Muse

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)

Legends concerning Miriam often involve a magical well which sprang up and followed her wherever she went. Some  stories even say that she was a water witch, gifted with locating actual water where there was none: a very useful skill in the desert, yes?

She was also the one who had the vision to have the women pack their timbrels in order to celebrate their redemption at the shores of the Red/Reed Sea.

If Miriam impresses you also, please take a look at this headdress style kippah created in her honor!

www.renaissancewomankippot.org

An element of godliness is present in the relationship between Ruth and Naomi...

I wrote this poem several years ago, when life seemed normal and the cycles of life well known. Now, the counting of the Omer, the days until we receive the Torah ( have we ever truly received it?) are linked with other counting, and ominous countdowns. But we've been here before, too, and here we are again. Hopefully, we will learn.

In One Day: A Poem

https://renaissancewomankippot.org/blogs/muse/in-one-day-a-poem

I cried out, "Why should I lose you both in one day?" Some people thought I meant you and your father I meant you and your brother. Had they asked, I would have told them. Now I tell you, my twins, Jacob, Esau...