English: “To bathe at the Nile” — R’ Yochanan said in the name of R’ Shimon ben Yochai: This teaches that she went down to cleanse herself of the idols of her father’s house.
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Type of Learning
Custom
What Is Learned
Chazal teach that Bas Pharaoh’s descent to the Nile was an act of purification from her father’s idolatry.