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TRANSCENDING GENDER ROLES AS AN EXPERSSION OF G@D'S WILL

I was inspired while reading the JOFA (Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance) spring newsletter this morning. It mentioned how in the early 19th century, Hasidic Rabbi Kalonymous Kalman Epstein interpreted Miriam's dance on the banks of the sea as a symbol of the equality men & women will enjoy in the world to come:

"In the future there will no longer be the categories of male & female. All will come to realize the divine light equally. This is just like a circle dance, where every part of the circle's circumference is equidistant from the centre. So will all absorb the clear light of divinity equally. This was the intention of the prophetess Miriam. She had all the women follow her & performed circle dances with them, in order to draw upon the supernal light from the place where the categories of male & female do not exist (Ma'or va-Shemesh, B'shalakh)."

G@d willing, may this time come soon, in our days, when all people will be children of G@d, children of Light. & there will be no fear, or violence, or grief. Only Unity.