In this episodes, Jill examines the births of the children of Leah, Bilhah, Zilpah, and Rachel. The specific focus is on how the naming speeches of their children shed insight into the dynamics of one very complicated family.

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mulcv8K9-CDLhYpSVxHGrzicUWA_iF2w/view?usp=sharing

Sources for this episode include Wil Gafney's monograph Womanist Midrash and Joan Ross-Burstall's article “Leah and Rachel: A Tale of Two Sisters.” A full list of citations is available at nygbspodcast.wordpress.com.

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