וְהָיָ֗ה אִם־כִּלָּה֙ לֶֽאֱכוֹל֙ אֶת־עֵ֣שֶׂב הָאָ֔רֶץ וָאֹמַ֗ר אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙ סְֽלַֽח־נָ֔א מִ֥י יָק֖וּם יַֽעֲקֹ֑ב כִּ֥י קָטֹ֖ן הֽוּא׃
און עס איז געװען, אַז ער האָט געענדיקט אױפֿעסן דאָס גראָז פֿון לאַנד, האָב איך געזאָגט:װי, גאָט דו האַר, פֿאַרגיב, איך בעט דיך; װי קען באַשטײן יעקב, אַז ער איז אַזױ קלײן?
Chullin
She said to him: ‘Master of the universe, because I said a logical thing before you, I should diminish myself?’ He said to her, ‘Go and you will rule by day and by night’. She said to him, ‘What is the greatness in that, How does a lamp help in the daytime?’ He said to her: ‘Go! Israel will count through you the days and the years.’ She said to him, ‘Day is the primary unit of time, and I can’t be used to count for days, as it says “And let them be for signs of the seasons and days and years”.’ He said, “Go! And great people will be called by your name: ... Yaakov the Small, Shmuel the Small, David the Small." God saw that the moon was still not happy at the time. The Holy One said,