God's response to Miriam's spoken outrage and disdain is to afflict her with what we know as leprosy, turning her skin "white ...

his faith a burning bush that always burned. Although Miriam was not Moses’ “little sister,” but his older sister, who heroically helped his mother save his life when it was threatened by ...

The second was Miriam, Yocheved’s daughter and Moses’ elder sister ... they let the boys live” (Exodus 1:17). Summoned and accused of disobedience, they outwitted Pharaoh by constructing ...

The Midrash says Miriam led the women in a parallel recital of Moses’ song. The Biur and Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch say that Miriam and the women were the chorus, repeating the first line of ...

Miriam's Early Courage and Wisdom Miriam, the elder sister of Moses and Aaron, is first introduced in the Book of Exodus during a perilous time for the Israelites. The Pharaoh of Egypt ...