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Will share one for Shabbos. It says when Moshe’s mother saw him Vateireh oso ki tov hu. The famous Rashi says that because the words ki tov are also used in Breishis about the light, that when Moshe was born the house filled with light.

Most people think this was because he was a magical baby, so his mother tried to save him. However, I am troubled, because we believe one needs to earn ruach hakodesh, and why was it fair to every other child that they didn’t get this special light as a baby?

I think pshat is that this light was the simcha of every yiddishe parent when they see a new child. She filled the house with light and simcha and didn’t worry about the difficult circumstances and danger that surrounded the klal at that time. She was bubbling with hope for the future. Unfortunately, other families had given up in despair at that time and were even not having kids.

Since she didn’t give up hope and always believed in the geulah, her son was chosen to lead them out.