Eshet Chayil is a twenty-two verse poem with which King Solomon concludes the book of Proverbs (Proverbs 31). The poem has an acrostic arrangement in which the verses begin with the letters of the Hebrew al phabet in regular order. The poem describes the woman of valor as one who is energetic, righteous, and capable.
Over the last decade I continuously find myself challenged with the question of the right balance between continuing to unleash my creative juices into my professional life and fulfilling my natural maternal role of having children and raising a family.
The work Eshet Chayil deals with this dilemma by pushing the limits of issues such as feminine identity, feminism, motherhood and career.