THE BAIS HAVAAD ON THE PARSHA 5773~ PARSHAS SHEMOS ~Pursuing the Inadvertent Rodef

The Torah relates that after three months had elapsed from Moshe's birth, his mother was no longer able to hide him. Ibn Ezra suggests that perhaps this was because their female neighbors had heard his voice. While this episode had a happy ending, it portended a much darker, tragic one during the terrible days of Tach Ve'Tat , when two women hiding from the murderous marauders felt compelled to smother to death a crying infant that might otherwise have drawn the enemy to their hiding place, resulting in the death of them all. (AUDIO VERSION HERE) PRINT VERSION HERE