Waking up in the morning … let’s be honest, isn’t always the most appreciated experience of one’s day. Most people probably honestly don’t take into consideration that the rest of the day can never happen if one does not wake up. One wouldn’t be able to spend time with friends and family. One wouldn’t be able to find that soulmate. One wouldn’t be able to get that dream job or listen to some beautiful song that just brings back a wonderful memory……. If one did not wake up!

Most of us take waking up for granted. Sadly, some of us are in a depressive state of mind and even hate, dare I say, waking up in the morning. Well, you’re in luck, my dear friend, because I am here to burst that negative bubble in the lovingly annoyingly positive way that only I seem to be able to achieve…….with a huge needle to point out the fact… in order for blessings to take place in one’s life, in order for us to achieve goals, or in order for one to receive or give love… one must wake up!

As a child of the One Living G-d, the transitional period from the restful fog of slumber to the realization that one is coming into the consciousness of waking life… our first motivation is to thank our Blessed King, the Ruler over everything that has breath… to Thank Him and Him alone for giving us another day to wake and serve Him and potentially fulfill our mission for this life; all by restoring our soul to our body…. and waking us up!

This merciful allowance for an opportunity to acknowledge and thank our King for us is known as the ………. Modeh Ani. I give thanks or I appreciate or I am grateful.

the prayer goes like this….

Upon Arising, Modeh Ani

(prayer)

(in which we whispher or sing with joy in every fiber of our being)

Upon waking in the morning, even before washing your hands, say:

I give thanks to You living and everlasting King for You have restored my soul with mercy. Great is Your faithfulness.

Modeh Ani

Modeh Ani. The first appearance of the exuberance of life brings with it the transcendent joy of holy rejoicing, which finds the fullness of its glorious expression through thanksgiving. Gratitude, recognizing the goodness of the Lord of the world, Master over all works, who in His goodness gives life to the living, is the storehouse of good. It contains all the substance of a fulfilment of obligation, as well as that spiritual refinement which comes through the fullness of love produced through relationship, and the neshama is illuminated by it, filled with light and joy. The teaching that there is an obligation to give thanks through language, particularly through the expression ‘grateful acknowledgement’ (modeh), is derived from two aspects of meaning in this term. One is thankfulness, todah, which results from gratitude toward the one who does good; the other is confession, hitvadut, which is an acknowledgement of the truth. The two are fit to one another. The first exuberance of life which meets one as they rise from sleep, finding before them a full, new world in all its wholeness and goodness, lifts up the light of the inner intellect to recognize the light and brilliance which lie at the foundation of life. In place of the muddied, physical perspective which is impressed in the nature of flesh, the spirit rises to a clear Divine perspective, to see the soul of the light of the Life-giver of the world in the splendor of its action. And moved by his feelings of thanksgiving, man acknowledges the truth, fulfilling the depths of the truth of spiritual awareness, testifying on all the light of life and existence, that it flows from the spring of goodness and its source, from the source of transcendent lovingkindness, which pours out abundant life to all the many worlds and their creations.

I. A man finds himself within himself, through the light of the Divine life which appears within him, that fills him with the good spirit of a feeling of gratitude, of a recognition of the Divine goodness and its expression. Because of what consideration is man worthy in the weakness of his power, in his small nothingness, when compared to the mighty greatness of existence and the awesome powers of creation which crown it. Standing before them, filled with emptiness, man loses the substance of his selfhood. But when the light of recognition of the Divine goodness shines on him, and all the holy offshoots, powerful in their holy might, which it awakens with him – then a man comes to awareness of the greatness of his worth, of his ‘I-ness’ and its non-disappearance into the wholeness of existence. Then he finds himself filled with joys to say wholeheartedly, I.

Olat Reiyah, Modeh Ani

There is another prayer that a woman would say during her morning prayers.

This prayer is said during the Morning Blessings or Weekday Shacharit…….

Blessed are You, G‑d, our L‑rd, King of the Universe, for having made me according to His will.

To appreciate the wisdom and splendor of this declaration in admiration of the brilliance and wisdom of our Creator, one must attempt to understand what is the will of G-d, the Holy Blessed One, for a woman?!

In the beginning, G-d...

(Genesis ch 1)

What was God's original intention for a woman?

Well In genesis ch 2 we read……

The man gave names to every animal, to the birds of the heaven, and to every beast of the field, but the man did not find a helper for himself.

Adonoy Elohim caused unconsciousness to fall upon the man and he slept. He took one of his ribs and closed over [filled] flesh in its place.

Adonoy Elohim built the rib that He took from the man into a woman, and He brought her to the man.
The man said: This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. This shall be called Woman, for from Man [husband] was she taken.

Therefore, a man shall leave [the house where] his father and his mother [sleep], and cling to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

The two of them were naked, the man and his wife, and they were not ashamed.

sefaria.org, metsudah chumash, 2009, Genesis ch 2: 20-25

Although later verses in the Tanakh and Torah aim to expand and bring a tangible understanding for human minds to attempt to possess on the above verses translated meaning…… I think we, as a generally applied human society, are in debate about what a woman is, has, used to be, and should be, let alone what G-d, in His wisdom and glory, primarily intended for a woman to be. With this possible lack of confidence in understanding, we might be required to look to the Women of Torah and Tanakh as examples of what G-d possibly intended and meant when he said…”and they were not ashamed”… as well the verse “Adonoy Elohim built the rib that He took from the man into a woman, and He brought her to the man.”

Genesis ch 2: 25 The two of them were naked, the man and his wife, and they were not ashamed.

sefaria.org, metsudah chumash, 2009, Genesis ch 2: 20-25

The man and the woman were only able to become one fresh after……G-d took the woman to the man made from his rib bone…

Adonoy Elohim built the rib that He took from the man into a woman, and He brought her to the man.
The man said: This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. This shall be called Woman, for from Man [husband] was she taken.

Therefore, a man shall leave [the house where] his father and his mother [sleep], and cling to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

sefaria.org, metsudah chumash, 2009, Genesis ch 2: 20-25

Because G-d didn’t say, after He created the woman, “it was very good” as He did on the sixth day when He created male and female.

Genesis ch 1: 27-28 And thus Elohim created man in his image. In the form of Elohim, He created him, male and female, He created them.
Elohim blessed them, and Elohim said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it, and dominate the fish of the sea, the birds of the heaven, and every living thing that moves upon the earth.
Genesis 1: 31 Elohim saw all that He had made, and behold it was very good [completely prepared]. It became evening and it became morning, the sixth day.

sefaria.org, metsudah chumash, 2009, Genesis ch 1

No wonder some might be confused… at least at first, but after further examination of the Tanakh and writing of the Sages of Blessed Memory, we might understand that a woman came from the rib of a man for a Divine reason. A man was created from the clay or soil or earth, and then G-d breathed into his nostrils… only after the man had done service to the Almighty G-d… was he then permitted to rest and made useful to assist in G-d creating a woman.

I believe the reason why the man and woman were not ashamed is the same reason why G-d did not have the need to state “it” or “they were good or very good.” This is because, at this moment, the man and woman had not strayed from the word (commandments) of G-d and His original intention (ordinance, policies, and continual requirements for blessings) with them. I believe the man and woman at this time were just like the angels, trees, waters, and other creations… their entire desire was to be in constant and consistent communication (prayer) and righteousness before/ with the Holy Blessed One.

So when I woman prays….

This prayer that is said during the Morning Blessings or Weekday Shacharit…….

Blessed are You, G‑d, our L‑rd, King of the Universe, for having made me according to His will.

This is a declaration of our (woman of G-d), heartfelt intention, prophetic declaration, to be in consistent and continual communication (Prayer) with our Creator. Blessed be He through our day and in every aspect of our day… no matter the task, assignment, or situation.

In the following videos I intend to review several Prayer (Siddurim) books I have read in the past ten years or so. It is my intention to expand on my The Padilla de Dominguez Theory of Torah proving History and History proving Torah, with the expansion that the Tanakh, which every nation and people have in some form or shape, is a documentary of evidence for the Ten Commandments written in Exodus. Thus, proving that there is only one G-d, and He is a sovereign ruling G-d over every nation and all creation. Every Abrahamic faith attests to the truth of the Torah and therefore the Ten Commandments and the Kingship of Almighty G-d. Every nation has (although varying in levels or forms) several writings of the Torah Law and a Tanakh (in a variety of forms native to the culture and location) as their documented or folkloric history.

