The day after Miriam was born, her mother walked into the Polyseh river and drowned herself. For seven years, Miriam lived with her wet nurse Lipsa, until Miriam’s father remarried and called for her. Miriam was raised by Tsila, her father’s new wife. Tsila taught Miriam the Torah and the aleph-bes. As Miriam grew up, her world changed, bit by bit
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