Derasha 45 on Shemos 2:7

Parashas Shemos · Passuk 2:7

The Complete Passuk

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֲחֹתוֹ֮ אֶל־בַּת־פַּרְעֹה֒ הַאֵלֵ֗ךְ וְקָרָ֤אתִי לָךְ֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה מֵינֶ֔קֶת מִ֖ן הָעִבְרִיֹּ֑ת וְתֵינִ֥ק לָ֖ךְ אֶת־הַיָּֽלֶד׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sotah 12b (verified).

Sefaria — Exodus 2:7
Sefaria — Sotah 12b
E-Daf — Sotah 12b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sotah 12b
״מִן הָעִבְרִיֹּת״ — מְלַמֵּד שֶׁהֶחֱזִירוּהוּ עַל מִצְרִיּוֹת הַרְבֵּה לִינֵק וְלֹא יָנַק, לְפִי שֶׁהָיָה עָתִיד לְדַבֵּר עִם הַשְּׁכִינָה.

English: “A wet-nurse from the Hebrew women” — why specifically from the Hebrew women? This teaches that they passed him among all the Egyptian women to nurse and he would not nurse.

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

Type of Learning

Custom

What Is Learned

Chazal teach that Moshe refused all Egyptian wet-nurses, preserving the purity of the mouth that would later speak with God.