And, when Jewish spies were sent in to the Land of Israel and came back with reports of great dangers, it was the men who refused to enter. While the Jewish people wandered through the desert, the men repeatedly complained to Moses and even asked to go back to Egypt. Who, in the face of adversity, held steadfast to her trust in the Almighty, even when those around her did not. After Moses received the Torah from God at Mount Sinai, he offered it first to the Jewish women, for he knew that if they accepted it, it would become part of the Jewish people for all time. The one who was offered the Torah first from Moses. Their faith and foresight were said to have merited the redemption from Egypt of the entire Jewish people. The women realized that God would indeed save them and bring them out of Egypt, so they went to their husbands in order to bring more Jewish children into the world. When Pharaoh decreed that all first-born Jewish males should die, the men decided to refrain from relations with their wives so as not to bring any more children into this world. If not for her, the Jewish people would still be enslaved in Egypt.
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