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Podcast: The Weekly Parsha - With Michoel Brooke
Episode: Parshas Shemos: Imagine the Way Rebbetzin Batsheva Kanievsky Took Out the Garbage and Reb Moshe Feinstein Poured Milk in His Cheerios
Description: A tyrant schemes, two women defy—and the future shifts. Our story begins in a tense, oppressive Egypt, where fear is weaponized into policy, and cruelty becomes law. Amid this darkness, the narrative turns to Shifra and Puah—midwives who reject the king’s decree to kill, choosing instead to nurture life. Rashi identifies them as Yocheved and Miriam, yet the Torah preserves their action-based names: the Swaddler and the Crooner. This naming choice offers profound insight: true greatness often unfolds quietly, through care, patience, and acts of courage in the smallest, most private spaces.From this intima...