Muse
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Teshuvah means Returning
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)
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And I sent before you Moses, Aaron and Miriam...
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
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What's in a Name? The Friendship of Ruth and Naomi
An element of godliness is present in the relationship between Ruth and Naomi...
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Our Foremothers: Beautiful and Strong
I am grateful to Artist Joanne Fink for hosting the session which inspired this poem, and for Reb Alan Kaufman for his wisdom sharing... Our Foremo... -
The Counting: an Omer Poem
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.
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Tzipporah and my Mother
Tzipporah, the wife of Moses (who may or may not have been the Cushite of whom/on behalf of whom* Miriam and Aaron complained), was a woman of decisive action. She had to be. When a life threatening illness attacked both Moses and their newborn child, -
Is it fate or is it art? A Purim message...
On Purim, we read about the saving of the Jewish people by Esther the Queen of Persia, who was a hidden Jew. Haman, the evil grand vizier, had d... -
Bitter waters
“How can you sing when My creatures are dying?” God said to the angels* But I am not an angel, said Miriam I am waters made bitter by enslavement ... -
In One Day: A Poem
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...
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Generations (Not a Star Trek reference:)
Generations: this is how the Hertz Chumash translates the word "Toledot", whose root word is the basis for "yeled", or boy, and "yaldah", girl, and in general terms, offspring over time. But were it not for Rivka,(Rebecca), the offspring might not have lived up to the inheritance and purpose intended for them. -
The Life of Sarah
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?
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