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Jochebed
By Nissan Mindel
Jochebed, the mother of Moses and Aaron and Miriam, surely was one of the greatest Jewish women that ever lived. Think of it: Moses, who brought the children of Israel out of Egypt and who received the Torah on Mount Sinai. Aaron, who was the High Priest ...
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Why did Jochebed put Moses in the Nile?
By Menachem Posner
Question: What was Jochebed's reason for putting Baby Moses in a basket and placing him in the Nile? It would seem that by doing so she was sentencing the baby to certain death? Was her intention for someone to find the basket and take care of Moses? ...
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Feminism in Egypt
By Shevy Lowenstein
Their lives were miserable, they were slaves, and all they could think about was their superficial appearance?
Women » Spirituality & the Feminine » Biblical Women » Feminism in Egypt
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Were Moses' parents alive at the time of the Exodus?
By Menachem Posner
Here is some info you might find interesting. Jocheved had the rare distinction of both entering and leaving Egypt, Seder Olam Rabba 9. and according to tradition she actually outlived her son Moses and entered the Holy Land (at the age of 250!). Amram ...
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Jochebed: Planting the Seeds of Leadership
Parshat Shemot
By Stacey Goldman
As the mother of young children, the peaks and valleys of parenting make it easy to lose perspective. It will be years before I will see the fruits of my labor...
Women » Spirituality & the Feminine » Women on the Weekly Torah Portion » Jochebed: Planting the Seeds of Leadership
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Midwives
Pioneers of Faith
By Sarah Zadok
Childbirth, perhaps more than any other life event, is an experience that demands a strong dose of faith and surrender. No matter how well planned or organized we may be, the inevitable moment will arise...
Women » Spirituality & the Feminine » Biblical Women » Midwives
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Moses' parents remarry
1394 BCE
Amram and Jocheved had separated because of Pharaoh's decree that all male Jewish babies be killed. Prompted by their six-year-old daughter Miriam's rebuke ("Pharaoh decreed againsat the males; you decreed against the males and the females") they ...
Jewish Calendar » Elul » Elul 7 » Jewish History » Moses' parents remarry
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Moses' Mother
By Yanki Tauber
Somewhere there is a boundary, a line that separates the near from the far, the within from the without. If you can straddle that line, if you can stand with one foot inside and the other foot outside, you can be both
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yanki Tauber » Moses' Mother
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The Birth of Moses
Moses Parents Levi's grandson, Amram, the son of Kehot, married Jochebed, and she bore him three children. Their first child was a girl by the name of Miriam, who was later to become a great prophetess of the Jewish people. The second child was Aaron, ...
Library » Jewish History » Our Biblical Fathers » The Birth of Moses
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Yocheved
Mother of Moses
The sum of the souls of the house of Jacob who came to Egypt was seventy. - Bible. The total sum given by the Torah is seventy; but in their particular enumeration, we find only sixty nine! ... This is Yocheved [mother of Moses]... who was born between ...
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