Derasha 32 on Shemos 2:2

Parashas Shemos · Passuk 2:2

The Complete Passuk

וַתַּ֥הַר הָאִשָּׁ֖ה וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַתֵּ֤רֶא אֹתוֹ֙ כִּי־ט֣וֹב ה֔וּא וַֽתִּצְפְּנֵ֖הוּ שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה יְרָחִֽים׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sotah 12a (verified).

Sefaria — Exodus 2:2
Sefaria — Sotah 12a
E-Daf — Sotah 12a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sotah 12a
וְהָא הֲוָת מִיעַבְּרָא בֵּיהּ תְּלָתָא יַרְחֵי מֵעִיקָּרָא! אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה בַּר זְבִינָא: מַקִּישׁ לֵידָתָהּ לְהוֹרָתָהּ: מָה הוֹרָתָהּ שֶׁלֹּא בְּצַעַר — אַף לֵידָתָהּ שֶׁלֹּא בְּצַעַר. מִכָּאן לְנָשִׁים צִדְקָנִיּוֹת שֶׁלֹּא הָיוּ בְּפִתְקָהּ שֶׁל חַוָּה.

English: “And the woman conceived and bore” — R’ Yehudah bar Zevina said: Her birth is compared to her conception; just as her conception was without pain, so her birth was without pain. From here [we learn] that righteous women were not included in the decree of Chava.

In context: See the cited source for the full section.

Type of Learning

Custom — Gezeirah shavah / comparison of conception and birth.

What Is Learned

Chazal teach that the birth of Moshe, like the conception, was without the pain of Chava’s curse.