(Apparently not) Pissing off Ed

Proof* that Tzipporah the Midianite is also the "Cushite woman" referred to in this week's parsha comes from a simple Gematria:

צִפֹּרָה

The value of Tzipporah = 49

הָאִשָּׁה הַכֻּשִׁית

The value of "The Cushite Woman" = 101

which is simply a redundant way of referring to Tzipporah - the woman, the Cushite

(49+49 = 98)

in the presence of the three neviim

(Aharaon, Miriam, and Moshe = 3)

Incidentally, it is no accident that Tzipporah's number is 49. She is the bridge between Moshe's affiliation with his own people, and the acceptance of his path in their salvation (which leads to Sinai), just as we must count 7 weeks between Pesach and Shavuot.

(*Yes, I am kidding. Gematria is hilarious, don'tcha think?)