Purim Perspectives
Mordechai How can I tell my beloved niece, Esther, that it may be time to step out of the existence I helped cultivate for her because...
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Anonymous, A Courtier to King Ahasuerus
I am Part of the Resistance Inside the Ahasuerus Royal Court by Anonymous, A Senior Courtier in King Ahasuerus’ Court The New Persian...
Vashti's Story
In the first chapter of Megillat Esther (the Book of Esther), we read about the life and the downfall of the sitting queen of Shushan,...
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;...
The Blessing of Dinah
In Parashat Va-y’chi, Jacob blesses his sons as he lies on his deathbed. We note the absence of any blessing for — or mention of — his...
When Ben-Oni Becomes Benjamin
In Parashat Vayishlach, we read of the death of our matriarch, Rachel, who does not survive the birth of her second child, a boy whom she...
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