Muse
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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, -
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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Midrash on an Answering Machine, or, a Three-Part Blessing
The artisan recalls her mother, who passed between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and who LIVED the message she left on her answering machine... -
Ode to the Mother
Recently, I participated in a poetry workshop lead by Rachel Neve Midbar for Ritualwell. After some of King David's beautiful Psalms were read alou...