Muse – Tagged "Sarah"– Renaissance Woman Kippot

Akeydah Poem: Sarah's Vision

by Yael Fischman September 17, 2024

While preparing a creative midrash exercise for the upcoming High Holy Days, the MUSE struck...

Posted in #High Holy Days, #TOL, Abraham, Akedah, Akeydah, Angels, Art as Midrash, Biblical Mother, commmentary, Hagar, prophetess, Sarah, Vision, Wall Hanging

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Teshuvah means Returning

by Yael Fischman July 19, 2024

Teshuvah/Returning

c. Yael Fischman, 2024

But I don't want

to return

to repeat the pattern

the circular staircase

ruin and recrimination.

I want- oh how I want-

to start again, (See more at https://www.renaissancewomankippot.org)

Posted in #art as midrash, #fallholidays, #High Holy Days, Akedah, personal repentance, Sarah, Torah commentary, Yom Kippur

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The Life of Sarah

by Yael Fischman November 6, 2023

In Jewish practice, we bless our daughters and sons on Friday nights. We call down the blessings of heaven upon our daughters in the name of The Mothers, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah. But why?

Posted in #art as midrash, #Jewish feminist, #wearable art, #wirewrap, art for the head, beaded headress, Biblical Mother, Blessing the Children, crystals, Jewish spirituality, Sarah, Shabbat, wire wrapping

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May God Make You Like...

by Yael Fischman August 17, 2023

Who can forget the iconic Sabbath Blessing duet from the movie "Fiddler on the Roof"? The parents in each household in the shtetl, the Jewish village, make, in essence, (although in English) the same blessing over their children as their ancestors made, and as we say today,

" May God make you like Ephraim and Menashe", for boys, and

"May God make you like Sarah, Rivka, Rachel and Leah" (Some put Leah first, as she became Jacob's wife before her younger sister, who was promised to him, did, but that's another story), for girls.

Like many of you, I never thought to question or examine this more deeply,

Posted in #fallholidays, #High Holy Days, Biblical Mother, Blessing the Children, Elul, Fiddler on the Roof, Hagar, headdress, Jewish spirituality, judaica, New Year, Rosh Hashanah, Sarah, sunrise, sunset, Torah commentary

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Salt, Tears and Laughter

by Yael Fischman November 3, 2022

Have you ever laughed so much that you cried? Or the reverse,sobbed uncontrollably until your tears were dry and all you could taste was salt? Our Biblical Mother Sarah would have had a thing or two to say about tears of laughter and tears of joy...

Posted in #art as midrash, #Jewish feminist, #wearable art, #wirewrap, Akedah, beaded headress, Biblical Mother, headdress, Jewish legends, kippah for woman, Sarah, wire wrapping

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