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Topic Tags: Biblical women

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Vashti Speaks

A person poem told from Vashti’s perspective
  • by Gabrielle Ariella Kaplan-Mayer
Biblical women, Esther, Purim, reproductive rights, Vashti, women, women's rights
Stone statue of a crowned woman with braided hair against a blue sky and tree branches.

Tekhine for Times Such As These

“Ribono shel Olam / Make me like our mothers and heroines…”
  • by LilyFish
Biblical women, courage, Esther, Hannah, matriarchs, resilience, rosh hodesh, women
Sun setting over a vast field of red poppies, with a person in the distance and silhouettes of trees on the horizon.

Women of Light: A Meditation on the Power and Meaning of Shabbat Candlelighting

A beautiful kavannah (intention) for lighting Shabbat candles.
  • by Ariel Neshama Lee.
Biblical women, candle lighting, matriarchs, sarah, Shabbat
split screen of two photos, one of light-skinned woman with short brown hair, hands open over lit shabbat candles, second image same woman has her hands over her face blessing the shabbat candles

Hu Ya’anenu: Answer Us

Adds biblical women to the list of biblical men in this traditional prayer

  • by Rachel Adler
ancestors, Biblical women, Hu Ya'anenu, selikhot, slikhot
a person in a white dress with long dark wavy hair stands with eyes closed and hands clasped at the heart in the middle of a field of yellow flowers on a foggy day

Rosh Hashanah Symbols Revealed

Feminine aspects of some foods and rituals associated with Rosh Hashanah

  • by Tamara Cohen
Biblical women, food, rosh hashanah, shofar, women
a cluster of red apples hanging from a branch of a tree

For the Shofar Blower

Excerpts from a poem which addresses the feminine aspects of God and the merits of biblical women

  • by Janet Zimmern
ancestors, Biblical women, matriarchs, mothers, shofar, women
person with long hair facing away with black and rainbow kippah blowing shofar