Derasha 34 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
״וַתִּצְפְּנֵהוּ שְׁלֹשָׁה יְרָחִים״ — דְּלָא מְנוּ מִצְרַיִם אֶלָּא מִשָּׁעָה דְּאַהֲדָרָהּ, וְהִיא הֲוָת מְעִבְּרָא בֵּיהּ תְּלָתָא יַרְחֵי מֵעִיקָּרָא.

English: “And she hid him three months” — because the Egyptians counted only from the time Amram remarried her, while she had already been pregnant with him for three months beforehand.

On the daf / in context: See the cited source for the full section.

Type of Learning

Custom — chronological calculation.

What Is Learned

Chazal teach that the three months of concealment correspond to the period the Egyptians could not yet have expected a birth from the remarriage.