Vayikra: The Serving Women Are Called

And he made the laver of coper, and the base of copper, of the mirrors of the serving women that did service

at the door of the tent of meeting.   Exodus 38:8

 

We  arrive

the women

who serve

Sacred Presence

moved by our hearts

freely offering

our attendance

at the sacred mouth

of the Mishkan -

our mirrors

melted to 

become the vessel

and stand

holding

the cleansing

waters of our mother

Miriam.  May all 

those who enter

on behalf of us all

be purified from

our narrowed 

reflections of self, 

melting into the wider vision

that sees into the root 

of the word for copper,

the concealed energies

of snake, She

who has taken us before

from unity to separation

and now is willing

to lead us back

over this threshold.

 

We the daughters of Aaron,

grand-daughters

of Serach, Miriam,

Yocheved, 

inheritors of the 

path of the seven women

prophets and all

un-named

but not

forgotten women

who arrive

in and out of time

with our yearning,

our willingness to

offer our 

gifts 

 

we speak

we receive

we belong.