If Moses had a powerful mama and a rockstar sister, then what more does he need but a badass wife — and with Tzipporah, Midianite priestess and racial-justice warrior, it’s evident from the start. En route back to Egypt with his new wife and two kids in tow, Moses is accosted by an Angel of God (aka Angel of Death) at a roadside motel, all because in his I’m-running-away-from-being-Israelite-stage he’d overlooked circumcising his son. While he was being swallowed by a boa constrictor and fighting for his life, Tzipporah steps in with a sharp flintstone and a sharp sense of what to do: She slices off that foreskin, appeases God, and off we go to Egypt. So to those who say mohels (ritual circumcisors) can’t be women, just a reminder.


haggadah Section: Maggid - Beginning
Source: Rishe Groner for Hey Alma