English Translation of the Ten Commandments

Exodus ch 20

• Elohim spoke all these words, saying:
• I am Adonoy, your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves [slavery].
• You must not have any other gods before My Presence [besides Me].
• You must not make for yourself any carved image, or picture of anything that is in the heaven above, or on the earth below, or in the water below the earth.
• You must not prostrate yourself to them, and you must not worship them. For I, Adonoy your God, am a jealous Almighty. I am cognizant of the sins of fathers for [their] [rebellious] children, to the third and fourth [generations] of My enemies [when the children complete the sinning after their fathers].
• But I do [acts of] loving kindness [goodness] for thousands [of generations] to those who love Me and preserve My commandments.
• Do not take [swear in] the Name of Adonoy, your God in vain. For Adonoy will not acquit the one who takes [swears in] His Name in vain [falsely].
• Remember the Shabbos day to sanctify it.
• You may work six days, and do all your work.
• But the seventh day is Shabbos to [before] Adonoy, your God. You must not do any manner of work—you, your son, your daughter, your slave, your maid, your animal, and the foreigner within your gates.
• For in six days Adonoy made the heaven and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and He rested on the seventh day. Therefore Adonoy blessed the Shabbos and made it holy.
• Honor your father and your mother so that your days may be lengthened upon the land that Adonoy, your God, is giving you.
• Do not commit murder. Do not commit adultery. Do not steal [by kidnapping human beings]. Do not testify as a false witness [testimony] against your neighbor.
• Do not covet your neighbor’s house. Do not covet your neighbor’s wife, his slave, his maid, his ox, his donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.

credit: sefaria.org, metsudah chumash, 2009, Exodus ch 20

(Learn the Ten Commandments with Rashi’s commentary, here.)

The Commandment verses I want to focus in this section are:

You must not have any other gods before My Presence [besides Me].

You must not make for yourself any carved image, or picture of anything that is in the heaven above, or on the earth below, or in the water below the earth.

You must not prostrate yourself to them, and you must not worship them. For I, Adonoy your God, am a jealous Almighty.
I am cognizant of the sins of fathers for [their] [rebellious] children, to the third and fourth [generations] of My enemies [when the children complete the sinning after their fathers].

But I do [acts of] loving kindness [goodness] for thousands [of generations] to those who love Me and preserve My commandments.

credit: sefaria.org, metsudah chumash, 2009, Exodus ch 20

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Below are a list of Jewish sources regarding women of the Tanakh for those interested in studying on their own time.

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With love,

Marie

Women in Tanakh

Exodus 1:15-17

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם לַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֖ת הָֽעִבְרִיֹּ֑ת אֲשֶׁ֨ר שֵׁ֤ם הָֽאַחַת֙ שִׁפְרָ֔ה וְשֵׁ֥ם הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית פּוּעָֽה׃ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר בְּיַלֶּדְכֶן֙ אֶת־הָֽעִבְרִיּ֔וֹת וּרְאִיתֶ֖ן עַל־הָאׇבְנָ֑יִם אִם־בֵּ֥ן הוּא֙ וַהֲמִתֶּ֣ן אֹת֔וֹ וְאִם־בַּ֥ת הִ֖וא וָחָֽיָה׃ וַתִּירֶ֤אןָ הַֽמְיַלְּדֹת֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְלֹ֣א עָשׂ֔וּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר דִּבֶּ֥ר אֲלֵיהֶ֖ן מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרָ֑יִם וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ אֶת־הַיְלָדִֽים׃

The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, saying, “When you deliver the Hebrew women, look at the birthstool: if it is a boy, kill him; if it is a girl, let her live.” The midwives, fearing God, did not do as the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.

Exodus 15:20

וַתִּקַּח֩ מִרְיָ֨ם הַנְּבִיאָ֜ה אֲח֧וֹת אַהֲרֹ֛ן אֶת־הַתֹּ֖ף בְּיָדָ֑הּ וַתֵּצֶ֤אןָ כׇֽל־הַנָּשִׁים֙ אַחֲרֶ֔יהָ בְּתֻפִּ֖ים וּבִמְחֹלֹֽת׃

Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, picked up a hand-drum, and all the women went out after her in dance with hand-drums.

I Samuel 2:1-10

וַתִּתְפַּלֵּ֤ל חַנָּה֙ וַתֹּאמַ֔ר עָלַ֤ץ לִבִּי֙ בַּֽיהֹוָ֔ה רָ֥מָה קַרְנִ֖י בַּֽיהֹוָ֑ה רָ֤חַב פִּי֙ עַל־א֣וֹיְבַ֔י כִּ֥י שָׂמַ֖חְתִּי בִּישׁוּעָתֶֽךָ׃ אֵין־קָד֥וֹשׁ כַּיהֹוָ֖ה כִּ֣י אֵ֣ין בִּלְתֶּ֑ךָ וְאֵ֥ין צ֖וּר כֵּאלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ אַל־תַּרְבּ֤וּ תְדַבְּרוּ֙ גְּבֹהָ֣ה גְבֹהָ֔ה יֵצֵ֥א עָתָ֖ק מִפִּיכֶ֑ם כִּ֣י אֵ֤ל דֵּעוֹת֙ יְהֹוָ֔ה (ולא) [וְל֥וֹ] נִתְכְּנ֖וּ עֲלִלֽוֹת׃ קֶ֥שֶׁת גִּבֹּרִ֖ים חַתִּ֑ים וְנִכְשָׁלִ֖ים אָ֥זְרוּ חָֽיִל׃…

And Hannah prayed:

My heart exults in the LORD;
I have triumphed through the LORD.
I gloat over my enemies;
I rejoice in Your deliverance.
There is no holy one like the LORD,
Truly, there is none beside You;
There is no rock like our God.
Talk no more with lofty pride,
Let no arrogance cross your lips!
For the LORD is an all-knowing God;
By Him actions are measured.
The bows of the mighty are broken,
And the faltering are girded with strength…

Exodus 38:8

וַיַּ֗עַשׂ אֵ֚ת הַכִּיּ֣וֹר נְחֹ֔שֶׁת וְאֵ֖ת כַּנּ֣וֹ נְחֹ֑שֶׁת בְּמַרְאֹת֙ הַצֹּ֣בְאֹ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֣ר צָֽבְא֔וּ פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃ {ס}

He made the laver of copper and its stand of copper, from the mirrors of the women who performed tasks at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.

Taanit 9a:9

מֵיתִיבִי, רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: שְׁלֹשָׁה פַּרְנָסִים טוֹבִים עָמְדוּ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, אֵלּוּ הֵן: מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן וּמִרְיָם. וְשָׁלֹשׁ מַתָּנוֹת טוֹבוֹת נִיתְּנוּ עַל יָדָם, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: בְּאֵר, וְעָנָן, וּמָן. בְּאֵר — בִּזְכוּת מִרְיָם, עַמּוּד עָנָן — בִּזְכוּת אַהֲרֹן, מָן — בִּזְכוּת מֹשֶׁה. מֵתָה מִרְיָם — נִסְתַּלֵּק הַבְּאֵר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וַתָּמׇת שָׁם מִרְיָם״, וּכְתִיב בָּתְרֵיהּ: ״וְלֹא הָיָה מַיִם לָעֵדָה״, וְחָזְרָה בִּזְכוּת שְׁנֵיהֶן.

The Gemara raises an objection from a baraita: Rabbi Yosei, son of Rabbi Yehuda, says: Three good sustainers rose up for the Jewish people during the exodus from Egypt, and they are: Moses, Aaron and Miriam. And three good gifts were given from Heaven through their agency, and these are they: The well of water, the pillar of cloud, and the manna. He elaborates: The well was given to the Jewish people in the merit of Miriam; the pillar of cloud was in the merit of Aaron; and the manna in the merit of Moses…

Numbers 26:46-47

וְשֵׁ֥ם בַּת־אָשֵׁ֖ר שָֽׂרַח׃ אֵ֛לֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת בְּנֵי־אָשֵׁ֖ר לִפְקֻדֵיהֶ֑ם שְׁלֹשָׁ֧ה וַחֲמִשִּׁ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵאֽוֹת׃ {ס}

The name of Asher’s daughter was Serah.— These are the clans of Asher’s descendants; men enrolled: 53,400.

