Type: Midrash

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One day it was all too much, // the princely façade cracked at the sight // Of overseers doing what they really do // when no one is looking. // The lash laid fiery welts along the back of a slave // And Moses felt the burn.
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Staring up at the glowing orb and feeling the life in her womb, she drifted into dreams, only to be startled awake by the Voice…
View from forest floor looking up at trees with green leaves; a bird soars in the blue sky above.
We know how to protect a child // from hostile eyes, // and there will be more deliveries on this journey.
Close-up of a baby holding an adults finger, conveying a sense of connection and tenderness.
Rabbi Emily Cohen and Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herrmann share a powerful original Lamentations for Tisha b’Av 2025
Close-up of a yellow flower with long petals against a blurred green and yellow background.
‘Woman Is a Tree of the Field’ is an original work of art inspired by trees in Jewish text and mystical tradition.
Textile art of a female figure with fiery hair, twig arms, and plants on a brown fabric background.
A new interpretation of 10 universal laws.
a tablet with Hebrew writing, looking like the 10 commandments
An original midrash in word and art from Vashti’s perspective.
In this sketch, Vashti's ghost confronts the King.
A midrash shared from the perspective of Elisheba.
a mirror set in a tree

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