English: “If it is a son\ldots” — R’ Chanina said: He transmitted to them a major sign: a male faces downward, a female faces upward.
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Type of Learning
Custom — additional birth-sign tradition.
What Is Learned
Chazal teach that Pharaoh attempted to make the killing possible at the earliest identifiable moment by giving the midwives clear physical markers of sex.