Sotah 13a:1

וְאוֹמֶרֶת: עֲתִידָה אִמִּי שֶׁתֵּלֵד בֵּן שֶׁמּוֹשִׁיעַ אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל. וְכֵיוָן שֶׁנּוֹלַד מֹשֶׁה נִתְמַלֵּא כָּל הַבַּיִת כּוּלּוֹ אוֹר. עָמַד אָבִיהָ וּנְשָׁקָהּ עַל רֹאשָׁהּ, אָמַר לָהּ: בִּתִּי, נִתְקַיְּימָה נְבוּאָתִיךְ. וְכֵיוָן שֶׁהִטִּילוּהוּ לַיְאוֹר, עָמַד אָבִיהָ וּטְפָחָהּ עַל רֹאשָׁהּ, אָמַר לָהּ: בִּתִּי הֵיכָן נְבוּאָתִיךְ? וְהַיְינוּ דִּכְתִיב: ״וַתֵּתַצַּב אֲחוֹתוֹ מֵרָחוֹק לְדֵעָה מַה יֵּעָשֶׂה לוֹ״ — לֵידַע מָה יְהֵא בְּסוֹף נְבוּאָתָהּ.

And as a child Miriam would say: In the future, my mother will give birth to a son who will save the Jewish people. And once Moses was born, the entire house was filled with light. Her father arose and kissed her on her head. He said to her: My daughter, your prophecy has been fulfilled. And once they put him into the river, her father arose and hit her on her head. He said to her: My daughter, where is your prophecy? And this is as it is written: “And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him” (Exodus 2:4), i.e…

Midrash Tanchuma, Pekudei 9:1

‎אֵלֶּה פְקוּדֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְגוֹ’, וּנְחֹשֶׁת הַתְּנוּפָה (שמות לח, כט) וּנְחֹשֶׁת הַכַּלּוֹת, שֶׁכֵּן בִּלְשׁוֹן יָוָן קוֹרִין לַכַּלָה נִינְפֵי. אַתָּה מוֹצֵא, בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁהָיוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּעֲבוֹדַת פֶּרֶךְ בְּמִצְרַיִם, גָּזַר עֲלֵיהֶם פַּרְעֹה שֶׁלֹּא יְהִיוּ יְשֵׁנִים בְּבָתֵּיהֶן, שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיוּ מְשַׁמְּשִׁין מִטּוֹתֵיהֶן. אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בַּר חֲלַפְתָּא, מֶה הָיוּ בְּנוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל עוֹשׂוֹת. יוֹרְדוֹת לִשְׁאֹב מַיִם מִן הַיְאוֹר, וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא הָיָה מַזְמִין לָהֶם דָּגִים קְטַנִּים בְּתוֹךְ כַּדֵּיהֶן, וְהֵן מוֹכְרוֹת וּמְבַשְּׁלוֹת מֵהֵן וְלוֹקְחוֹת מֵהֶן יַיִן וְהוֹלְכוֹת לַשָּׂדֶה וּמַאֲכִילוֹת אֶת בַעְלֵיהֶן שָׁם…

These are the accounts of the tabernacle … and the bronze of the offering (Exod. 38:21, 29). The bronze of the offering (tenufah) refers to the bronze vessels given to a bride, for in Greek they call a bride nymphé. You find that while the Israelites were making bricks in Egypt, Pharaoh decreed that they were not to sleep at home so that they would not have intercourse with their wives. R. Simeon the son of Halafta said: What did the Israelite women do? They would go to the Nile to draw water, and the Holy One, blessed be He, would fill their jugs with little fishes…

Sotah 11b:4-24

דָּרֵשׁ רַב עַוִּירָא: בִּשְׂכַר נָשִׁים צִדְקָנִיּוֹת שֶׁהָיוּ בְּאוֹתוֹ הַדּוֹר נִגְאֲלוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרַיִם. בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁהוֹלְכוֹת לִשְׁאוֹב מַיִם, הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מְזַמֵּן לָהֶם דָּגִים קְטַנִּים בְּכַדֵּיהֶן, וְשׁוֹאֲבוֹת מֶחֱצָה מַיִם וּמֶחֱצָה דָּגִים, וּבָאוֹת וְשׁוֹפְתוֹת שְׁתֵּי קְדֵירוֹת, אַחַת שֶׁל חַמִּין וְאַחַת שֶׁל דָּגִים. וּמוֹלִיכוֹת אֵצֶל בַּעְלֵיהֶן לַשָּׂדֶה, וּמַרְחִיצוֹת אוֹתָן, וְסָכוֹת אוֹתָן, וּמַאֲכִילוֹת אוֹתָן, וּמַשְׁקוֹת אוֹתָן, וְנִזְקָקוֹת לָהֶן בֵּין שְׁפַתַּיִם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״אִם תִּשְׁכְּבוּן בֵּין שְׁפַתָּיִם וְגוֹ׳״…

§ Rav Avira taught: In the merit of the righteous women that were in that generation, the Jewish people were redeemed from Egypt. He tells of their righteous actions: At the time when these women would go to the river to draw water, the Holy One, Blessed be He, would materialize for them small fish that would enter into their pitchers, and they would therefore draw pitchers that were half filled with water and half filled with fish…

Proverbs 31:10-31

אֵֽשֶׁת־חַ֭יִל מִ֣י יִמְצָ֑א וְרָחֹ֖ק מִפְּנִינִ֣ים מִכְרָֽהּ׃ בָּ֣טַח בָּ֭הּ לֵ֣ב בַּעְלָ֑הּ וְ֝שָׁלָ֗ל לֹ֣א יֶחְסָֽר׃ גְּמָלַ֣תְהוּ ט֣וֹב וְלֹא־רָ֑ע כֹּ֝֗ל יְמֵ֣י חַיֶּֽיהָ׃ דָּ֭רְשָׁה צֶ֣מֶר וּפִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַ֝תַּ֗עַשׂ בְּחֵ֣פֶץ כַּפֶּֽיהָ׃ הָ֭יְתָה כׇּאֳנִיּ֣וֹת סוֹחֵ֑ר מִ֝מֶּרְחָ֗ק תָּבִ֥יא לַחְמָֽהּ׃ וַתָּ֤קׇם ׀ בְּע֬וֹד לַ֗יְלָה וַתִּתֵּ֣ן טֶ֣רֶף לְבֵיתָ֑הּ וְ֝חֹ֗ק לְנַעֲרֹתֶֽיהָ׃ זָֽמְמָ֣ה שָׂ֭דֶה וַתִּקָּחֵ֑הוּ מִפְּרִ֥י כַ֝פֶּ֗יהָ (נטע) [נָ֣טְעָה] כָּֽרֶם׃…

What a rare find is a capable wife!
Her worth is far beyond that of rubies. Her husband puts his confidence in her,
And lacks no good thing. She is good to him, never bad,
All the days of her life. She looks for wool and flax,
And sets her hand to them with a will. She is like a merchant fleet,
Bringing her food from afar. She rises while it is still night,
And supplies provisions for her household,
The daily fare of her maids. She sets her mind on an estate and acquires it;
She plants a vineyard by her own labors…

II Samuel 20:16-18

וַתִּקְרָ֛א אִשָּׁ֥ה חֲכָמָ֖ה מִן־הָעִ֑יר שִׁמְע֤וּ שִׁמְעוּ֙ אִמְרוּ־נָ֣א אֶל־יוֹאָ֔ב קְרַ֣ב עַד־הֵ֔נָּה וַאֲדַבְּרָ֖ה אֵלֶֽיךָ׃ וַיִּקְרַ֣ב אֵלֶ֔יהָ וַתֹּ֧אמֶר הָאִשָּׁ֛ה הַאַתָּ֥ה יוֹאָ֖ב וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אָ֑נִי וַתֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ שְׁמַע֙ דִּבְרֵ֣י אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר שֹׁמֵ֥עַ אָנֹֽכִי׃ וַתֹּ֖אמֶר לֵאמֹ֑ר דַּבֵּ֨ר יְדַבְּר֤וּ בָרִֽאשֹׁנָה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר שָׁא֧וֹל יְשָׁאֲל֛וּ בְּאָבֵ֖ל וְכֵ֥ן הֵתַֽמּוּ׃

when a clever woman shouted from the city, “Listen! Listen! Tell Joab to come over here so I can talk to him.” He approached her, and the woman asked, “Are you Joab?” “Yes,” he answered; and she said to him, “Listen to what your handmaid has to say.” “I’m listening,” he replied. And she continued, “In olden times people used to say, ‘Let them inquire of Abel,’ and that was the end of the matter.

