Shemot - Short Vort

This morning Rabbi Asher Bush, my longtime, esteemed colleague at The Frisch School, addressed the senior minyan and shared this meaningful thought: 

According to the pshat, Shifra and Puah were regular folk that we never heard of before and will never hear of again in the Torah. They feared G-d, stood up to Pharoh, did what was right despite hard times and high risk. A lesson we can learn from this incident is that inspirational courage can come and often must come from decent, non-famous people. Part of the reason the redemption arrived - soon after the story of Shifra and Puah - was the conviction and principle found in the heart of the "simple," "regular" Jew.