"In our era one does not need this."
Translation:בעידן שלנו לא צריכים את זה.
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One of the right answers has את זה while the other one just has זאת. Why do we need את for the masculine 'this' but don't need it for the feminine? I thought this was a trick answer and didn't pick it at first.
Well, זֹאת as a direct object is typical of more flowery language, which uses more idioms used in the Bible, where זֹאת often leaves out the direct object marker אֶת, like in Is 48.1: שמעו זאת בית יעקב hear this, house of Jacob.
I thought only the plural form was used for the special multipurpose meaning. Why is צריך accepted here?
Well, צָרִיךְ without a subject means already "it is necessary". Because צָרִיךְ is an verbal adjective and not a verb per se, you do not usually use the impersonal plural.