Rashi on Exodus 1:15:2-4

שפרה. יוֹכֶבֶד, עַל שֵׁם שֶׁמְּשַׁפֶּרֶת אֶת הַוָּלָד (שם): פועה. זוֹ מִרְיָם, שֶׁפּוֹעָה וּמְדַבֶּרֶת וְהוֹגָה לַוָּלָד (שם), כְּדֶרֶךְ הַנָּשִׁים הַמְפַיְּסוֹת תִּינוֹק הַבּוֹכֶה. פועה. לְשׁוֹן צְעָקָה, כְּמוֹ “כַּיּוֹלֵדָה אֶפְעֶה” (ישעיה מ”ב):

שפרה SHIPHRAH — This was Jochebed; she bore this additional name because she used to put the babe after its birth into good physical condition (משפרת) by the care she bestowed upon it (Sotah 11b). פועה PUAH — This was Miriam, and she bore this additional name because she used to Call aloud and speak and croon to the babe just as women do who soothe a child when it is crying (Sotah 11b). פועה has the meaning of crying aloud, as (Isaiah 42:14) “I will cry (אפעה) like a travailing woman”.

Rashi on Numbers 20:2:1

ולא היה מים לעדה. מִכָּאן שֶׁכָּל אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה הָיָה לָהֶם הַבְּאֵר בִּזְכוּת מִרְיָם (תענית ט’):

ולא היה מים לעדה AND THERE WAS NO WATER FOR THE CONGREGATION — Since this statement follows immediately after the mention of Miriam’s death, we may learn from it that during the entire forty years they had the “well” through Miriam’s merit (Taanit 9a).

Rashi on Numbers 26:46:1

ושם בת אשר שרח. לְפִי שֶׁהָיְתָה קַיֶּמֶת בְּחַיֶּיהָ מְנָאָהּ כָּאן (סדר עולם):

ושם בת אשר שרח AND THE NAME OF THE DAUGHTER OF ASHER WAS SERAH — Because she still remained alive after all these long years (Sotah 13a) it exceptionally mentions her here (Seder Olam 9).

Megillah 14a:13-15

שֶׁבַע נְבִיאוֹת מַאן נִינְהוּ? שָׂרָה, מִרְיָם, דְּבוֹרָה, חַנָּה, אֲבִיגַיִל, חוּלְדָּה וְאֶסְתֵּר. שָׂרָה, דִּכְתִיב: ״אֲבִי מִלְכָּה וַאֲבִי יִסְכָּה״, וְאָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק: ״יִסְכָּה״ זוֹ שָׂרָה, וְלָמָּה נִקְרָא שְׁמָהּ יִסְכָּה — שֶׁסָּכְתָה בְּרוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״כֹּל אֲשֶׁר תֹּאמַר אֵלֶיךָ שָׂרָה שְׁמַע בְּקוֹלָהּ״. דָּבָר אַחֵר: ״יִסְכָּה״ — שֶׁהַכֹּל סוֹכִין בְּיוֹפְיָהּ. מִרְיָם — דִּכְתִיב: ״וַתִּקַּח מִרְיָם הַנְּבִיאָה אֲחוֹת אַהֲרֹן״, וְלֹא אֲחוֹת מֹשֶׁה, אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן אָמַר רַב: שֶׁהָיְתָה מִתְנַבְּאָה כְּשֶׁהִיא אֲחוֹת אַהֲרֹן…

§ The Gemara asks with regard to the prophetesses recorded in the baraita: Who were the seven prophetesses? The Gemara answers: Sarah, Miriam, Deborah, Hannah, Abigail, Huldah, and Esther. The Gemara offers textual support: Sarah, as it is written: “Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah” (Genesis 11:29). And Rabbi Yitzḥak said: Iscah is in fact Sarah. And why was she called Iscah? For she saw [sakhta] by means of divine inspiration, as it is stated: “In all that Sarah has said to you, hearken to her voice” (Genesis 21:12)…

Rashi on Exodus 15:20:1-3

ותקח מרים הנביאה. הֵיכָן נִתְנַבְּאָה? כְּשֶׁהָיְתָה אֲחוֹת אַהֲרֹן, קֹדֶם שֶׁנּוֹלַד מֹשֶׁה, אָמְרָה עֲתִידָה אִמִּי שֶׁתֵּלֵד בֵּן וְכוּ’ כִּדְאִיתָא בְּסוֹטָה. (דף י”ב). דָּ”אַ — אֲחוֹת אַהֲרֹן, לְפִי שֶׁמָּסַר נַפְשׁוֹ עָלֶיהָ כְּשֶׁנִּצְטָרְעָה נִקְרֵאת עַל שְׁמוֹ: את התף. כְּלִי שֶׁל מִינֵי זֶמֶר: בתפים ובמחלת. מֻבְטָחוֹת הָיוּ צַדְקָנִיּוֹת שֶׁבַּדּוֹר שֶׁהַקָּבָּ”ה עוֹשֶׂה לָהֶם נִסִּים וְהוֹצִיאוּ תֻפִּים מִמִּצְרַיִם (מכילתא):

ותקח מרים הנביאה AND MIRIAM THE PROPHETESS TOOK — But where had she prophesied? When she was THE SISTER OF AARON alone — before Moses was born she said, “My mother will at some time bear a son who will deliver Israel etc.”, as is stated in Treatise Sotah 12b (cf. Megillah 14a). Another explanation of אחות אהרן, the sister of Aaron: because he jeopardised his life for her by entreating on her behalf and so possibly incurring God’s displeasure when she was stricken with leprosy, she is called by his name (Mekhilta d’Rabbi Yishmael 15:20:1; cf. Rashi Genesis 34:25). …

Shemot Rabbah 1:13

כְּשֶׁרָאָה שֶׁהֵם פָּרִים וְרָבִים, גָּזַר עַל הַזְּכָרִים, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב (שמות א, טו): וַיֹּאמֶר מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם לַמְיַלְּדֹת וגו’. מִי הָיוּ הַמְיַלְּדוֹת, רַב אָמַר כַּלָּה וַחֲמוֹתָהּ, יוֹכֶבֶד וֶאֱלִישֶׁבַע בַּת עֲמִּינָדָב. רַבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר נַחְמָן אָמַר, אִשָּׁה וּבִתָּהּ, יוֹכֶבֶד וּמִרְיָם. וְלֹא הָיוּ לְמִרְיָם אֶלָּא חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים, שֶׁאַהֲרֹן גָּדוֹל מִמּשֶׁה שָׁלשׁ שָׁנִים. אָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה הוֹלֶכֶת הָיְתָה עִם יוֹכֶבֶד אִמָּהּ וְעוֹשָׂה צְרָכֶיהָ, וְהָיְתָה זְרִיזָה, שֶׁעַד שֶׁהַתִּינוֹק קָטָן הוּא נִכָּר…

“The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of one was Shifra and the name of the other was Pu’a” (Exodus 1:15).
When he saw that they were procreating, he issued a decree against the males – that is what is written: “The king of Egypt said to the midwives….” Who were the midwives? Rav said: A daughter-in-law and her mother-in-law, Yokheved and Elisheva daughter of Aminadav. Rabbi Shmuel bar Naḥman says: A woman and her daughter, Yokheved and Miriam.
And Miriam was no more than five years old, as Aaron was three years older than Moses. Our Rabbis, of blessed memory, said: She would go with her mother Yokheved and assist her, and she was very quick. While the child is still young, his [character] is recognizable. That is what Solomon said: “Even a lad is recognized through his deeds” (Proverbs 20:11)…

Megillah 14a:16-20

דְּבוֹרָה, דִּכְתִיב: ״וּדְבוֹרָה אִשָּׁה נְבִיאָה אֵשֶׁת לַפִּידוֹת״, מַאי ״אֵשֶׁת לַפִּידוֹת״? שֶׁהָיְתָה עוֹשָׂה פְּתִילוֹת לַמִּקְדָּשׁ. ״וְהִיא יוֹשֶׁבֶת תַּחַת תּוֹמֶר״. מַאי שְׁנָא תַּחַת תּוֹמֶר? אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן אַבְשָׁלוֹם: מִשּׁוּם יִחוּד. דָּבָר אַחֵר: מָה תָּמָר זֶה אֵין לוֹ אֶלָּא לֵב אֶחָד — אַף יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁבְּאוֹתוֹ הַדּוֹר לֹא הָיָה לָהֶם אֶלָּא לֵב אֶחָד לַאֲבִיהֶן שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַיִם. חַנָּה — דִּכְתִיב: ״וַתִּתְפַּלֵּל חַנָּה וַתֹּאמַר עָלַץ לִבִּי בַּה׳ רָמָה קַרְנִי בַּה׳״. ״רָמָה קַרְנִי״, וְלֹא רָמָה פַּכִּי…

