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
דַּיְקָא נָמֵי דִּכְתִיב ״הַקְּנִזִּי״. שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ. ״עֲזוּבָה״ — זוֹ מִרְיָם, וְלָמָּה נִקְרָא שְׁמָהּ עֲזוּבָה — שֶׁהַכֹּל עֲזָבוּהָ מִתְּחִילָּתָהּ. ״הוֹלִיד״ — וַהֲלֹא מִינְסָב הֲוָה נָסֵיב לַהּ! אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: כׇּל הַנּוֹשֵׂא אִשָּׁה לְשֵׁם שָׁמַיִם — מַעֲלֶה עָלָיו הַכָּתוּב כְּאִילּוּ יְלָדָהּ. ״יְרִיעוֹת״ — שֶׁהָיוּ פָּנֶיהָ דּוֹמִין לִירִיעוֹת.

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 — gezerah 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.