Birth like a Righteous Woman!

When the midwife Yocheved, the mother of Moshe Rabbeinu gave birth, it says, 'she conceived and gave birth to a son'. The Gemara in Sotah says that the reason that the conception and birth were mentioned in the same sentence is to tell us that 'Just like she did not conceive in pain, she did not birth in pain'. The Gemara goes on to say that, 'Righteous women are free from the curse of Eve'.



Well, I ask, what makes a woman righteous, and what in the world does it have to do with birth?!

It is important to look back at Yocheved and understand what her major righteous act was. Pharaoh told her to kill all of the Jewish baby boys as soon as they were born. In the next verse, it says, 'The midwives feared G-d and did not do what Pharaoh commanded them to do'. Yocheved feared G-d, he was more present in her life then Pharaoh, what he wanted from her mattered more!

A righteous woman is one who is aware of G-d, who has faith in G-d. Alone, we have much to fear of childbirth; how can I control when my baby is due, how my baby is born, and if my baby will be born healthy?

It takes deep faith to trust that our bodies are created to birth. It is something that women need to feel with every fiber of their being, not just theoretically. G-d created us in His image, and His image is the image of a Creator. As women, we have been given the power of procreation, G-d's power. Do we trust that our birthing body, the quintessential creation in G-d's image, is healthy and able to birth?
If we do, we will not experience pain. We will birth with great joy and comfort with the knowledge that we were created to do this!



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