Deborah was a prophetess, as it is written explicitly: “And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth” (Judges 4:4). The Gemara asks: What is the meaning of “the wife of Lappidoth”? The Gemara answers: For she used to make wicks for the Sanctuary, and due to the flames [lappidot] on these wicks she was called the wife of Lappidoth, literally, a woman of flames. With regard to Deborah, it says: “And she sat under a palm tree” (Judges 4:5). The Gemara asks: What is different and unique with regard to her sitting “under a palm…

Rashi on Exodus 38:8:1-2

במראת הצבאת. בְּנוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל הָיוּ בְיָדָן מַרְאוֹת שֶׁרוֹאוֹת בָּהֶן כְּשֶׁהֵן מִתְקַשְּׁטוֹת, וְאַף אוֹתָן לֹא עִכְּבוּ מִלְּהָבִיא לְנִדְבַת הַמִּשְׁכָּן, וְהָיָה מוֹאֵס מֹשֶׁה בָּהֶן מִפְּנֵי שֶׁעֲשׂוּיִם לְיֵצֶר הָרָע, אָמַר לוֹ הַקָּבָּ”ה קַבֵּל, כִּי אֵלּוּ חֲבִיבִין עָלַי מִן הַכֹּל, שֶׁעַל יְדֵיהֶם הֶעֱמִידוּ הַנָּשִׁים צְבָאוֹת רַבּוֹת בְּמִצְרַיִם; כְּשֶׁהָיוּ בַעְלֵיהֶם יְגֵעִים בַּעֲבוֹדַת פֶּרֶךְ, הָיוּ הוֹלְכוֹת וּמוֹלִיכוֹת לָהֶם מַאֲכָל וּמִשְׁתֶּה, וּמַאֲכִילוֹת אוֹתָם וְנוֹטְלוֹת הַמַּרְאוֹת, וְכָל אַחַת רוֹאָה עַצְמָהּ עִם בַּעְלָהּ בַּמַּרְאָה…

במראת הצבאת OF THE MIRRORS OF THE WOMEN CROWDING — The Israelitish women possessed mirrors of copper into which they used to look when they adorned themselves. Even these did they not hesitate to bring as a contribution towards the Tabernacle. Now Moses was about to reject them since they were made to pander to their vanity, but the Holy One, blessed be He, said to him, “Accept them; these are dearer to Me than all the other contributions, because through them the women reared those huge hosts in Egypt!” For when their husbands were tired through the crushing labour they used to bring them…

Midrash Mishlei 31:5

(משלי לא כט): “רבות בנות עשו חיל”: אדם הראשון נצטווה על שש מצוות, נח – על אבר מן החי, אברהם – על המילה, יצחק – חנכו לשמונה, יעקב – על גיד הנשה, יהודה – על היבמה, ישראל – על רמ”ח מצוות עשה, כנגד רמ”ח איברים שבאדם: כל איבר ואיבר אומר לו לאדם ‘בבקשה ממך עשה בי מצוה זו’, ושס”ה מצוות לא תעשה כנגד ימות החמה, וכל יום ויום אומר לאדם ‘אבקש ממך שלא תעשה בי עבירה זו’. (משלי לא ל): “שקר החן והבל היופי” – שקר היה חִנּוֹ של נח, שנאמר (בראשית ו ח): “ונוח מצא חן בעיני ה’”; אמר רבי לוי: בדורו בלבד. “והבל היופי” – הבל היה יופיו של אדם הראשון…

Many women have done well (Proverbs 31:29): Adam, the first man, was commanded about six commandments. Noach [was additionally commanded] about [not eating] a limb from a live animal. Avraham about circumcision. Yitschak was educated with [these] eight [commandments]. Yaakov [was additionally commanded] about [not eating] the sciatic nerve. Yehudah about levirate marriage. [The people of] Israel about two hundred and forty-eight positive commandments corresponding to the two hundred and forty-eight limbs in a man – each and every limb says to man, “I plead of you to do this commandment with me” – and three hundred and sixty-five negative commandments corresponding to the three hundred and sixty-five days of the solar [year] – and each and every day says to man, “I plead of you not to do this sin on me.” “Grace is false, beauty is illusory” (Proverbs 31:30) – the grace of Noach was false, as it states (Genesis 6:8), “But Noach found grace in the eyes of the Lord.” Rabbi Levi said, “Only in his generation [did he find grace].” “Beauty is illusory” – illusory was the beauty of Adam, the first man. Rabbi Shimon ben Manassia said, “The ball of Adam, the first man’s heel would dim the sun. And do not wonder – it is customary in the world that when a man makes two salver vessels, one for himself and one for his household, which does he make [nicer], is it not his? So [too], Adam, the first man, was created to serve in front of the Holy One, blessed be He; and the sun was created to make light for the creatures. And if the ball of his heel was such, the contour of his face, all the more so.” “A woman that has fear of the Lord, she is to be praised” – this is Moshe. “Give of the fruit of her hand” (Proverbs 31:30) – Rabbi Yose bar Yirmiyah said, “Why did he compare the prophets to women? Rather, just like [a] woman is not embarrassed to claim the needs of the home from her husband, so [too] were the prophets not embarrassed to claim the needs of Israel from in front of the Holy One, blessed be He.” The Holy One blessed be He said, “My sons, be involved in Torah [study] day and night, and I will count it for you as if you hold up the heavens and the earth,” as it states (Joshua 1:8), “Let not this book of the Torah cease from your mouth, but meditate upon it day and night”; and it states (Joshua 1:9), “Did I not command you, ‘Be strong and resolute; do not be terrified or dismayed’”; and it states (Ezra 3:11), “with praise and thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His kindness upon Israel is forever, and the people raised a great shout with praise to the Lord, for the foundation of the House of the Lord had been laid”; (Proverbs 23:23) “Acquire truth”; (Proverbs 5:17) “They will be yours alone”; (Proverbs 9:9) “Give to a wise man, and he will grow wiser”; (Proverbs 9:11) “For through me your days will increase, and years of life be added.” Another interpretation: “A woman of valor who can find?” – this is [the meaning] of what the verse states (Psalms 92:15), “In old age they still produce fruit, etc.” – corresponding to Avraham and Sarah who were of the same measure concerning charity and acts of kindness; they were a good sign for the world. In this way, He does not prevent proper women from the righteous ones, [but] matches them. As so [too] do we find with the wife of Noach that her actions and his actions were of the same measure – that is why she merited with him and was rescued from the waters of the flood. “Her husband puts his confidence in her” – this is Sarah, our mother, as Avaraham grew rich on her account, as it states (Genesis 12:16), “And he benefited Avraham for her sake.” “She bestows good to him, and not bad” – this is Rivkah, our mother, who bestowed [good] to Yitzchak at the time that Sarah, his mother died. “She seeks wool and flax” – this is Leah, our mother, who received Yaakov with a pleasant countenance, as it is written (Genesis 30:16), “And Yaakov came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him and said, ‘You are to sleep with me, for I have hired you, etc.’” Therefore she merited and kings and prophets came from her. “She is like a merchant fleet” – this is Rachel, our mother, who was embarrassed about [her lack of] children every day. Therefore she merited and a son came from her who was similar to a ship that is filled will all the good [found] in the world – so [was it with] Yosef, that the whole world survived from his merit and he supported the world in the years of famine. “She rises while it is still night” – this is Batya, the daughter of Pharaoh. She was a gentile and became a Jewess and they mentioned her name among the proper [women], since she took care of Moshe. Therefore she merited and entered the Garden of Eden in her lifetime. “She sets her mind on a field and acquires it; [she plants a vineyard from the produce of her hand]” – this is Yocheved, that from her came Moshe who is equivalent to all of Israel, which is called a vineyard, as it states (Isaiah 5:7), “For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the House of Israel.” “She girds her loins with strength” – this is Miriam, as before Moshe was born, she said, “In the future, my mother will give birth to the savior of Israel.” Once he was born and the yoke upon them became heavier, her father got up and bopped her on the head. He said to her, “Where is your prophecy?” And he got up and spit in front of her face. And nonetheless, she exerted herself about her prophecy, as it is written (Exodus 2:4), “And his sister stood from a distance…

