What Does It Take to Create a Moshe? Six Women!
In Tanach, the Women Make the Big Decisions: The Stories of Shifra, Puah, Yocheved, Miriam, Batya, and Tziporah
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Shemos Women's Class
- January 2, 2024
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- 21 Tevet 5784
Rabbi YY Jacobson
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Dedicated by Yaakov Shwekey in loving memory of his mother, Rachel bas Esther Alta.
Dedicated by a student of Rabbi YY Jacobson with prayerful wishes for Moshiach's coming and Brochos Ad Bli Dai.
Class Summary:
This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Shemos, 21 Tevet, 5784, January 2, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
Why Moshe? Why was he chosen as the first and greatest Jewish leader, teacher, and prophet? The Torah does not provide an explicit reason. But it does give us a clue.
Often people ask me why the Torah focuses so much on men. The question is strange, because in Genesis, almost every important history-changing decision is made by a woman. And in Shemos, it is six women who are responsible for the entire story of the Egyptian Exodus: Shifra, Puah, Yocheved, Miriam, Pharaoh’s daughter Batya, and Tziporah.
These six extraordinary people refused to bow their heads to the inevitable; they are giants in the story of mankind and in the story of the Jewish people. They were also, it seems, the role models who molded, crafted, and mentored Moses; they taught him how to live, how to think, how to act. The three stories the Torah shares about Moses, which made him the man suitable to be the greatest leader ever, are essentially all stories inspired by these women who impacted his life, who—like our mothers, wives and daughters to this very day—helped him become the person who would change history forever.
The class concludes with a life-changing message by Einav Efrat Danino, the mother of Ori, 24, who was taken captive by Hamas on October 7th 2023, may we see his redemption, and the redemption of all the hostages, very soon.
Shemos Women's Class
Rabbi YY Jacobson
- January 2, 2024
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- 21 Tevet 5784
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- 3013 views
Dedicated by Yaakov Shwekey in loving memory of his mother, Rachel bas Esther Alta.
Dedicated by a student of Rabbi YY Jacobson with prayerful wishes for Moshiach's coming and Brochos Ad Bli Dai.
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Rochel kaplan -3 days ago
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Rabbi Jacobson. Thank you thank you, for incredible talks time and again. Definitely enhances my days weeks and months. Hashem should grant you continued strength, success, and abundant brochos of GePHeN to u and ur family shey'.
Last week you mentioned a story about a shabbos guest u hosted by the name of Mrs. Tumarkin....I believe I heard you say her name is Sara. It peeked my interest because My mother Mrs Rifka Mochkin zol gezunt Zein, is the daughter of bubbe Sara a"h who's father was reb Aaron Tumarkin. Id like to find out if this woman is a relative. Would u send me a contact number for her, if you have one, of course. She lives in Chicago? I would appreciate any leads! Hope to hear from you. Thanking you in advance.
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Anonymous -1 year ago
Besides the 3 times Moshe got involved
In the fight or problem of other people, that earned him the right to be the leader, he also chased after the lost sheep just before the burning bush, i.e. he even got involved for an animal.
P s. My comments during the shiur seem to have been deleted.
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