Lapidot - Rabbi Itzchak from the House of Rabi Ami — because

Midrash Aggadah Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 42:10

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 16, 2025

Lapidot - Rabbi Itzchak from the House of Rabi Ami: because she made the wicks for the Tabernacle. And she sat under the date palm - Rabbi Shimon be Avshalom: because of yichud. Another explanation: just as the shade of the palm tree is small, so the number of Torah scholars of her time was small. Another opinion: just as a plam tree has only one heart, so in her time Israel was of one heart with their Father in Heaven.

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