מִרְיָם קִבְּלָה תּוֹרָה מִסִּינַי | Miriam received the Torah from Sinai, by Rabbah Rinat Safania

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Rabbi Lior Nevo (translation) and Rabbah Rinat Safania

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Sefirat ha-Omer, Mussar (Ethical Teachings), Minḥah l'Shabbat

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Avot and Imahot, Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism

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Source (Hebrew)

Translation (English)

מִרְיָם קִבְּלָה תּוֹרָה מִסִּינַי
וּמְסָרַתָּהּ לִבְנוֹת צְלָפְחָד
וּבְנוֹת צְלָפְחָד לִדְבוֹרָה,
וּדְבוֹרָה לְרוּת,
וְרוּת מְסָרַתָּהּ לִבְרוּרְיָה
הֵן אָמְרוּ שְׁלֹשָׁה דְּבָרִים:
הַשְׁמִיעוּ אֶת קוֹלְכֶן
וְהַעֲמִידוּ תַּלְמִידוֹת הַרְבֵּה
וַעֲשׂוּ דְּרָשׁ לַתּוֹרָה.

Miriam received the Torah from Sinai
and transmitted it to the Daughters of Zelopheḥad,
and the Daughters of Zelopheḥad to Deborah,
and Deborah to Ruth,
and Ruth transmitted it to Beruriah.
They said three things:
Make your voice heard,
raise up many disciples
and interpret the Torah.

This presentation of the lineage of the Mesorah, from Miriam the prophet to Beruriah the sage, parallels the well-known opening to the first chapter of Pirqei Avot (which only includes a patriarchal lineage). I hope there will be more maxims forthcoming. As my friend and teacher, Rabbi Yaakov Reef says: “Ethics of the Fathers is all well and good, but we won’t move forward until we study the Ethics of the Mothers.” –Aharon Varady

“מִרְיָם קִבְּלָה תּוֹרָה מִסִּינַי” by Rabbah Rinat Safania appears in תפילת האדם, סידור רפורמי ישראלי (2020), the Israeli Reform Movement siddur edited by Rabbi Alona Lisitsa (Ph.D.) and Rabbi Dr. Dalia Marx. English translation by Rabbi Lior Nevo. (Thank you all!)

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Tefilat ha-Adam (Israeli Reform Movement, 2020)

Tefilot ha-Adam p.103

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“מִרְיָם קִבְּלָה תּוֹרָה מִסִּינַי | Miriam received the Torah from Sinai, by Rabbah Rinat Safania” is shared through the Open Siddur Project with a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International copyleft license.

Rabbi Lior Nevo (translation)

Rabbi Lior Nevo serves as a chaplain at Hebrew SeniorLife, in the Greater Boston Area. She grew up in Jerusalem, Israel, and has a bachelor’s degree in Bible and Jewish Thought from Hebrew University in Jerusalem. She got her master’s degree in Pluralistic Jewish Education in a joint program of Hebrew University and Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion. In 2015 Lior was ordained as a rabbi at HUC-JIR in Jerusalem.

Rabbah Rinat Safania

רינת צפניה שוורץ נשואה ואם לאחד. גדלה בירושלים ומתגוררת בקיבוץ נען. למדה תואר ראשון פסיכולוגיה באוניברסיטת באר שבע ותואר שני ייעוץ חינוכי בתל אביב. תואר שני נוסף בחינוך יהודי פלורליסטי באוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים. הוסמכה לרבנות בהיברו יונין קולג בירושלים. אשת חינוך וטיפול , רבה מייסדת של קהילה ישראלית שוויונית שוהם. עורכת טקסי מעגל חיים ומלווה זוגות לפני חתונה בתהליך אישי משמעותי אשר שיאו בטקס חתונה מלא בשמחה שוויוני בעיצוב אישי המשלב חידוש ומסורתֿ.

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