We Will Be The Turning Point
In the book of Genesis, Joseph and the pharaoh he served are depicted as a team so effective that they were able to safeguard Egypt...
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Join Rabbi Rachel Bearman and Rabbi Paul Kipnes as they restore the voices of biblical women and men who have not been given the opportunity to speak.
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Moses, Miriam, and Divine Light
I should have known that my sister would be the one to usher me through this moment of danger, possibility, and divine intervention....
Miriam's Story
The ceremony that gave Aaron and his sons the responsibilities and power of the priesthood required each man to wear an elaborate...
Bezalel Gets Creative
When Moses returned from the mountaintop that second time, I was shocked and dismayed to see the coarse tablets he was carrying. Uneven,...
The Story of Assir and Zimmah
In this Midrashic Monologue, we suggest an answer to the question, “Who were the 70 elders who accompanied Moses up Mount Sinai?” We also...
Aaron Learns a Difficult Lesson
I could tell my brother was furious. His nostrils flared as he stood on the mountain, looking down on the crowd dancing around a golden...
Women and Water
Yocheved: Have you ever stood outside of a moment? Have you ever experienced something so viscerally, with so many of your senses, that...
Zipporah's Life Is Transformed By Moses' Revelation
In this Midrashic Monologue, we meet Zipporah, wife of Moses and mother to Gershom and Eliezar, as she and her family travel toward...
Moses' Passion For Justice Is Rekindled
Moses fled his life from Egypt and in Midian assumed the quiet life of a shepherd. When he encountered what our tradition has called the...
The Mothers of Moses
Moses, some say, had three mothers: Yocheved, who gave birth to him, raised him for three months, and placed him in the ark on the river;...
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