Shavuot

So we had a Tikkun Leil Shavuot, I made the chocolate cheesecake, it was unbelievably rich and we did some learning about activists. 'Which activist are you?' I asked, 'Korach the revolutionary? the Midwives with their civil disobedience? or the daughters of Zelophechad who changed the law with petitions from within?' And I had to ask myself the same question. Not so easy, really. Would I start a revolution? I'm not so sure. I certainly think there should be one - for a 3-4 day week. For paternity leave. For equal pay for women. Butu would I stand up and start it? Not so sure. What about the Midwives - would I just break the law if I thought it was wrong? Possibly. Yes, I can imagine being Shifra and Puah the Midwives in Egypt during the Israelites period of Slavery. Well, a cross between them and Zelophechad's lot who told Moshe that women should have inheritance rights too. So, I asked myself, tiredly as we chatted til almost midnight, enough talking, where to begin?