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The Talmud addresses another case in which the court forces a man to divorce his wife who has not had children after 10 years. If he said: You miscarried within the 10 years of our marriage, and since less than 10 years have elapsed since that time he should not have to divorce her, and she said: I
If she miscarried, and then miscarried again, and miscarried again, she has been established to be a woman who is prone to miscarriages, and her husband must divorce her so that he can have children with another woman. If he said she miscarried twice, and she said it occurred 3 times, R' Yitzḥak be
Mishnah: A man is commanded with regard to the mitzva to be fruitful and multiply, but not a woman. R' Yoḥanan ben Beroka says that a woman is also commanded, as the verse states with regard to both of them: “And God blessed them, and God said to them: Be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 1:28).
Talmud: From where are these matters derived, that a woman is not obligated in the mitzva to be fruitful and multiply? R' Ile’a said in the name of R' Elazar, son of R' Shimon: The verse states: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the land and conquer it” (Genesis 1:28). It is the manner of a man
The Talmud raises a difficulty. On the contrary, the plural term: “And conquer it [vekhivshuha],” indicates that the two of them are included. Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said: It is written in the Torah without the letter vav, so that it can be read: And conquer it [vekhivsha], in the singular. Rav Yo