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Dr. Adina Shmidman Is ThisRebbetzin Page 56 Any Way to Introduce a Hero? With the month of Nissan upon us, we return to the story of our nation’s birth, as Moshe rises to leadership and the exodus again unfolds. Moshe’s yearly introduction in the text, however, is cause for pause. For some reason, the Torah chooses to introduce the birth of the greatest leader we have ever knownin the most innocuous way possible. “And a man went from the House of Levi and he took a daughter of Levi. And the woman conceived and gave birth to a son.” Questions abound: Why does the Torah depart from its usual mode of describing an individual’s birth? What does the seemingly superfluous phrase “and a man went…” indicate? Why does the Torah omit any mention of Moshe’s lineage- to the point where even the names of his parents are deliberately omitted? Above all, is this any way to introduce a hero? Compounding these questions is the fact that the omitted information concerning Moshe’s lineage is ultimately included in the 16
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