Miriam's death - in text and midrash

Washington Jewish Week | July 3, 2008| | Copyright

This week's Torah portion is Chukat, Numbers 19:1-22:1.

In Chukat, this week's Torah reading, one of the outstanding figures of our Exodus history, Miriam, passes away. Miriam is somewhat of an anomaly in the role established for women from the book of Genesis. We know nothing of her own family life, with the exception of the names of her brothers.

She is neither identified in the biblical text as a wife nor a mother, but instead - in Exodus 15 - as a sister and as a prophetess. And in keeping with the unusual parameters of her character is the unusual and disquieting information about her ...

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