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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:14.0pt'><font size=3
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>May I
summarise and hope to clarify:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:14.0pt'><font size=3
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
Medrash explains that Miryam was so named since she was MoFiah Panim.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:14.0pt'><font size=3
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
Matnos Kehuna explains this to mean Chutzpah. Chutzpah may indeed be a relative
value but Chazal are describing her behaviour as Chutzpah.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:14.0pt'><font size=3
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
reading of the Medrash indicates that it is a badge of honour.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:14.0pt'><font size=3
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Is it
not reasonable to propose that Chazal wish to convey the importance of sometimes
needing to step over the boundaries of diplomacy in order to get a message
across?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:14.0pt'><font size=3
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>There is
a similar sharp rebuke that Chana directs at the Cohen Gadol, Eli, when he
mistakenly accuses her of being intoxicated. Again this is a perspective that
even a close reading of the text would not disclose.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:14.0pt'><font size=3
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:14.0pt'><font size=3
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>On another
point: the same Medrash reports that Miryam said to her father Amrom, the Rosh
Sanhedrin, that he is a tzaddik and as a such his decree will certainly be fulfilled.
Can anyone shed some light on this? What is the power of a tzaddik that ensures
his mistaken evil decree will be successful?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:14.0pt'><font size=3
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>meir<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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