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Shemot | "The Midwives of the Hebrews - And Their Houses?"
Shemot | "The Midwives of the Hebrews - And Their Houses?" by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
Who built houses for the midwives? And why?
In the opening chapter of Sefer Shemot, we are informed about Pharaoh's plan to have the newborn Hebrew male children killed - or are they newborns? This is to be carried out by two Hebrew midwives - or are they Egyptian midwives of the Hebrews? These two, due to their fear of God, refuse Pharaoh's orders and God rewards them by having the nation increase in size. We are then told that since they feared God, "he made houses for them" - ויעש להם בתים. Who made houses?…
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