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Across the Narrow Straits

“Where is the waiting Nachshon, Prince of the tribe of Judah / who jumps into the swirling sea…”
  • by Lucinda Kurtz
Miriam, Moses, passover
the waters parting

Dressing the Seder Table

“All of the marriages, promises all the lives and deaths behind us all the way back to the Red Sea’s crossing…”
  • by Beth Kanell
family, Miriam, passover, seder
A drawing of Miram dances with a timbrel, set against a oink backdrop.

Miriam’s Sister’s Song

“Make room beyond the river for my sister, who / is singing Miriam’s song…”
  • by Beth Kanell
disability, family, Miriam
a collage features a hand reaching towards the sun

Laughter Comes from the Narrow Places

“Standing at the shore Miriam faced the sea to watch the threats and the pain of a million moments prior…”
  • by Hannah Bloomberg
laughter, Mi Chamocha, Miriam
the parting of the sea

Healing Miriam: A Ritual to Prepare for Beha’alotekha

A participatory D’var Torah for Parshat Beha’alotekha
  • by Yael
healing, illness, Miriam, torah
woman in desert throwing sand in arcs

Iyar

“If we remember the daily count / will new paths open in the heavens?”
  • by Ann Kanter
Miriam, water
woman in profile standing on sand dune in the desert

Miriam’s Daughter

“She taught me to walk headlong … into impossible waters”
  • by Selah Bruriah
freedom, Miriam
woman with long brown hair shown from behind in a white tunic sitting in desert sand, her arms raised to the sky with arcs of sand falling on both sides, looking at setting sun in grayish brown cloudy sky

Yocheved’s Journey

“I am walking / because there was no sense in staying”
  • by Rabbi Sonja K. Pilz, PhD
Miriam, Moses, Yocheved
woman walking barefoot in desert wearing loose striped dress with hair blowing in the wind

Miriam’s Well

“Miriam’s timbrel still echoes among the rocks”
  • by Terry Boyle
Adam, Bible, Eve, freedom, Miriam, Moses, song
Miriam’s Well

Miriam’s Well Healing Ritual

Custom based on the mystical belief that the restorative waters of Miriam’s Well flow through all wells and natural springs on Saturday night

  • by Rabbi Janet Madden and Martha Hurwitz
feminism, havdalah, healing, Miriam, water
Miriam’s Well Healing Ritual

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