Recently a reader told me there was a loose end in JOHEVED that bothered her and asked if I'd tied it up in MIRIAM. To my surprise, she wondered what happened to the sugar shoes that Meir gave Joheved at Purim (Ch. 15). She kept thinking that someone would eat them, probably Rachel, and when that didn't happen, she asked if the sugar shoes got eaten in book two.
I admitted that I had forgotten about them, and considering that the 37-year-old sugar bell decoration from my own wedding cake is still standing, I saw no reason why Joheved's sugar shoes shouldn't also last a long time. So I decided to have her youngest son, Jacob (a mischievous boy who will eventually become Rashi's greatest grandchild, Rabbenu Tam) eat them in Book Three - RACHEL.
So here's your chance, readers. What other loose end would you like to see tied up in RACHEL? Or anything else that needs more explanation? A character you wanted to know about? I'm now writing chapter eight, and if I'm going to put these plot points in, I need to know about them now.
Feel free to email me at author@rashisdaughters.com
I just got back from a week in New York City, attending the Jewish Book Network and BEA (more on this later). It took several days to go through my email and snail mail, and when I eventually opened the new issue of Reform Judaism Magazine (which goes to over 400,000 Reform households), I got a big surprise. There on page 9,"Rashi's Daughters" is recommended as a 'Significant Jewish Book.'
These are books that every Jewish home should contain. Wow! You can read the full review online. This is an amazing honor for me and I had to share it with you. I just hope this doesn't mean that Conservative and Orthodox Jews won't read it now.