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The Unknown Side of Esther HaMalka
Esther was a queen of mystery. She acted with supreme tzniut in concealing herself…
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Miriam: A Prophetess and a Leader
We first meet Miriam as she appears with the name Puah. Rashi explains that the two midwives, Shifra and Puah, who helped the women in Egypt give birth…
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Bnot Tzelofchad: Female Agents of Change
Every word in the Torah teaches us something; no single term is excessive or unnecessary.
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Chava: Connecting Back to the Source
“The world was created in the merit of three things — challah, tithes, and first fruits.”
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Chava, The Giver
Adam and Chava lived in a place of exquisite perfection. Their world was beautiful and rich, filled with every physical and spiritual comfort imaginable. Their only command was not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge, the Eitz Hadaas. However, within one day of their creation, the snake had enticed Chava to eat of its…
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Sarah: Beauty According to the Torah
One of the first episodes in the Torah regarding Sarah, the wife of Avraham, introduces us to her in a very interesting way. Avraham is forced by a famine to leave his home and travel to Egypt. Concerned that the Egyptians, taken by her beauty, will want Sarah for their own, Avraham takes serious precautions…
