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Riddles of explanation.

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Riddles of explanation. · view the constellation · filed as H770

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Filed across the traditions
  • Jewish Neuman.
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4 finer motifs beneath it
Riddle: why is the hair gray before the beard? (It is twenty years older.) Riddle: why are there more days than nights? (The moon turns some nights into days.) Riddle: why are there more living than dead? (There are some of the dead of whom we still speak.) Riddle: why are there more women than men? (Some women make women [i.e., weaklings] of their husbands.)

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