Niddah 31a § 2
Wonders of Child Birth
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The wonders of God can be
found in the birth of a child.
Come and see how unlike the attribute of God
are the attributes of those made of flesh and blood.
The attributes of flesh and blood is that
when a person places an object in a skin container
that is bound and whose mouth faces upward
it is uncertain whether the object
will be preserved in it or not.
Whereas God wraps the fetus in the innards
of a woman, which is open, and whose opening
faces downward, yet despite all this
it is preserved and does not fall out.
found in the birth of a child.
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Who performs great deeds,
beyond comprehension, and wonders beyond number? |
Come and see how unlike the attribute of God
are the attributes of those made of flesh and blood.
The attributes of flesh and blood is that
when a person places an object in a skin container
that is bound and whose mouth faces upward
it is uncertain whether the object
will be preserved in it or not.
Whereas God wraps the fetus in the innards
of a woman, which is open, and whose opening
faces downward, yet despite all this
it is preserved and does not fall out.