A cup filled with water in honor of the prophetess Myriam and used during the Passover seder meal.
Miriam and the Passover story.
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Miriam’s Cups: Drawing from the Source: Miriam, Women’s Creativity and New Ritual. New York: Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion Museum, 1997.
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