Comments on: Breastfeeding and Judaism: Why Moses' Mother Didn't Put Bottles Into The Ark Of Bulrushes

By: Hannah Katsman

Hannah Katsman — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:02:34 +0000

Tinamarie, only saw this comment now. The rabbis get as much power as they are given, and in some communities that is a lot.
Hope, substances in breast milk protect a baby in the early months while his or her immune system is immature. My mother nursed me for a month–at that time women were told to nurse on a schedule.

By: Hope

Hope — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:51:41 +0000

I like your article, I totally agree that women should do the effort of breastfeeding their babies. I studied animal husbandry and animal nutrition, I ask this question don’t we are mammals? How do you think that we form our immune system? and the last question, did your mother nursed you when you were a baby? The more I read the Torah, the more clever knowledge that has a logic and scientific answer.

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By: Tinamarie Bernard

Tinamarie Bernard — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:44:04 +0000

Totally appreciate the importance of breastfeeding and your convictions for it. Found this to be totally offensive: “And the rabbi of another haredi friend does not permit women in their community to wean earlier without a medical reason.” Since when did a rabbi get the power to make these decisions?

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By: Hannah @AMotherInIsrael

Hannah @AMotherInIsrael — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:22:34 +0000

dlhdesign–Thanks so much for reading and commenting. I wrote:”According to the midrashic commentary Moses refused to nurse from an Egyptian nursemaid, so the biblical text has Pharaoh’s daughter sending for a Jewish one. The nursemaid turns out to be none other than Yocheved, Moses’ own mother.”I think we agree!-Hannah @Green Prophet

By: Hannah @AMotherInIsrael

Hannah @AMotherInIsrael — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:22:34 +0000

By: dlhdesign

dlhdesign — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:01:16 +0000

Great article, but you should know that it is NOT a midrash that Moshe's mother was the one to have breastfed him, it says it straight in the text – and of course this makes your point that much stronger – Shemot 2:7 – 2:9 (2:8 states “The girl (Miriam) went and summoned the boy's mother.”) Take a look!

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:43:06 +0000

Breastfeeding and Judaism: Why Moses' Mother Didn't Put Bottles Into The Ark Of Bulrushes http://is.gd/7M6w6

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