Questions tagged [women]
Questions about or that apply specifically to women.
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When Pesach falls on Motzei Shabbos, should women make Havdallah?
Although there are numerous customs, some have the custom that all present at the Seder - including women - recite Kiddush together.
On a year such as this, where pesach falls on Motzei Shabbos, what ...
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Were women learning Torah before Sarah Schenirer?
As many know, Sarah Schenirer started a movement that influenced learning for women, and the Bais Yaakov system we all know of today.
Even though learning Torah Shel Ba'al Peh was heavily discouraged ...
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Why is it that you are not allowed to be intimate with your wife during niddah, but you are allowed to eat food prepared by a niddah?
I understand the basis from Leviticus for prohibiting intimacy during the niddah period.
The answers to this question say that there is no issue with eating food cooked by a Niddah because "even ...
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Were women present in the Temple when offering the Korban Pesach?
Women are obligated to bring a korban Pesach. The mishna even talks about a group of women doing their own.
So does that mean in the afternoon of the 14th of Nissan, you'd find both men and women in ...
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How Do Modern Orthodox Women Typically Dress?
I am currently studying to convert (as you can tell I still have quite a ways to go but I will get there eventually) and, for awhile I was set on conservative but, recently, I've been quite ...
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Looking for Avot deRabbi Natan B ch 9 & 42 *in English*
I'm translating an essay from French into English, and the author references Avot deRabbi Nathan version B twice. One quote is from chapter 9. The other is cited as being from chapter 42 and ...
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The woman who killed King Avimelekh
The Book of Judges relates how Avimelekh, the son of Gideon rose to power and made himself a king by killing his seventy brothers. His eventual fate came, when he sieged Teiveitz and wanted to take a ...
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How many time-bound positive mitzvot are women obligated in?
Women are generally not obligated in positive mitzvot bound by time. There are some exceptions, such as eating matzah on Pesach and making kiddush on Shabbat. What other time-bound positive mitzvot ...
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When is a wife categorized as a moredet?
I understand there are two main reasons that a wife would be categorized as a moredet
She refused to be intimate with her husband to cause him distress
She refuses to be intimate with her husband ...
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What is the punishment for a Jewish woman who sleeps with a gentile (Non Jewish man)? Is the man and woman both punished?
To my understanding the woman may receive lashes but what is the offense for the man? Sources please.
And are they punished?
Yes I am talking about an unmarried woman
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Why does the Torah say a woman has “sperm” or “seed”?
Why does the Torah say a woman has "sperm" or "seed" (for example, Genesis 24:60, and in other passages)?
And they blessed Rebecca and said to her, "Our sister, may you ...
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The Maharam Schick being melamed zechus on all formal greetings to a woman
According to this page https://shulchanaruchharav.com/halacha/extending-greetings-to-a-woman/ "see Maharam Shick E.H. 53 that is Mailameid Zechus on all forms of greetings of formality." ...
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Where in the Tanakh is it derived that females are to cover their heads when praying?
Where in the Tanakh is it extrapolated that females are to cover their heads or hair when praying or reciting the name of HaShem?
I form this question upon reading the following: Women and girls ...
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Is a man allowed to say a bracha for a woman if it is a mitzvat aseh shehazman grama and he has already fulfilled his mitzvah?
The Rama in Orach Chaim 589:6 states that a man may not say a bracha on the shofar for women who have not yet heard it, if he has already fulfilled his obligation. Why wouldn't the concept of arvut ...
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Why does the Torah not make more concessions to the evil inclination?
The Torah says:
When you take ... your enemies ... captive, and you see among them a woman of beautiful form, and you desire her, you may take her to yourself as a wife. [Deuteronomy 21:11]
But the ...
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Where in the Tanakh is the subject of head-covering or hair-covering for females taught or hinted?
Where in the Tanakh is the subject of head-covering or hair-covering for females taught or hinted?
(I have researched MiYodeya and the similar questions or answers are based on non-Tanakh passages. I ...
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How could anyone think Rashi's daughters wore Tefillin?
There is a widely-held theory that Rashi's daughters wore Tefillin.
Rashi here seems to say there is a Bal Tosif (prohibition to add on a commandment) if a women does a Mitzvat Aseh Shehazman Grama (...
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bran in the bathhouse for use as a cleanser
In Mishna Pesahim (2:7)
MISHNA: A woman may not soak coarse bran to bring by
hand to the bathhouse for use as a cleanser; however, she may rub
coarse bran on her dry skin.
Where can we find ...
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Gendered text for Gomel
related to Bentching Ha-Gommel after a Birth
Do women bentch gomel less often?
According to some opinions, a woman can say the thanksgiving blessing ("bentch gomel")
The text that one says ...
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How could Abba Ḥilkiyya do that?