Micah 6:4

כִּ֤י הֶעֱלִתִ֙יךָ֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם וּמִבֵּ֥ית עֲבָדִ֖ים פְּדִיתִ֑יךָ וָאֶשְׁלַ֣ח לְפָנֶ֔יךָ אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֖ה אַהֲרֹ֥ן וּמִרְיָֽם׃

In fact,
I brought you up from the land of Egypt,
I redeemed you from the house of bondage,
And I sent before you
Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

Rashi on Numbers 27:5:1

ויקרב משה את משפטן. נִתְעַלְּמָה הֲלָכָה מִמֶּנּוּ, וְכָאן נִפְרַע עַל שֶׁנָּטַל עֲטָרָה לוֹמַר (דברים א’) “וְהַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר יִקְשֶׁה מִכֶּם תַּקְרִבוּן אֵלַי”; דָּ”אַ — רְאוּיָה הָיְתָה פָרָשָׁה זוֹ לְהִכָּתֵב עַל יְדֵי מֹשֶׁה, אֶלָּא שֶׁזָּכוּ בְנוֹת צְלָפְחָד וְנִכְתְּבָה עַל יָדָן (בבא בתרא קי”ט; סנהדרין ח’):

ויקרב משה את משפטן AND MOSES BROUGHT THEIR CAUSE [BEFORE THE LORD] — The law on this subject escaped him (Sanhedrin 8a). Here he received punishment because he had assumed a “crown” (he had set himself up as the supreme judge) by saying, (Deuteronomy 1:17) “And the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring to me”. Another explanation: This chapter ought to have been written by Moses (i.e., like most laws in the Torah it should have been spoken to the people by Moses without his having waited until some incident made its promulgation necessary)…

Genesis 46:17

וּבְנֵ֣י אָשֵׁ֗ר יִמְנָ֧ה וְיִשְׁוָ֛ה וְיִשְׁוִ֥י וּבְרִיעָ֖ה וְשֶׂ֣רַח אֲחֹתָ֑ם וּבְנֵ֣י בְרִיעָ֔ה חֶ֖בֶר וּמַלְכִּיאֵֽל׃

Asher’s sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah, and their sister Serah. Beriah’s sons: Heber and Malchiel.

Bava Batra 119b:9-12

תָּנָא: בְּנוֹת צְלָפְחָד חַכְמָנִיּוֹת הֵן, דַּרְשָׁנִיּוֹת הֵן, צִדְקָנִיּוֹת הֵן. חַכְמָנִיּוֹת הֵן – שֶׁלְּפִי שָׁעָה דִּבְּרוּ. דְּאָמַר רַבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר רַב יִצְחָק: מְלַמֵּד שֶׁהָיָה מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ יוֹשֵׁב וְדוֹרֵשׁ בְּפָרָשַׁת יְבָמִין, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״כִּי יֵשְׁבוּ אַחִים יַחְדָּו״. אָמְרוּ לוֹ: אִם כְּבֵן אָנוּ חֲשׁוּבִין – תְּנָה לָנוּ נַחֲלָה כְּבֵן; אִם לָאו – תִּתְיַבֵּם אִמֵּנוּ! מִיָּד – ״וַיַּקְרֵב מֹשֶׁה אֶת מִשְׁפָּטָן לִפְנֵי ה׳״. דַּרְשָׁנִיּוֹת הֵן – שֶׁהָיוּ אוֹמְרוֹת: אִילּוּ הָיָה לוֹ בֵּן, לֹא דִּבַּרְנוּ…

§ The Sages taught: The daughters of Zelophehad are wise, they are interpreters of verses, and they are righteous. The Gemara proves these assertions. That they are wise can be seen from the fact that they spoke in accordance with the moment, i.e., they presented their case at an auspicious time. As Rabbi Shmuel bar Rav Yitzḥak says: Tradition teaches that Moses our teacher was sitting and interpreting in the Torah portion about men whose married brothers had died childless, as it is stated: “If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies, and has no child, the wife of the dead shall not be married abroad to one not of his kin; her husband’s brother shall come to her, and take her for him as a wife” (Deuteronomy 25:5)…

Genesis 29:12

וַיַּגֵּ֨ד יַעֲקֹ֜ב לְרָחֵ֗ל כִּ֣י אֲחִ֤י אָבִ֙יהָ֙ ה֔וּא וְכִ֥י בֶן־רִבְקָ֖ה ה֑וּא וַתָּ֖רׇץ וַתַּגֵּ֥ד לְאָבִֽיהָ׃

Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s kinsman, that he was Rebekah’s son; and she ran and told her father.

Numbers 26:44-45

בְּנֵ֣י אָשֵׁר֮ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם֒ לְיִמְנָ֗ה מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ הַיִּמְנָ֔ה לְיִשְׁוִ֕י מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַיִּשְׁוִ֑י לִבְרִיעָ֕ה מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַבְּרִיעִֽי׃ לִבְנֵ֣י בְרִיעָ֔ה לְחֶ֕בֶר מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַֽחֶבְרִ֑י לְמַ֨לְכִּיאֵ֔ל מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַמַּלְכִּיאֵלִֽי׃

Descendants of Asher by their clans: Of Imnah, the clan of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the clan of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the clan of the Beriites. Of the descendants of Beriah: Of Heber, the clan of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the clan of the Malchielites.—

Numbers 36:1-12

וַֽיִּקְרְב֞וּ רָאשֵׁ֣י הָֽאָב֗וֹת לְמִשְׁפַּ֤חַת בְּנֵֽי־גִלְעָד֙ בֶּן־מָכִ֣יר בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה מִֽמִּשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת בְּנֵ֣י יוֹסֵ֑ף וַֽיְדַבְּר֞וּ לִפְנֵ֤י מֹשֶׁה֙ וְלִפְנֵ֣י הַנְּשִׂאִ֔ים רָאשֵׁ֥י אָב֖וֹת לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ אֶת־אֲדֹנִי֙ צִוָּ֣ה יְהֹוָ֔ה לָתֵ֨ת אֶת־הָאָ֧רֶץ בְּנַחֲלָ֛ה בְּגוֹרָ֖ל לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַֽאדֹנִי֙ צֻוָּ֣ה בַֽיהֹוָ֔ה לָתֵ֗ת אֶֽת־נַחֲלַ֛ת צְלׇפְחָ֥ד אָחִ֖ינוּ לִבְנֹתָֽיו׃ וְ֠הָי֠וּ לְאֶחָ֞ד מִבְּנֵ֨י שִׁבְטֵ֥י בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ לְנָשִׁים֒ וְנִגְרְעָ֤ה נַחֲלָתָן֙ מִנַּחֲלַ֣ת אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ וְנוֹסַ֕ף עַ֚ל נַחֲלַ֣ת הַמַּטֶּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּהְיֶ֖ינָה לָהֶ֑ם…

The family heads in the clan of the descendants of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the Josephite clans, came forward and appealed to Moses and the chieftains, family heads of the Israelites. They said, “יהוה commanded my lord to assign the land to the Israelites as shares by lot, and my lord was further commanded by יהוה to assign the share of our kinsman Zelophehad to his daughters. Now, if they become the wives of persons from another Israelite tribe, their share will be cut off from our ancestral portion and be added to the portion of the tribe into which they become [wives]…

Bava Batra 119b:13

אִינִי?! וְהָא אָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא: נִיסַּת פְּחוּתָה מִבַּת עֶשְׂרִים – יוֹלֶדֶת עַד שִׁשִּׁים, בַּת עֶשְׂרִים – יוֹלֶדֶת עַד אַרְבָּעִים, בַּת אַרְבָּעִים – שׁוּב אֵינָהּ יוֹלֶדֶת! אֶלָּא מִתּוֹךְ שֶׁצִּדְקָנִיּוֹת הֵן, נַעֲשָׂה לָהֶן נֵס – כְּיוֹכֶבֶד, דִּכְתִיב: ״וַיֵּלֶךְ אִישׁ מִבֵּית לֵוִי, וַיִּקַּח אֶת בַּת לֵוִי״ –

The Gemara asks: Is that so? But doesn’t Rav Ḥisda say: If a woman marries when she is less than twenty years old, she is able to give birth until she reaches the age of sixty; if she marries when she is twenty years old or older, she is able to give birth until she reaches the age of forty; if she marries when she is forty years old or older, she is no longer able to give birth at all. If so, how could Zelophehad’s daughters have waited until the age of forty to marry? Rather, since they are righteous women, a miracle was performed for them…

