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Shemos 2:8 · unit 1 — the almah went

Parashas Shemos

The Complete Passuk

וַתֵּ֥לֶךְ הָעַלְמָ֖ה וַתִּקְרָ֣א אֶת־אֵ֥ם הַיָּֽלֶד׃

And the almah went and called the child’s mother.

Chabad.org — 2:8

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to R’ Elazar / R’ Shmuel bar Nachmani — Sotah 12b (verified).

Sefaria — Sotah

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text

ותלך העלמה — ר׳ אלעזר אומר העלמה – מלמד שהלכה בזריזות כעלמה; ור׳ שמואל בר נחמני אמר – שהעלימה את דבריה.

English: “And the almah went” — R’ Elazar said: almah teaches that she went with the alacrity of a young woman; R’ Shmuel bar Nachmani said: she concealed (he’elimah) her words.

On the daf / in context: Two readings of almah: youthful energy, or skillful concealment of the fact that the nurse she would bring was the child’s own mother.

Type of Learning

Custom

What Is Learned

Miriam’s action is praised either for its swiftness or for the discretion with which she reunited mother and child.

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