Deceived by a Kid as the Torah Laughs at the World

"And Judah sent the kid of the goats" (Genesis 38:20). "Playing in His inhabited world" (Proverbs 8:31) — the Torah, which plays before the creatures. The Holy One, blessed be He, said to Judah: You deceived your father with a kid of the goats; by your life, Tamar will deceive you with a kid of the goats. "And it came to pass about three months later" (Genesis 38:24). There we learned: a pregnant woman is considered such from the time her pregnancy becomes recognizable. And how much is the recognition of pregnancy? Sumchus says in the name of Rabbi Meir: three months. And although there is no proof of the matter, there is a remembrance of the matter: "And it came to pass about three months later." A remembrance of the matter? It is a great proof! Because there is one who gives birth at nine months and one who gives birth at seven.