FROM THE WELL OF OUR MOTHERS

Written by Baila Vorhand

Introducing Be'era shel Miriam

"When I took you out of Mitzrayim," Hashem says, "I sent before you three leaders: Moshe, Aharon, and Miriam." (Michah 6:4)

Each of these three leaders had a distinct task: Moshe Rabbeinu transmitted the dinim; Aharon secured kaparah; and Miriam's task was לְהוֹרָאָה לַנָּשִׁים—to teach Torah to the women.

Our physical needs were met in the zchus of these three great leaders. We had mann in the zchus of Moshe; the Ananei HaKavod in the zchus of Aharon; and the be'er in the zchus of Miriam.

There is a connection between Miriam's Torah and Miriam's water.

Torah was given from Above. Then we absorb it deeply and live it through the doing and being of our lives. That process causes a vast world of chiddushim to rise from within the Torah, like water from a well.

Enjoy the waters of Miriam's Well.

(Adapted from Gilyon 1, Elul 5786)