Ozar

However, according to one unique tradition, Shiphrah and Puah were non-Jewish midwives, who were said to be pious women and true converts (Midrash Tadshe, Ozar ha-Midrashim [Eisenstein], p. 474).

Shiphrah: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

However, this tradition takes pains to assert that they were pious women and true converts (Midrash Tadshe, Ozar ha-Midrashim [Eisenstein], p. 474).

Midwife: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

The midrash includes the wise woman from Tekoa among the twenty-three truly upright and righteous women who came out of Israel (Midrash Tadshe, Ozar ha-Midrashim [Eisenstein], 474).

Wise Woman of Tekoa: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

The Rabbis praise the hospitality of the Shunammite woman and learn from her conduct that everyone should bring a Torah scholar into their house, give him food and drink and let him enjoy all that they possess (Perek Zedakot 1, in Ozar ha-Midrashim [Eisenstein], p. 499).

Shunammite: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

Just as her son came to life, ate and drank and took a wife, so, too, will it be with all the dead who will come back to life at that time (Tehiyat ha-Metim, in Ozar ha-Midrashim [Eisenstein], p. 578).

Shunammite: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

The midrash portrays Zeresh as being even more wicked than her husband Haman (Midrash le-Esther, Ozar ha-Midrashim [ed. Eisenstein], p. 51).

Zeresh: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

In the late Midrash Abigail is listed among the twenty-three truly upright and righteous women who came forth from Israel (Midrash Tadshe, Ozar ha-Midrashim [Eisenstein], p. 474).

Abigail: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

The midrash is generally quite positive in its appraisal of Naomi, who is called “a righteous woman” in various places, and is included among the upright women outstanding in their righteousness with whom Israel was blessed throughout the generations (Ozar ha-Midrashim [Eisenstein], p. 474).

Naomi: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

Huldah is one of the seven women prophets of Israel enumerated by the Rabbis: Sarah, Miriam, Deborah, Hannah, Abigail, Huldah and Esther (BT Megillah 14a); she is also mentioned among the twenty-three truly upright and righteous women who came forth from Israel (Midrash Tadshe, Ozar ha-Midrashim [Eisenstein], p. 474).

Huldah, the Prophet: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

The Shunammite woman is mentioned by the midrash as one of the twenty-three truly upright and righteous women who came forth from Israel (Midrash Tadshe, Ozar ha-Midrashim [Eisenstein], p. 474).

Shunammite: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009