Topic Tags: Miriam

This ritual is an excerpt from “From the Narrow Place to Hope: A Haggadah Supplement for Fertility Journeys.”

“I sing and dance because at last my limbs, my blood and my voice are finally my own, and they are sweet.”

“The held-back sea, somehow both still and moving— / it pulls her back to kneeling by the river…”

A poem and ritual for counting the Omer

This ritual honors Miriam as part pf the seder.

“Prophecy is the glue that yokes today / with tomorrow, it is one hopeful word…”

“Where is the waiting Nachshon, Prince of the tribe of Judah / who jumps into the swirling sea…”

“All of the marriages, promises all the lives and deaths behind us all the way back to the Red Sea’s crossing…”

“Make room beyond the river for my sister, who / is singing Miriam’s song…”

“Standing at the shore Miriam faced the sea to watch the threats and the pain of a million moments prior…”