Shemot/Exodus 1:20 And G-d caused good to the midwives and the people increased and they became very strong.
The next book of the Torah starts with an intriguing situation: Pharaoh’s command – an early attempt at genocide – to the midwives to kill all the male Israelite babies at birth. Are the midwives here the Torah’s prototype for civil disobedience or – more – a general license to disobey? Read more here …