מֹשֶׁ֣ה יְדַבֵּ֔ר וְהָאֱלֹקים יַעֲנֶ֥נּוּ בְקֽוֹל
Moshe spoke and God answered him with a voice (Exodus 19:19)
The midrash explains this phrase — which appears in the midst of the revelation at Mount Sinai — to mean that God gave Moshe might and power and supported his voice as he spoke. In this meditation, we explore what it would feel like for us, too, to feel God’s nurturing loving support empowering us to reclaim our own voice.
Sources (in the order they appear in the meditation)::
Mekhilta deRabbi Yishmael, Bachodesh, 4:10
Rashi on Exodus 19:19
Rabbeinu Bechaye on Exodus 19:19
Psalm 29:5
Shemot Rabbah 1:26
Quote about love is from M. Scott Peck as quoted in bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions, p. 4: “[love is] the will to extend oneself for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth.”
Exodus 15:21 (Miriam)
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