25:26 (בן
ששים שנה: עשר
שנים משנשאה עד שנעשית בת
שלש עשרה שנה וראויה להריון ועשר שנים הללו צפה והמתין לה
כמו שעשה אביו לשרה, כיון שלא נתעברה ידע
שהיא עקרה והתפלל עליה. ושפחה לא רצה לישא, לפי שנתקדש בהר
המוריה להיות עולה תמימה)
Rashi brings the well known Chazal that Rivkah was 3 years old at the time she
married Yitzchok. With that, Rashi makes a Cheshbon that until she was 13 she
was not Ra’oi to have children, another 10 years they didn’t have children and
then they were Mispallel. It is very difficult to understand, Rivkah got
married at 3 years old, Lavan sent her with Eliezer, and Eliezer is asking her
to fill up pitcher of water for camels. Tosafos argues and says in Maseches
Yevamos 61: (וכן הוא אומר והנערה טובת מראה מאד. תימה דהכא משמע דרבקה נערה היתה ובסדר עולם (פ"א) תניא בהדיא שהיתה בת שלש כשנשאה יצחק ואי אפשר להגיה דהא תניא התם יצחק אבינו כשנעקד על גבי המזבח היה בן שבעה ושלשים שנה ובו בפרק נולדה רבקה וכתיב ויהי יצחק בן ארבעים שנה וגו' נמצאת שהיתה בת ג' וה"ר שמואל חסיד משפיר"א הוכיח שהיתה בת י"ד)
that Rivkah was 14 years old.
To try to
understand Rashi, Rav Schwab gives an insight that answers a Kasha that was
asked in Parshas Vayeira. Rav Schwab says it is hard to understand that Rivkah
was 3 years old. There is a concept of Ibur Neshamos. This means that one
Neshama can have a Hashpa’a on another Neshama. We understand that concept when
we name a child after someone. That idea is that somehow there is a connection
between the 2 Neshamos. Rav Schwab suggests that physically Rivkah was 14 years
old. What happened was at the end of Parshas Vayeira in 22:20 ( וַיְהִי, אַחֲרֵי הַדְּבָרִים
הָאֵלֶּה, וַיֻּגַּד לְאַבְרָהָם, לֵאמֹר: הִנֵּה יָלְדָה מִלְכָּה
גַם-הִוא, בָּנִים--לְנָחוֹר אָחִיךָ)
that at the time of the Akeidah and Sara being Niftar, Rivkah is born. The fact
that Rivkah was born at this time, connected her Neshama to Sara’s Neshama.
We find when
Rivkah is brought into Sara’s tent in 24:67
( וַיְבִאֶהָ יִצְחָק, הָאֹהֱלָה שָׂרָה אִמּוֹ, וַיִּקַּח אֶת-רִבְקָה וַתְּהִי-לוֹ לְאִשָּׁה, וַיֶּאֱהָבֶהָ; וַיִּנָּחֵם יִצְחָק, אַחֲרֵי אִמּוֹ), meaning Yitzchok was then consoled for the loss of his
mother. The reason why he was consoled is because Rivkah had the Ibur Neshamos.
The new Rivkah with the Ibur Neshamos was now 3 years old. It fits well with
what we understand that at a Bar Mitzvah a person has a Hashlomas Haneshoma. It
fits well with the Tosafos that she was 14 because she had the Ibur Haneshoma
at 11 before her Bas Mitzvah.
This idea would
work well in making a sort of Pesharah between the 2 Shittos, physically she
was 14 and the Ibur Neshama happened 3 years earlier. At the end of Parshas
Vayeira we find in 22:20 that
Avraham was worried after the Akeida that Yitzchok was not married and Rashi
says that Avraham was told a Bisurah that Rivkah, Yitzchok’s Zivug was born. If she was born then, what
was the big thing that Avraham sent Eliezer to find someone, just send him to
look for the girl who is 3 years old and is capable of getting married, there
couldn’t havf been too many people who fit into this category?
According to Rav
Schwab it is good. Avraham was told that there was someone who was ready;
however, it wasn’t known how old the person was because of this idea of Ibur
Neshama. So Mimeila Avraham sent Eliezer to find her.
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