In our Chumash class, this past week, we learned about the tremendous role that women played during the exile in Mitzrayim, as well as in the redemption.  It is brought down that Pharoh commanded Shifra (Yocheved) and Puah (Miriam), the Jewish midwives, to kill all of the male babies born.  Not only did they refuse to do so, they actively kept the children alive, feeding and caring for them, defying the command of the king and risking their lives, in the process.

We, as women of the 21^st century, have the great women, Yocheved and Miriam as role models.  Even moreso, the "regular" women of Mitzrayim show us that we too can develop a plan, in our own way, to help bring the 'geulah', the redemption, from our exile.