May we appreciate the different levels of relationship with God, whether it’s daughter, sister, or mother, and may we build from awe of God, to love of God and finally to divine abundance and transcendence. The highest level is the level of “mother,” and it is one of divine bounty and transcendence and is represented by the Kohen Gadol, who due to his great humility serves as a conduit for abundance and holiness from above that reaches all of Israel.
The middle level is one of “sister” that is predicated on love of God and is the level of Israel and the Kohens. She tells the story of Jochebed, a mother who took enormous risks to protect her son, Moses, from Pharaoh. The simplest level is that of “daughter” and it is founded on the trait of awe and fear of God. In The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak, Shannon Bream examines the lives of biblical women to see how God's plans can turn our worlds upside down. The Bat Ayin further develops that there are three general levels in one’s possible connection to God: “daughter,” “sister,” and “mother.” If the Kohen Gadol is indeed a humble servant, then he reaches a higher level of service than his brothers. He elaborates that when the Talmud states that the Kohen Gadol doesn’t have anything, it can also mean that he has no arrogance, and that rather he is fully possessed of the trait of humility. Rebecca Mbetsa, the mother of 31-year-old Mercy Chai, searched for her daughters remains at the hospital mortuary in Malindi.'There was a time she got ill and she refused to go to hospital, saying her faith did not allow her to.
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