Women’s Issues
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Women Rabbis
What do you think about women as rabbis? Answer: Thanks for asking the question. First, I just want to say that we just had a weekend retreat in my city and we had one of the greatest women spiritual speakers…
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Where are the Matriarchs?
Why are the matriarchs not mentioned in the first blessing of the Silent Amidah prayer? What’s the reason the Rabbis who wrote the prayer did not refer to them (directly) in the first blessing along with the patriarchs? Great question!…
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A Woman’s Head Covering
What is the reasoning behind the act of Jewish married woman covering their heads in public? Answer: The source is an inference found in Numbers (5; 18): a married woman, suspected of having been involved in an adulterous relationship, would…
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Treatment of Women
I was wondering what the Torah says about how men are suppose to view their wives. I have been having a problem in my marriage where I feel my husband has been verbally abusing me. If I could get some…
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Women in the Torah
I am also researching women in the world’s religions but I am trying to find passages from the Bible that depict women in a positive way. Can you suggest a few to help me? Abraham is told to listen to…
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The effect of dress
Can you please explain how the modest way we are told to dress effects us and our level of observance? This is a deep question, which I will begin to explore with you. But, like many deep questions, it is…
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Why can’t I have a child?
It’s been more than a year that we are trying to have a child and even after 6 months of medical treatment and suggestions by Rabbis I haven’t been able to conceive. I don’t understand how other women I see…
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Men and Women in the Synagogue
Why are men and women separated in Orthodox synagogues? Answer: According to many authorities, the source for separate seating in synagogues can be found in the design of the Temple in Jerusalem (destroyed in the year 68). The Talmud relates…
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Levirate Marriage Today
If Levirate marriage conflicts with the law of the land, eg laws of prohibited affinities for marriage, do (Orthodox) rabbis still solemnise Levirate marriages? If not, when did they stop doing so, and under whose decision? To my knowledge, Levirate…