Reply To: Yehoshua not having children

Lichora the Bach was bothered by Tosafos’s saying …??? ???? ????, because the same way that there were tzadikim who didn’t have sons, there were tzadikim who didn’t have daughters which is not something that Tosafos can deny,in which case Tosafos is not making too much sense. Therefore there must have been some missing words, so the Bach brought in Yehoshua. It’s just that if my suggestion from five months ago is correct then he should have said “And so too, Yehoshua had no sons as a punishment ” And also, my suggestion doesn’t really help because even if Yehoshua had daughters, his lack of sons was still not yissurin shel ahavah. Also, there’s a much more basic Kashya on

Rashi – Tzadikim do aveiros and get punished for them.