Rashi on Numbers 12:1:1-8

ותדבר. אֵין דִּבּוּר בְּכָל מָקוֹם אֶלָּא לָשׁוֹן קָשָׁה, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר “דִּבֶּר הָאִישׁ אֲדֹנֵי הָאָרֶץ אִתָּנוּ קָשׁוֹת” (בראשית מ”ב), וְאֵין אֲמִירָה בְּכָל מָקוֹם אֶלָּא לְשׁוֹן תַּחֲנוּנִים, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר “וַיֹּאמַר אַל נָא אַחַי תָּרֵעוּ” (בראשית י”ט), “וַיֹּאמֶר שִׁמְעוּ נָא דְבָרָי” (פסוק ו), כָּל נָא לְשׁוֹן בַּקָּשָׁה (ספרי): ותדבר מרים ואהרן. הִיא פָתְחָה בְדִּבּוּר תְּחִלָּה, לְפִיכָךְ הִקְדִּימָהּ הַכָּתוּב, וּמִנַּיִן הָיְתָה יוֹדַעַת מִרְיָם שֶׁפֵּרֵשׁ מֹשֶׁה מִן הָאִשָּׁה? רַבִּי נָתָן אוֹמֵר מִרְיָם הָיְתָה בְצַד צִפּוֹרָה בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר לְמֹשֶׁה…

ותדבר AND [MIRIAM AND AARON] SPAKE — The term דבר in every passage where it is used implies harsh language, for so it states, (Genesis 42:30) “The man, the lord of the land spake (דבר) roughly to us”. The term אמר, however, is always an expression denoting supplication, for so it states, (Genesis 19:7) “And he said (ויאמר) ‘I beg of you (נא), my brethren, do not so wickedly” ; (verse 6 of this chapter) “And He said (ויאמר), Hear, I pray you (נא), My words’ — for the word נא always expresses supplication (Sifrei Bamidbar 99)…

Joshua 2:13

וְהַחֲיִתֶ֞ם אֶת־אָבִ֣י וְאֶת־אִמִּ֗י וְאֶת־אַחַי֙ וְאֶת־[אַחְיוֹתַ֔י] (אחותי) וְאֵ֖ת כׇּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָהֶ֑ם וְהִצַּלְתֶּ֥ם אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵ֖ינוּ מִמָּֽוֶת׃

that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and save us from death.”

Genesis 4:22

וְצִלָּ֣ה גַם־הִ֗וא יָֽלְדָה֙ אֶת־תּ֣וּבַל קַ֔יִן לֹטֵ֕שׁ כׇּל־חֹרֵ֥שׁ נְחֹ֖שֶׁת וּבַרְזֶ֑ל וַֽאֲח֥וֹת תּֽוּבַל־קַ֖יִן נַֽעֲמָֽה׃

As for Zillah, she bore Tubal-cain, who forged all implements of copper and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

Sifrei Bamidbar 133:4

למה יגרע שם אבינו מתוך משפחתו – ר’ יהודה אומר: נאמר כאן שם ונאמר להלן (דברים כה) שם. מה שם האמור להלן נחלה, אף שם האמור כאן נחלה. ומה שם האמור להלן זרע, אף שם האמור כאן זרע: כי אין לו בן – למה נאמר? והלא כבר נאמר ובנים לא היו לו! מה ת”ל כי אין לו בן? שהיו חכמות ודורשות: הא אם היה לו בן לא היינו תובעות: תנה לנו אחוזה בתוך אחי אבינו – ר’ נתן אומר יפה כח נשים מכח אנשים: אנשים אומרים (במדבר י״ד:ד׳) נתנה ראש ונשובה מצרימה, ונשים אומרות תנה לנו אחוזה בתוך אחי אבינו: ויקרב משה את משפטן לפני ה’ – א”ר חידקא: שמעון השקמוני היה לי חבר, מתלמידי ר’ עקיבא ואמר: יודע היה משה שהבנות נוחלות…

(Bamidbar 27:4) “Why should the name of our father be withheld from his family because he has no son?” R. Yehudah says: It is written here “name,” and elsewhere (Devarim 28:6). “Just as “name” here connotes inheritance, so, “name” there. And just as “name” here connotes seed, so, “name” there. “because he has no son”: Why is this written? Is it not already written (3) “and he left no sons”? They were sage women and were expounding: But if there were a daughter of a son, we would make no claim. R. Chidka said: Shimon Hashikmoni was a colleague of mine from the disciples of R. Akiva…

Sotah 12a:12

פַּרְעֹה הָרָשָׁע — סָפֵק מִתְקַיֶּימֶת גְּזֵירָתוֹ, סָפֵק אֵינָהּ מִתְקַיֶּימֶת. אַתָּה צַדִּיק, בְּוַדַּאי שֶׁגְּזֵירָתְךָ מִתְקַיֶּימֶת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְתִגְזַר אוֹמֶר וְיָקׇם לָךְ״. עָמַד וְהֶחְזִיר אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ, עָמְדוּ כּוּלָּן וְהֶחְזִירוּ אֶת נְשׁוֹתֵיהֶן.

Miriam continued: Additionally, concerning Pharaoh the wicked, it is uncertain whether his decree will be fulfilled, and it is uncertain if his decree will not be fulfilled. You are a righteous person, and as such, your decrees will certainly be fulfilled, as it is stated with regard to the righteous: “You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto you” (Job 22:28). Amram accepted his daughter’s words and arose and brought back, i.e…

Sotah 12a:9

״וַיֵּלֶךְ אִישׁ מִבֵּית לֵוִי״. לְהֵיכָן הָלַךְ? אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה בַּר זְבִינָא: שֶׁהָלַךְ בַּעֲצַת בִּתּוֹ.

The verse states: “And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took for a wife a daughter of Levi” (Exodus 2:1). The Gemara asks: To where did he go? Rav Yehuda bar Zevina says: He went according to the advice of his daughter Miriam, as the Gemara will proceed to explain.

Genesis 38:2-5

וַיַּרְא־שָׁ֧ם יְהוּדָ֛ה בַּת־אִ֥ישׁ כְּנַעֲנִ֖י וּשְׁמ֣וֹ שׁ֑וּעַ וַיִּקָּחֶ֖הָ וַיָּבֹ֥א אֵלֶֽיהָ׃ וַתַּ֖הַר וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ עֵֽר׃ וַתַּ֥הַר ע֖וֹד וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ אוֹנָֽן׃ וַתֹּ֤סֶף עוֹד֙ וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֔ן וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ שֵׁלָ֑ה וְהָיָ֥ה בִכְזִ֖יב בְּלִדְתָּ֥הּ אֹתֽוֹ׃

There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua, and he took her [into his household as wife] and cohabited with her. She conceived and bore a son, and he named him Er. She conceived again and bore a son, and named him Onan. Once again she bore a son, and named him Shelah; he was at Chezib when she bore him.

Genesis 38:29

וַיְהִ֣י ׀ כְּמֵשִׁ֣יב יָד֗וֹ וְהִנֵּה֙ יָצָ֣א אָחִ֔יו וַתֹּ֕אמֶר מַה־פָּרַ֖צְתָּ עָלֶ֣יךָ פָּ֑רֶץ וַיִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ פָּֽרֶץ׃

But just then it drew back its hand, and out came its brother; and she said, “What a breach you have made for yourself!” So he was named Perez.

Deuteronomy 24:9

זָכ֕וֹר אֵ֧ת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֛ה יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ לְמִרְיָ֑ם בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ בְּצֵאתְכֶ֥ם מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ {ס}

Remember what your God יהוה did to Miriam on the journey after you left Egypt.

