[Avodah] Re: dvar tora

[Michael Makovi]

> Malbim, OTOH, understands that *Par'oh* made houses for the midwives,
> not as a reward but in order to frustrate their defiance.  By having
> official midwife stations from which all midwives must be dispatched
> Par'oh would know when they were dispatched, and could make sure that
> they obeyed his orders.
>Zev Sero


>As for Malbim, I haven't read him, but I don't understand this
>interpretation. It clearly says that the batim was a reward, no? Why would
>God reward Shifra and Puah, whoever they are, by making it more difficult to
>save children in the future?
>Mikha'el Makovi

Oh wait, I missed that you said *Pharaoh* built the houses. Okay,
Malbim makes sense now. Still, it doesn't convince me. But at least it
makes sense now.

Mikha'el Makovi