Although born to a noble Levite family, the son of Amram and Yocheved, Moshe had an upbringing in his formative years in the palace of Pharaoh, the mightiest world power of his day. Despite the fact that all the firstborn Israelite males that were born during the same period as Moshe were ordred killed by being cast into the Nile, G-d, through Hashgachah Pratit (Divine Personal Intervention), manipulated events so that Moshe would not only survive Pharaoh’s deadly decree, but grew up a prince in the very home of the ruler that would have had him killed along with his Israelite bretheren.

It is even more compelling that Moshe also grows up in the very home of the ruler that he eventually confronts head on, challenges, and overcomes as he becomes the redeemer of Israel. The very fact that Moshe was raised by spending his formative years in such close proximity to the world’s most powerful noblemen and rulers of the Egyptian royalty was in effect a Divinely engineered leadership training program, tailor-made for Moshe Rabbenu. If Moshe was to challenge and ultimately defeat the Egyptian political machinery to benefit his people, then it was certainly a pre-requisite for him to have a personal and intimate understanding of the inner workings of Egyptian leadership and what makes it tick, something that could only be attained by being raised in that royal environment from a very young age. Furthermore, Moshe,being born into the tribe of Levi and to parents as noble and righteous as Amram and Yocheved, inherited unique spiritual qualities for leadership. A Moshe can only arise as the product of such a home, dedicated to Jewish spiritual leadership. It is from this same home that Moshe’s siblings, Aharon and Miriam, emerged and became distinguished national leaders in their own right. In fact, G-d tells the prophet Michah, “I brought you up from the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves I redeemed you, and I sent my agents for you, Moshe, Aharon and Miriam.” This verse teaches that G-d is an equal opportunity employer.