{"id":3914,"date":"2011-09-01T19:32:53","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T02:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/216.92.17.21\/?p=3914"},"modified":"2011-09-02T00:10:33","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T07:10:33","slug":"preface-%e2%80%94-rebbes-queer-daughters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beitmalkhut.org\/?p=3914","title":{"rendered":"preface \u2014 the rebbe’s queer daughters \u2014 the uriel tree"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Uriel Tree grew from ancient times to the present almost nowhere on earth.<\/em><\/p>\n

But where it took root, it grew hardy and strong, and could survive where others could not.
\n<\/em>It preferred, unbelievably enough, arid, marginal environs where not much else could survive.
\n<\/em>Curiously, it did not at all mind the wind, or even, on occasion, a thick damp fog.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

But the Tree grew lonely in its preferred clime, and so it befriended a she-goat,
\nand taught the black silky-haired one her secrets.
\n<\/em>The goat laughed, being fairly light-hearted, and agreed to be complicit in the affairs of the Tree.
\nIn gratitude, the Tree grew for the goat thorny spines, treacherous to other beasts
\nwho could neither access nor digest them.
\nThus, a Covenant was made between the Tree and the Goat, binding them together.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Generation after generation, goats, both male and female, have honored the secrets of the Uriel Tree
\nand imparted the knowledge of the Tree to their keepers (if they had any),
\nif and when their keepers seemed so attuned.
\nThus, in each family there might be a maiden who was chosen to learn of the gifts of the Tree,
\nif she were willing to labor on the Tree\u2019s behalf, knowledge, after all, entailing obligation.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

Malkah was one such maiden.\u00a0 But surely, she is not alone.<\/em><\/p>\n

* * * *<\/em><\/p>\n

This is how the tale begins, as absurd as it may sound. I\u2019ve found solid evidence for much of it\u2014especially about Malkah.
\nI know this part of the tale the best, for she is, after all, my sister.
\nI\u2019ve watched her.\u00a0 And I\u2019ve followed.<\/em><\/p>\n

This tale is for her. This tale is in her memory.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Uriel Tree grew from ancient times to the present almost nowhere on earth. But where it took root, it grew hardy and strong, and could survive where others could not. It preferred, unbelievably enough, arid, marginal environs where not much else could survive. Curiously, it did not at all mind the wind, or even,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[250,216,812],"tags":[807,809,811,806,813],"class_list":["post-3914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-essays","category-kaddish-in-two-part-harmony","category-altteach","tag-alternate-teachings","tag-megilat-malkah","tag-preface","tag-the-rebbes-queer-daughters","tag-uriel-tree"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beitmalkhut.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beitmalkhut.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beitmalkhut.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beitmalkhut.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beitmalkhut.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3914"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/beitmalkhut.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3948,"href":"https:\/\/beitmalkhut.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3914\/revisions\/3948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beitmalkhut.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beitmalkhut.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beitmalkhut.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}