Muse – Page 2 – Renaissance Woman Kippot

When is a kiss more than "just a kiss"?

by Yael Fischman December 5, 2022

When is a kiss more than "just a kiss"? When the same word is mentioned four times in the same Torah portion, or parasha, that's when! In parshat V...

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Hey-What about Hagar?

by Yael Fischman November 22, 2022

Last week, we read about the end of Sarah's life, following (some commentators say "caused") by her son Isaac's near sacrifice at the hands of her husband, Abraham. But what about the OTHER wife, Hagar?

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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...

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As the Gate Closes...

by Yael Fischman October 11, 2022

Do we have any sci/fi /fantasy folk around here? Besides me, that is! Have you ever read a book so profound that you want to grab everybody you kno...

Posted in #art as midrash, #High Holy Days, Book of Life, commmentary, Divine Feminine, Divine Parent, fiery angel, four sages story, Garden of Eden, Jewish spirituality, Neilah, New Year, Torah commentary, Yom Kippur

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God's Grimoire

by Yael Fischman September 8, 2022

What would we see if we looked into God's Book of Life? Would it look like an ancient grimoire, such as the one owned by Hagrid,from the Harry Potter series?

Posted in #High Holy Days, Book of Life, grimoire, Harry Potter, Jewish spirituality, multiverse, New Year, Rosh Hashanah, Torah commentary

Sending Them Off

by Yael Fischman September 5, 2022

How can You do this, God!

Every moment since You created us, Your children,

You have sacrificed...

(See the entire poem at www.renaissancewomankippot.org Click on Blog, then click on "Muse")

Posted in #art as midrash, #High Holy Days, commmentary, daughter, Divine Parent, fiery angel, Garden of Eden, Jewish poetry, Jewish Renewal, Jewish spirituality, joy, letting go, sorrow

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June or Elul Bride: which is better?

by Yael Fischman August 11, 2022

June is a popular time for weddings, for many reasons.Marrying in the Jewish month of Elul (coming soon) is also considered lucky...

Posted in #Elul bride, #fallholidays, #High Holy Days, #Jewish bride, #Jewish feminist, #lucky days to get married, beaded wire kippah for bride, Elul, Jewish spirituality, veil, wedding

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Moses and Me

by Yael Fischman August 4, 2022

Forty-six years ago, a young woman stood at the ammud/lectern to give her D'var Torah and chant her Haftarah at her Bat Mitzvah. Shaking like a leaf in a storm, the nervous twelve year old version of myself began her prepared remarks...

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Darkest before the Dawn

by Yael Fischman July 25, 2022

People often use the phrase, "It is always darkest before the dawn," as an attempt to comfort others when they can't find anything else to say. I h...

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Put on your Thinking Cap...

by Yael Fischman July 8, 2022

Did you know that a kosher kippah only needs to be big enough to cover one's fist? Rabbi Susan Grossman of Columbia, MD shared that teaching with m...

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On the Fringe

by Yael Fischman June 21, 2022

Being "on the fringe" can mean the outer periphery of a place, ideas that are quite far from the accepted norm, even land that is on the far flung ...

Posted in #art as midrash, #Jewish feminist, #wearable art, beaded wire kippah, commmentary, fringes, garment, tassels, Torah commentary, tzitzit

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Lifting up the Heads

by Yael Fischman June 10, 2022

Lifting up the Heads

https://renaissancewomankippot.org/blogs/muse/lifting-up-the-heads

Parshat Naso deals with a lot of mundane "stuff": from the census to the "sota", the trial by ordeal forced upon a suspected adulteress ( but not, we note, for the adulterer). She is forced to drink waters which will make her violently ill or kill her. As my former Rabbi, Jonathan Cohen, used to say,

"What is it about the patriarchy that you don't get?"

And yet, Manoah's WIFE is addressed in the Haftarah...

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