Hannah Remembered at One Hundred and Thirty Like Yocheved

Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 80:3

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·

Rabbi Shmuel bar Rabbi Yitzchak said: She was one hundred and thirty years old and she was remembered [granted a child], just as Yocheved was remembered.

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