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This Week’s Question: Aishesh Chayil

Who is the only woman in all of Tanach who is explicitly referred to as an “Aishesh Chayil”?

Last Week’s Question: Gan Eden Alive

Who are people whom Chazal tell us entered Gan Eden while still alive?

Our Answer:

Chazal tell us the following people:

1-      (Zerech Eretz Zutah, 1, end): Chanoch son of Yered

2-      Eliyahu

3-      Moshiach

4-      Eliezer, servant of Avraham

5-      Chiram, king of Tzur

6-      Eved, king of Cush

7-      Yaavetz son of Rebbi Yehuda HaNasi (see Kallah Rabasi, end of Chapter 3 for discrepancy)

8-      Basya daughter of Pharaoh

9-      Serach daughter of Asher

10-   Some add: Rebbi Yehoshua ben Levi.

11-   Midrash Tehillim (26:7) states Yonah the prophet.

12-  See Otzar HaMidrashim (Alpha Beita of Ben Sira [78]) for others.

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