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Moshe's solution to overeating

אמר רב אחא בר יעקב בתחלה היו ישראל דומין כתרנגולים שמנקרין באשפה עד שבא משה וקבע להם זמן  סעודה Rabbi Aḥa bar Ya’akov said: At the beginning, the Jewish people were like chickens pecking at the garbage; any time there was food they grabbed it and ate it, until Moses came and set specific times to eat, as the verse implies. He set mealtimes for them in the morning and in the evening. תלמוד בבלי יומא דף עה עמוד ב

Less equals =More! - the secret to longevity and continuity

The Torah in Parshas Noach (Ch. 9-10) lists the descendants of Noach and how the seventy nations would come about to be. not all children shared the same blessing for offspring and leadership, which begs the question why?! Whats the secret to longevity ? popularity? descendants??  The Torah describes two brothers Peleg and Yokton both children of Eber (the great grandchild of Shem who was the son of Noach)   Peleg, was the older brother, and Yokton was the younger brother, while the Torah goes on to enumerate the 13 children of Yokton there is complete silence about the offspring of Peleg, Rashi explains that Yokton received his name because he was humble "Because he was humble and considered himself small (קָטָן). Therefore, he merited to raise all these families ".   One of Yoktons children was named חצרמות lit. "yard of death -  graveyard".  which is surprising when you consider how careful we are to give names with a positive meaning, wh...