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Miriam

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Miriam: (a) (1400-1274 BCE) A prophetess, daughter of Amram and Jochebed, older sister of Aaron and Moses. After the Splitting of the Sea she led the women in song and dance. In her merit the Israelites were miraculously provided with water in the desert. The Talmud identifies her with the midwife Puah, who practiced midwifery in Egypt together with Shifrah (Jochebed), and defied Pharaoh’s orders to kill Israelite babies. (b) A common Jewish name.

Well of Miriam (9)

Miriam, Mother of Rebellion Portraits of Biblical Women Video

By Chana Weisberg

A series of text-based classes on the life of Miriam as illuminated by the Torah, Talmud, Midrash, Kabbalah and other primary sources.

Jewish.TV » Torah Classes

Miriam Book

By Nissan Mindel

Miriam, the daughter of Amram and Yocheved, and older sister of her two famous brothers, Aaron and Moshe, was born in Egypt just when the Jewish people were reduced to slavery, oppression and hard labor. This was in the year 2362 (after Creation), eighty ...

Learning & Values » Jewish History » Gallery of Our Great » Early Biblical Personalities

Miriam: Tambourines of Rebellion

By Chana Weisberg

You feel the pain and bitterness, even more deeply than the others, yet you carry in your heart an inextinguishable flame of faith, hope and optimism. You are Miriam, the quintessential Jewish woman

Learning & Values » Weekly Torah (Parshah) » Shemot - Exodus » Shemot » Parshah Columnists » Life's Passages

The Prophetess of Redemption

By Rena S. Goldzweig

The Israelites were redeemed from Egypt in the merit of the righteous women of the generation.

Kabbalah Online » Major Concepts » Personalities

The Birth of Moses Book

Moses Parents Levi's grandson, Amram, the son of Kehot, married Jochebed, and she bore him three children. Their first child was a girl by the name of Miriam, who was later to become a great prophetess of the Jewish people. The second child was Aaron, ...

Learning & Values » Jewish History » A Brief Biblical History

Miriam’s Song The womanly strain in the “Song at the Sea”

Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

The womanly strain in the "Song at the Sea"

Learning & Values » Weekly Torah (Parshah) » Shemot - Exodus » Beshalach » Chassidic Masters

Women of the Inner Bible

By Tzvi Freeman

Eve, Sarah, Rachel, Miriam, Batsheva . . . From the outside, the women of the Bible appear to play only a supportive role in a drama dominated by men; from the inside emerges a very different story . . .

The Jewish Woman » Spirituality and the Feminine » Biblical Women

Aaron and Miriam Book

By Nissan Mindel

There were two great brothers and a sister: Aaron, Moses and Miriam. In the Sidrah Chukkas of this month, we read about the passing of Miriam and Aaron. Miriam the Prophetess died at the age of 126 (or 127) years. She was the oldest of the three. She ...

Learning & Values » Jewish History » Gallery of Our Great » Early Biblical Personalities

Moses' parents remarry 1394 BCE Event

Amram and Jocheved had separated because of Pharaoh's decree that all male Jewish babies be killed. Prompted by their six-year-old daughter Miriam's rebuke ("Pharaoh decreed againsat the males; you decreed against the males and the females") they ...

Jewish Practice » Jewish Calendar » Elul » Elul 7 » Jewish History

Trials in the Desert Book

Departure from Sinai, The People Ask For Meat, The Seventy Elders, Miriam's Sin

Learning & Values » Jewish History » A Brief Biblical History

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