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Introspection: A Scheduling Balance

Trina Novak

I don’t wear a Wonder Woman costume or a cape, but I do have superpowers. One, which I developed and worked on over time, is called seder, or order. This is a concept that is well embedded in our traditions. In the first few verses of Torah, God creates order

Rabbi Marla Feldman pictured with her book, Biblical Women Speak: Hearing Their Voices Through New and Ancient Midrash
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Biblical Women Speak: Bilhah, Emissary of Forgiveness

The Torah has many tales of the matriarchs, including Jacob's wives, Leah and Rachel. Yet little is known of their handmaids, Bilhah and Zilpah, who were the mothers of four of the twelve tribes. Who were they and how did they cope with their complicated family life? Rabbi Marla Feldman