The teaching
In this week's Torah portion... when Miriam dies, the well of water that miraculously accompanied the people in the desert disappears.
Miriam's life was bound up with water, starting as a young girl, when she watched over her baby brother Moshe, as he floated in the basket down the river.
After the miracle of the sea splitting, she led the women in song and dance. In her merit, a mobile water well miraculously sustained the people through the desert.
Water passively yields, yet overcomes. It adapts... yet never loses its nature as it moves forward.
Miriam teaches us that true strength — as in Tai Chi — is adaptability and continuous flow. It is the quiet, life-giving power that nourishes us.
