Shifrah and Puah
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Description: The story of the two courageous midwives who resisted Pharaoh's order to kill Hebrew babies in Exodus.
SHIFRAH AND PUAH / MIRIAM AND JOCHEBED (The following essay has been adapted from a lecture by Mrs. Leah Kohn) The story of Shifrah and Puah takes place during the time of the enslavement of the Jewish people by Pharoah in Egypt. The Torah text tells us, "The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the first was Shifrah and the name of the second was Puah" 'When you deliver the Hebrew women, and you see them on the birthstool; if it is a son, you are to kill him, and if it is a daughter, she shall live (Exodus 1:15-17).'" Pharoah contrived this blatant - if secret - scheme upon failing to stop the growth of the Jewish people through backbreaking labor. He assumed that the Jewish midwives would follow his orders under threat of death. However, he did not reckon with their spiritual greatness and commitment to God and the Jewish Nation.
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