When the Jewish people moved to Mitzrayim (Eygpt) from Israel, they got along well with the Eygptians and were well respected. At the same time, Hashem gave the Jews a most wonderful and incredible gift of giving birth to 6 babies simultaneously.
Suddenly, King Pharaoh, his ministers, and advisers were afraid that the Jewish population would get so large to the point that they will create their very own army and eventually take over all of Mitzrayim. As a result, they planned to make the Jewish people work super hard which would stop them from having more children by weakening them.
One day King Pharaoh's stargazer announced that a baby boy would be born who would free all the Jews from Mitzrayim when he would grow up. Pharaoh was scared that would come true so he decreed that all baby boys, regardless if Jew or Mitzri, must not be kept by his parents, but rather be put into the Nile River.
A woman named Yocheved and her husband Amram realized she would soon have a baby as day by day, they watched her stomach get bigger. Seven months later, Yocheved gave birth to a beautiful baby boy who lit up the entire house when he was born. Their home was filled with so much brightness and Yocheved didn't even to turn on a light. Yocheved realized her newborn baby son was very special and promised him that she would take care of him and make sure he would be safe.
Yocheved knew that at any time the Mitzriyim would come to her house looking for her baby which they knew she was expecting. Being the smart and caring mother that she was, Yocheved took a wooden basket, covered the outside with tar to keep water from seeping in, bundled her baby in a blanket, and placed her baby boy into the basket in the Nile River. Her daughter Miriam came along as well and stayed behind tall grass to make sure her baby brother would be okay.
A short while later, Princess Basya, King Pharaoh's daughter, went to bathe in the river. At the water's edge, she heard a baby crying while floating along in a basket. She asked her servants to get the baby but they were too afraid of King Pharoah. They were afraid of King Pharoah if they saved a baby boy and let him live. So the Princess decided she would save the baby on her own and stretched out her arm to reach the baby. Hashem made an amazing miracle and Princess Basya's arm grew so long until she was able to reach the child. When Basya brought the baby close to her, she decided to name him Moshe. Basya raised the baby as her own in the palace. Surprisingly enough King Pharaoh allowed Basya to keep baby Moshe and even liked him too.
When Moshe grew up, Hashem told him to speak with Pharaoh to let the Jewish people leave Mitzrayim. He was making them suffer and work too hard. Moshe did go speak with Pharaoh but he refused to listen. Hashem then told Moshe to tell Pharaoh to let the Jews go otherwise Hashem would bring 10 makos (plagues) onto all the Mitzriyim which would be painful and unpleasant. But Pharaoh didn't believe Moshe and refused to let the Jews go. Instead, he made the Jews work harder than before.
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