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- proper noun biblical The
wife ofAaron ( Exodus 6:23 )
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Grant III; sound, Elisheba Ittoop; wig master, Gregory Bazemore. 2 hours 45 minutes.
Theater review of 'Sanctified' at the Lincoln Theatre Celia Wren 2010
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Set, Luciana Stecconi; costumes, Elisheba Ittoop; fight and dance choreography, Joe Isenberg; lighting, Joyce Liao; video, Tae Jung Choi.
Review: 'Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven' at Studio Theatre Peter Marks 2010
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Elisheba is mentioned only a single time in the Torah (Ex. 6: 23), as the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon and the wife of Aaron the High Priest.
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"Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab: Midrash and Aggadah."
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For more on Elisheba, see “Elisheba Daughter of Amminadab.”
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The Rabbis identify Elisheba as one of the Hebrew midwives in Egypt, an identification apparently based on the end of the Biblical account.
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The midrash accordingly applies to Elisheba the verse “And may your house be like the house of Perez whom Tamar bore to Judah” (Ruth 4: 12), which was meant to signify that Elisheba, too, was descended from the royal line since she was from the tribe of Judah (Ruth Zuta 4: 12).
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Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab: Midrash and Aggadah
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According to one midrashic view, Shiphrah and Puah were mother and daughter — Jochebed and Miriam, while another states that they were daughter-in-law and mother-in-law — Jochebed and Elisheba daughter of Amminadab.
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This explains one identification of Shiphrah and Puah with Jochebed and her daughter-in-law Elisheba, since the latter had married into the tribe of Levi and the priesthood, and she herself was descended from the tribe of Judah (BT Sotah 11b).
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