Women on the Land

Moshe went up to G-d, and Hashem called to him out of the mountain saying, Thus shall you say (tomar) to the house of Ya’acov, and tell (tag...

The Torah calls Miriam “the prophetess” at the splitting of the sea and the Talmud enumerates her as one of the seven prophetesses: Miriam ...

In this week’s parashah the Jewish people received the first mitzvah: “Hashem spoke to Moshe and Aharon in the Land of Egypt, saying, This m...

The Jewish women in Egypt were able to see beyond their momentary enslavement. Servitude did not drag them down so low that they forgot abou...

“Behold the children of Israel have not listened to me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?” (Shemot 6:12). Sefat ...

Israel was redeemed from Egypt in the merit of the righteous women from that generation” (Sotah 11b). Learning about the Jewish midwives who...

Why did Ya’acov let his favorite wife lie by the wayside, instead of carrying her at least into the city of Beitlechem, which was nearby? Ac...