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Sat, Sep 25 2021, 1:36 pm
Rebbetzin Jungreis said during a lecture that Caleb was married to Miriam, but I haven’t been able to find any evidence of this.
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saybesser
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Sat, Sep 25 2021, 1:38 pm
Miriam's husband was Caleb son of Yefuneh of the tribe of Judah.1
Caleb was one of the twelve spies sent to reconnoiter the Land of Canaan, in preparation for the Israelites' impending invasion of Israel. He and Joshua were the only two scouts who did not go along with the negative and pessimistic report provided by the other ten scouts. Instead they encouraged the people to have faith in G‑d's ability to deliver Canaan's inhabitants into their hands. Caleb famously told the Jews: "Didn't Moses split the sea, bring down the manna, and cause the quails to fly down to us? We can surely go up!... We will succeed in whatever Moses says!"
Caleb's role is even more remarkable than Joshua's. Before embarking on their mission, Moses prayed on behalf of his trusted assistant Joshua, which explains why he didn't succumb to the scouts' nefarious plot. Caleb, however, was "on his own." As soon as he reached Canaan he headed for the Cave of Machpelah where the Patriarchs and Matriarchs are interred, and pleaded with them to intercede with G‑d to give him the necessary courage and strength to remain faithful to his mission.
Obviously, Caleb was a man of great caliber. His upright character and actions in the incident with the spies is discussed at great length in the Torah (Numbers 13-14).
In the aftermath of the spy debacle, G‑d decreed that all the adult, male Israelites would perish before the nation entered the Promised Land. Only Joshua and Caleb were given immunity from this decree, due to their courage and faith.
And they were both handsomely rewarded. Joshua succeeded Moses as the next Jewish leader, and Caleb was given the city of Hebron as his personal inheritance — not incidentally, the city which houses the Cave of Machpelah.
Miriam and Caleb were two courageous leaders who were eminently suited for each other. Miriam "earned her stripes" in Egypt, when as a Jewish midwife she stood up to Pharaoh's demand that she murder Jewish babies.
According to Jewish tradition, Caleb was also one of the two scouts sent by Joshua to Jericho immediately before the Jews crossed the Jordan River and entered Canaan.
Chana Weisberg for Chabad.org
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sequoia
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Sat, Sep 25 2021, 1:40 pm
Thanks!
I mean where in the text does it say?
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Elfrida
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Sat, Sep 25 2021, 2:25 pm
It's from the midrash, the Sifrei on parshat B'haalotecha
נשאת מרים לכלב
ספרי בהעלותך עח
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sequoia
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Sat, Sep 25 2021, 2:29 pm
Elfrida wrote: | It's from the midrash, the Sifrei on parshat B'haalotecha
נשאת מרים לכלב
ספרי בהעלותך עח |
Could you translate?
Okay so it’s from the midrash.
Does the tanach say he was married to someone else?
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Elfrida
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Sat, Sep 25 2021, 2:36 pm
That quote from the Sifrei says that Kalev was married to Miriam.
There is a gemara that says he was married to Batya (Pharoah's daughter). Polygamy was accepted then, so the two are not mutually exclusive. I don't know of any sorce that says Miriam was married to anyone else.
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etky
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Sat, Sep 25 2021, 4:33 pm
In Divrei Hayamim Calev is reported to have married Efrat as his second wife.
According to Chazal, Efrat is Miriam.
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