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Women Identify Their Own Superpower

  • August 2026
  • The Jewish Voice
Two women smiling together at the community farbrengen

Community women recently came together for a farbrengen that left everyone feeling seen, inspired, and uplifted. Participants dove into the story of the daughters of Zelophehad — five sisters who changed Torah law forever by simply having the courage to stand up and ask — and from there women shared their own struggles, dreams, and moments of quiet strength they had never put into words before.

The group explored the powerful hasidic teaching that a woman’s greatest superpower is not to conquer by force, but to elevate — to transform the ordinary into something holy — and every woman in the room recognized herself in that. The evening closed with each woman naming her own “portion” — the unique piece of the world that only she can fill.