The Women’s Division of the Jewish Federation of Portland invited 20 Portland women to create original Miriam Cups for the first Women’s seder in 1999.

The Miriam Cup is a new ritual object placed on the Passover seder table to symbolize the importance of the Biblical figure, Miriam, the sister of Moses. She found water for the Israelites as they wandered in the desert and led the people in song and dance to celebrate the crossing of the Red Sea.

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Barbara Atlas	Rochelle Atlas	Avital	Sidonie Caron	Sara Harwin	Julie Hockley
Me'irah Illinsky	Jamie Isenstein	Robin Jensen	Marney Pike	Jan Rabinowitch	Melissa Rubin
Marlene Ruden	Roberta Scherzer	Willa Schneberg	Manya Shapiro	Mara Shlachter	Paula Stewart
Marty Stone	Inez Weissman

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