In the final part of this 4-part series given at Pardes Jerusalem, Gila Fine discusses The Ministering Women’s Mirrors: What makes the Bible so afraid of love? Why does Moses seek to punish to ministering women? And how do bronze mirrors come to save the Jewish People? A reading of Midrash Tanhuma, Pekudei 9, through Ovid and Maharal, the Brothers Grimm and Jacques Lacan, George Orwell and Erich Fromm.
Click here for part 1 in this series – Rebbe’s Jar
Click here for part 2 in this series – R. Yehoshua b. Levi’s Knife
Click here for part 3 in this series – R. Meir’s Candle