Megillah 14b:12-13

אֵיתִיבֵיהּ רַב עֵינָא סָבָא לְרַב נַחְמָן: שְׁמוֹנָה נְבִיאִים וְהֵם כֹּהֲנִים יָצְאוּ מֵרָחָב הַזּוֹנָה, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: נֵרִיָּה, בָּרוּךְ, וּשְׂרָיָה, מַחְסֵיָה, יִרְמְיָה, חִלְקִיָּה, חֲנַמְאֵל, וְשַׁלּוּם. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: אַף חוּלְדָּה הַנְּבִיאָה מִבְּנֵי בָנֶיהָ שֶׁל רָחָב הַזּוֹנָה הָיְתָה. כְּתִיב הָכָא: ״בֶּן תִּקְוָה״, וּכְתִיב הָתָם: ״אֶת תִּקְוַת חוּט הַשָּׁנִי״. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: עֵינָא סָבָא, וְאָמְרִי לַהּ: פַּתְיָא אוּכָּמָא, מִינִּי וּמִינָּךְ תִּסְתַּיֵּים שְׁמַעְתָּא: דְּאִיגַּיַּירָא וְנַסְבַהּ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ…

Rav Eina the Elder raised an objection from a baraitato Rav Naḥman’s teaching. The baraita indicates that Huldah was in fact a descendant of Rahab, and seemingly not of Joshua: Eight prophets, who were also priests, descended from Rahab the prostitute, and they are: Neriah; his son Baruch; Seraiah; Mahseiah; Jeremiah; his father, Hilkiah; Jeremiah’s cousin Hanamel; and Hanamel’s father, Shallum. Rabbi Yehuda said: So too, Huldah the prophetess was a descendant of Rahab the prostitute…

Megillah 14a:4

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁמוֹנָה נְבִיאִים וְשֶׁבַע נְבִיאוֹת נִתְנַבְּאוּ לָהֶם לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, וְלֹא פִּחֲתוּ וְלֹא הוֹתִירוּ עַל מַה שֶּׁכָּתוּב בַּתּוֹרָה, חוּץ מִמִּקְרָא מְגִילָּה.

The Sages taught in a baraita: Forty-eight prophets and seven prophetesses prophesied on behalf of the Jewish people, and they neither subtracted from nor added onto what is written in the Torah, introducing no changes or additions to the mitzvot except for the reading of the Megilla, which they added as an obligation for all future generations.

Sotah 11b:1-3

בְּפָרֶךְ״, רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר אָמַר: בְּפֶה רַךְ. רַבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר נַחְמָנִי אָמַר: בִּפְרִיכָה. ״וַיְמָרְרוּ אֶת חַיֵּיהֶם בַּעֲבֹדָה קָשָׁה בְּחֹמֶר וּבִלְבֵנִים וְגוֹ׳״, אָמַר רָבָא: בַּתְּחִילָּה ״בְּחוֹמֶר וּבִלְבֵנִים״, וּלְבַסּוֹף ״וּבְכׇל עֲבוֹדָה בַּשָּׂדֶה״. ״אֵת כׇּל עֲבֹדָתָם אֲשֶׁר עָבְדוּ בָהֶם בְּפָרֶךְ״, אָמַר רַבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר נַחְמָנִי אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹנָתָן: שֶׁהָיוּ מַחְלִיפִין מְלֶאכֶת אֲנָשִׁים לְנָשִׁים וּמְלֶאכֶת נָשִׁים לַאֲנָשִׁים. וּלְמַאן דְּאָמַר נָמֵי הָתָם בְּפֶה רַךְ, הָכָא וַדַּאי בִּפְרִיכָה.

with rigor [befarekh]” (Exodus 1:13). Rabbi Elazar says: The word befarekh is a conjugation of the words: With a soft mouth [bifeh rakh], as the Egyptians enticed the Jewish people into slavery, gradually subjugating them until they had lost their freedom completely. Rabbi Shmuel bar Naḥmani says: The word befarekh should be understood as: With crushing [bifrikha], as the Egyptians subjugated Israel with backbreaking labor. The next verse states: “And they made their lives bitter through hard service, with mortar and brick…

Genesis 38:22-23

וַיָּ֙שׇׁב֙ אֶל־יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיֹּ֖אמֶר לֹ֣א מְצָאתִ֑יהָ וְגַ֨ם אַנְשֵׁ֤י הַמָּקוֹם֙ אָֽמְר֔וּ לֹא־הָיְתָ֥ה בָזֶ֖ה קְדֵשָֽׁה׃ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוּדָה֙ תִּֽקַּֽח־לָ֔הּ פֶּ֖ן נִהְיֶ֣ה לָב֑וּז הִנֵּ֤ה שָׁלַ֙חְתִּי֙ הַגְּדִ֣י הַזֶּ֔ה וְאַתָּ֖ה לֹ֥א מְצָאתָֽהּ׃

So he returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her; moreover, the local council said: There has been no prostitute here.” Judah said, “Let her keep them, lest we become a laughingstock. I did send her this kid, but you did not find her.”

Genesis 34:4

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁכֶ֔ם אֶל־חֲמ֥וֹר אָבִ֖יו לֵאמֹ֑ר קַֽח־לִ֛י אֶת־הַיַּלְדָּ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את לְאִשָּֽׁה׃

So Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”

Berakhot 31b:2-3

אִיכָּא דְאָמְרִי, הָכִי אֲמַרָה לֵיהּ: לֹא אָדוֹן אַתָּה? לָאו אִיכָּא שְׁכִינָה וְרוּחַ הַקּוֹדֶשׁ גַּבָּךְ, שֶׁדַּנְתַּנִי לְכַף חוֹבָה וְלֹא דַּנְתַּנִי לְכַף זְכוּת? מִי לָא יָדְעַתְּ דְּאִשָּׁה קְשַׁת רוּחַ אָנוֹכִי?! ״וְיַיִן וְשֵׁכָר לֹא שָׁתִיתִי״. אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: מִכָּאן לַנֶּחְשָׁד בְּדָבָר שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ, שֶׁצָּרִיךְ לְהוֹדִיעוֹ.

Some say another version of her response. She said to him, questioning: Aren’t you a master? Aren’t the Divine Presence and Divine Spirit with you that you judged me to be guilty, and you did not judge me to be innocent? Didn’t you know that I am a woman of distressed spirit? With regard to Hannah’s explanation that “I have drunk neither wine nor liquor,” Rabbi Elazar said: From here the halakha is derived that one who is suspected of something of which he is not guilty cannot suffice merely with the personal knowledge of his innocence…

Genesis 38:19

וַתָּ֣קׇם וַתֵּ֔לֶךְ וַתָּ֥סַר צְעִיפָ֖הּ מֵעָלֶ֑יהָ וַתִּלְבַּ֖שׁ בִּגְדֵ֥י אַלְמְנוּתָֽהּ׃

Then she went on her way. She took off her veil and again put on her widow’s garb.

Berakhot 31a:27

אָמַר רַב הַמְנוּנָא: כַּמָּה הִלְכְתָא גִּבָּרָווֹתָא אִיכָּא לְמִשְׁמַע מֵהָנֵי קְרָאֵי דְחַנָּה. ״וְחַנָּה הִיא מְדַבֶּרֶת עַל לִבָּהּ״ — מִכָּאן לַמִּתְפַּלֵּל צָרִיךְ שֶׁיְּכַוֵּין לִבּוֹ. ״רַק שְׂפָתֶיהָ נָּעוֹת״ — מִכָּאן לַמִּתְפַּלֵּל שֶׁיַּחְתּוֹךְ בִּשְׂפָתָיו. ״וְקוֹלָהּ לֹא יִשָּׁמֵעַ״ — מִכָּאן שֶׁאָסוּר לְהַגְבִּיהַּ קוֹלוֹ בִּתְפִלָּתוֹ. ״וַיַּחְשְׁבֶהָ עֵלִי לְשִׁכֹּרָה״ — מִכָּאן שֶׁשִּׁכּוֹר אָסוּר לְהִתְפַּלֵּל.

Rav Hamnuna said: How many significanthalakhotcan be derived from these verses of the prayer of Hannah? As it says: “And Hannah spoke in her heart, only her lips moved and her voice could not be heard, so Eli thought her to be drunk” (I Samuel 1:13). The Gemara elaborates: From that which is stated here: “And Hannah spoke in her heart,” the halakha that one who prays must focus his heart on his prayer is derived. And from that which is stated here: “Only her lips moved…

Kli Yakar on Exodus 15:20:1

ותקח מרים הנביאה וגו’. עכשיו נעשית נביאה כי במעמד זה זכו גם הנשים לראות פני השכינה עד שאמרו כולם זה אלי, כארז”ל (מכילתא בשלח פר’ ג) ראתה שפחה על הים כו’, לכך נאמר ותצאן כל הנשים אחריה, כי הנבואה התחילה במרים וכל הנשים יצאו בעקבותיה במעמד זה כי כולם זכו לנבואה, ולפי שאין השכינה שורה כ”א מתוך שמחה והנשים יש להם צער לידה ע”כ לקחה את התוף בידה ותצאן כל הנשים אחריה בתופים ובמחולות כדי שתחול עליהם רוח הקודש מתוך שמחה.

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