Yocheved, daughter of Levi, married Amram, her nephew, and had 3 famous children who were great Neviim: Miriam, Aharon, and Moshe. At age 130, after having her first 2 children, she gave birth to Moshe, whom she saved from death by hiding in the Nile River.
Jewish year: 2238 – 2448*
Secular year: 1523 – 1313 BCE*
*there is no clear source as to when Yocheved died, but we know with certainty that she lived to leave Mitzrayim in the year 2448, which means she was at least 210 years old when she died.
2 Plastic see-through plates
Printed Maze Template
Black Sharpie
Colored Sand (we used orange and yellow)
Glue
Printed Baby and house cutout template
Stapler
Scissors
Pen
Two magnets
4 different colors of craft foam sheets (we used green, orange, brown and white)
Place one plastic plate on top of the maze template, using a black sharpie trace the maze onto the plate and set aside.
In the inside of the second plastic plate create a diamond design with the glue by drawing lines through the entire plate in opposing directions.
Sprinkle the different color sand on the glue until it is all covered, then shake off the access sand and let the glue dry.
Cut the house and baby template pieces and trace onto the different colors of foam, cut the pieces out.
Glue them onto a foam backing to form the house and the baby, shape and trim the backing to match.
Glue the baby to one side of one of the magnets and the house on the top plate at the end point of your maze. Let dry.
Stick the two plates together with a stapler and you are finished!
Let the magnets do their magic and help the baby find a house to hide in!
Yocheved was born as Yaakov and his family entered Mitzrayim and lived long enough to experience Yetzias Mitzrayim. She and her cousin, Serach bas Asher, were the only people who both entered and exited Mitzrayim.
Yocheved and her daughter Miriam, referred to as Shifra and Pua in the Torah, were the head midwives for the Jewish women in Mitzrayim. Pharaoh commanded them to kill every newborn baby boy. Despite the danger, Yocheved and Miriam disregarded his order. Instead, they actively kept the baby boys alive. When they saw a woman expected to give birth to an unhealthy child, they Davened to Hashem, “You know we did not follow Pharaoh. We only want to fulfill Your will. Please cause the baby to emerge healthy so that Bnei Yisroel doesn’t think we were trying to kill the babies.” Hashem listened and the babies were born healthy. In this merit, the Kohanim and Leviyim came from Yocheved (and the Davidic line of royalty came from Miriam).
Just as Yocheved chose to listen only to Hashem, we can do the same. If someone tells us to act in a way that is against the Torah we can disregard it. For example, if you are pressured into eating something that isn’t your standard of Kosher, you can hold strong and follow what Hashem wants.
How can you stay strong in your standards when it comes to Torah & Mitzvos?
What is one way to remind yourself that Hashem is our king?