulfill
his conjugal mitzva will have sons the likes of whom
did not exist even in Moses’ generation.
With regard to Moses’ generation,
Get you, wise men, and understanding,
and well-known from each one
of your tribes, and I will
make them head over you.
So I took the heads of your tribes,
wise men, and well-known,
and made them heads over you.
However, men possessing understanding, which is a more
lofty quality than wisdom, Moses could not find any of these.
his conjugal mitzva will have sons the likes of whom
did not exist even in Moses’ generation.
With regard to Moses’ generation,
Get you, wise men, and understanding,
and well-known from each one
of your tribes, and I will
make them head over you.
So I took the heads of your tribes,
wise men, and well-known,
and made them heads over you.
However, men possessing understanding, which is a more
lofty quality than wisdom, Moses could not find any of these.