Among the many episodes we encounter in this week's parashah, one of the most intriguing and complex is the crisis that erupts within Moses’ own family. Until this point, the three siblings had appeared as a united leadership team. Miriam had been there from the very beginning of the story: she watched over the basket carrying her baby brother on the waters of the Nile, spoke to Pharaoh’s daughter to ensure that his own mother could nurse him, and after the crossing of the Re