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Up from Babylon at forty

Sifrei Devarim 357:33

Sifrei Devarim 357:33 · Sifrei by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

(דברים לד ז) וּמֹשֶׁה בֶּן מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה, זֶה אֶחָד מֵאַרְבָּעָה שֶׁמֵּתוּ בֶּן מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה, וְאֵלּוּ הֵם: מֹשֶׁה וְהִלֵּל הַזָּקֵן וְרַבָּן יוֹחָנָן בֶּן זַכַּאי וְרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא. מֹשֶׁה הָיָה בְּמִצְרַיִם אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה, וּבְמִדְיָן אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה, וּפִרְנֵס אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה. הִלֵּל הַזָּקֵן עָלָה מִבָּבֶל בֶּן אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה, וְשִׁמֵּשׁ חֲכָמִים אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה, וּפִרְנֵס אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה. רַבָּן יוֹחָנָן בֶּן זַכַּאי עָסַק בִּפְרַגְמַטְיָא אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה, וְשִׁמֵּשׁ חֲכָמִים אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה, וּפִרְנֵס אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה. רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא לָמַד תּוֹרָה בֶּן אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה, וְשִׁמֵּשׁ אֶת הַחֲכָמִים אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה, וּפִרְנֵס אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה. שֵׁשׁ זוּגוֹת שֶׁשְּׁנוֹתֵיהֶם שָׁווֹת: רִבְקָה וּקְהָת, לֵוִי וְעַמְרָם, יוֹסֵף וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ, שְׁמוּאֵל וּשְׁלֹמֹה, מֹשֶׁה וְהִלֵּל הַזָּקֵן, וְרַבָּן יוֹחָנָן בֶּן זַכַּאי וְרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא.

(Ibid. 7) "And Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died": He was one of the four who died at the age of one hundred and twenty: Moses, Hillel the Elder, R. Yochanan b. Zakkai, and R. Akiva. Moses was in Egypt for forty years, in Midian for forty years, and led Israel for forty years. Hillel the Elder went up from Bavel (to Eretz Yisrael) at the age of forty, attended upon the sages for forty years, and led Israel for forty years. R. Yochanan b. Zakkai was in business for forty years, attended upon the sages for forty years, and led Israel for forty years. R. Akiva was a shepherd for forty years, learned (Torah) for forty years, and led Israel for forty years. Six "pairs" whose years (of life) were the same: Rivka and Kehoth; Levi and Amram; Joseph and Joshua; Samuel and Solomon; Moses and Hillel the Elder; R. Yochanan b. Zakkai and R. Akiva.

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