Miriam HaNeviah

Men, masculine imagery, and references to God as male dominate traditional Jewish liturgy. Recent liturgical innovations have expanded prayer to include women and feminine God language. This prayer integrates the story of one of the few women to be called a prophet in the Hebrew Bible. Modeled after prayers about male prophets that serve important roles in various prayer and ritual contexts, the liturgist emphasizes Miriam’s important place in the theological narrative of redemption. The poem offers a parallel to the prayers about Elijah the prophet that can be integrated into key ritual moments at Passover and the end of the Sabbath.