#Moses

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.

Korach Was Right

This midrash first appeared on Rabbi Bearman's website which can be accessed by clicking here. “They combined against Moses and Aaron and...

Zipporah's Fire

In Bamidbar (the Book of Numbers), Zipporah seems to fade away until, ultimately, she no longer appears in the story...

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;...