וַיֹּ֗אמֶר בְּיַלֶּדְכֶן֙ אֶת־הָֽעִבְרִיּ֔וֹת וּרְאִיתֶ֖ן עַל־הָאָבְנָ֑יִם אִם־בֵּ֥ן הוּא֙ וַהֲמִתֶּ֣ן אֹת֔וֹ וְאִם־בַּ֥ת הִ֖יא וָחָֽיָה׃
At sinabi niya: “Kapag pinapaanak ninyo ang mga babaeng Hebreo, at tiningnan ninyo sila sa upuang panganakan, kung lalaki ito, patayin ninyo siya; ngunit kung babae ito, siya ay mabubuhay.”
The Gate of Unity
(This [explains] the matter of,8Exodus 1:16 “You shall see on the birthing stones,” that is, the thighs become cold at the time of birthing.9See Talmud Bavli, Sotah 11b; Etz Chayim (Shaar HaMochin) Shaar 20, Ch. 3; Also see Biurei Zohar (of the Mittler Rebbe) Balak 105b; Ma’amarei Admor HaEmtza’ee, Devarim, Vol. 2, pg. 378.