The two midwives wouldn’t listen to Pharaoh
Wouldn’t drown the Hebrew infants, oh, no no!
It was Shifrah, it was PuahPuah, like Shifra, is one of the Hebrew midwives mentioned in Exodus 1 who defies Pharaoh's orders to kill the boy babies. This first act of defiance was instrumental in leading to the Israelite exodus from Egypt. Puah is often identified in the midrash with Miriam, Moses' older sister.,
Who saved each baby Jew, ah,
Those two midwives wouldn’t listen to Pharaoh.
Moses’ mother hid him from the evil ones,
For he was her flesh and blood, he was her son.
Yocheved made an ark,
Put her baby in the dark,
Moses’ mother hid him from the evil ones.
Moses’ sister took him to the river Nile,
And she watched as Pharaoh’s daughter came in style.
MiriamMiriam is the sister of Moses and Aaron. As Moses' and Aaron's sister she, according to midrash, prophesies Moses' role and helps secure it by watching over the young baby, seeing to it that Pharaoh's daughter takes him and that the baby is returned to his mother for nursing. During the Israelites' trek through the desert, a magical well given on her behalf travels with the Israelites, providing water, healing, and sustenance. – she brought her mother,
To nurse her baby brother,
Moses’ sister took him to the river Nile.
And the princess brought him up to be a man,
Till away from Egypt MosesThe quintessential Jewish leader who spoke face to face with God, unlike any other prophet, and who freed the people from Egypt, led them through the desert for forty years, and received the Torah on Mt. Sinai. His Hebrew name is Moshe. ran and ran.
Batya, Batya – she was great,
Joined the Hebrews in their fate,
Yes, this princess brought him up to be a man.
Moses’ wife gave him the courage to go back.
If you stay in Midian, you’ll wind up a hack!
Oh Tsipora, oh Tsipora!
Without her we’d have no TorahThe Five Books of Moses, and the foundation of all of Jewish life and lore. The Torah is considered the heart and soul of the Jewish people, and study of the Torah is a high mitzvah. The Torah itself a scroll that is hand lettered on parchment, elaborately dressed and decorated, and stored in a decorative ark. It is chanted aloud on Mondays, Thursdays, and Shabbat, according to a yearly cycle. Sometimes "Torah" is used as a colloquial term for Jewish learning and narrative in general.,
Moses’ wife gave him the courage to go back.
In the ark, Her light upon him, it did shine.
Moses sought her presence, for her he did pine.
Oh ShekhinahThe feminine name of God, expounded upon in the rabbinic era and then by the Kabbalists in extensive literature on the feminine attributes of the divine., soul of Torah,
Now we seek you more and more, ah,
In the ark Your light upon him, it did shine!
