Korach Was RightThis midrash first appeared on Rabbi Bearman's website which can be accessed by clicking here. “They combined against Moses and Aaron and...
Zipporah's FireIn 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 StoryThe ceremony that gave Aaron and his sons the responsibilities and power of the priesthood required each man to wear an elaborate...
Bezalel Gets CreativeWhen 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 ZimmahIn 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 LessonI 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' RevelationIn 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 RekindledMoses 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 MosesMoses, 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;...