In the Gemara in Berochos daf 61 it says that one may not walk behind ones wife.
So how is it that Abba Ḥilkiyya in Tananis daf 23 went after his wife into the house, even if he didn't want to check ...
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G-D’ Instructions: Why didn’t G-D teach the ancient Israelites to have more respect for women? [closed]
Why didn’t G-D teach the ancient Israelites to have more respect for women. HE never reproached men for have multiple wives and concubines. He never reproached people for giving their children away to ...
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Why no women beards? [closed]
Since the Zohar (1:205b) explains everything in the physical world mirrors everything in the spiritual world, what is the Torah reason why the Creator didn't have women grow beards too? (I can't ...
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Ben Ish Chai against taking photos of females?
I heard that the Ben Ish Chai was very against having women in photos, so much so that a woman would even be taken out of Gan Eden a hundred years after her photo was taken if someone looks at it. Is ...
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Is it acceptable to ask in reverent prayer for a BOAZ to come into one’s life? [closed]
Is it acceptable for a widow to ask in reverent prayer for a BOAZ to come into her life?
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How was the concubine of givah killed
What killed the concubine of givah.
What is the natural explanation.
It does not seem natural that mass rape can kill someone overnight.
Source please
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Source for women being on higher spiritual level?
What is the source for the concept that women are on a higher spiritual level to start than men?
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What is the antidote for a woman's yetzer hara?
The Gemora in Kiddushin 30b says
כך הקב"ה אמר להם לישראל בני בראתי יצר הרע ובראתי לו תורה תבלין ואם
אתם עוסקים בתורה אין אתם נמסרים בידו
So said Hashem to Israel, "My children, I created the ...
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Who exactly is the “kedesha” according to Rambam's interpretation?
I am an Italian noahide.
My question expresses a purely intellectual curiosity, concerning the Jews and not the Gentiles.
I cannot understand what is the exact definition of "kedesha" by Rambam , as ...
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Does the law not to say G-d's name without a head covering apply to woman? [duplicate]
Does the law not to say G-d's name without a head covering ( Relationship between wearing a kippa and reciting a blessing ) apply to woman?
Source?
If not, why not?
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Wearing a birthstone or simply a gemstone as a man
Is a birthstone or any gemstone for that matter kosher for a man to wear (e.g: around the neck) according to the Rabbis or is it prohibited as 'You shall not wear a woman's garment as that is a ...
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Do women need to marry to be fulfilled?
The Talmud says:
Rabbi Tanhum stated in the name of Rabbi Hanilai: A man who has no wife lives without joy, without blessing, and without goodness. (Yevamot 62b)
Is there a parallel quote anywhere ...
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Laws of inheritance according to the Torah still applicable?
I was wondering if the inheritance Torah laws were still applicable in Western countries like US or France.
First question
For example, in France, by law a parent can not disinherit one of his ...
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Are women less generous with guests than men?
Bava Metzia 87a:
The verse states: “Make ready quickly three measures of flour, fine flour” (Genesis 18:6). The Gemara questions the apparent redundancy. It is written: “Flour,” and it is also ...
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Do Women Look at Fingers for Havdala?
At least in some communities, women haven't been seen looking at their fingers during havdala for the bracha on fire. (Badei Hashulchan (96:12) – לא ראיתי שנשים יביטו בצפרנים אחר בומ״ה) Is it just me ...
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Was there a tradition that Jewish girls desired to be the mother of the messiah?
Are there any Jewish historical traditions that young Jewish girls often hoped and desired to be the mother of the messiah?
For this question, I am interested in the historical time period of the 1st ...
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Source for “no Yetzer Harah when a Torah Scroll is opened/read”?
Following my question on "separation of men and women on Hakhel",
in this Drashah (thanks Lee) R' Uri Sherki (Mercaz Harav) explains the lack of separation of men and women on Hakhel by the fact ...
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Was Hakhel performed in separation of men and women?
Mitzvat Hakhel requires the presence of men, women, and children in the Azara (135x135 Ama incl. 4 Lishachot), with a tremendous density (for 600K grown-up men it's around 4M people per 4,000 sq.m.), ...
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Why did the Rambam poskin that a Woman can’t be a King of Yisrael or Moshiach?
We know that many woman were Prophets, Judges, & Warriors, all qualities necessary to rule, so why did the Rambam determine that a girl cannot become a King or Moshiach? What’s the logic behind ...
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What is the official title for the wife of a Jewish king?
The Rambam in Hilchos Melachim U'Milchamot 1:5 writes:
אֵין מַעֲמִידִין אִשָּׁה בְּמַלְכוּת שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יז טו) "עָלֶיךָ מֶלֶךְ" וְלֹא מַלְכָּה.
We may not appoint a woman to the ...
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What is Rambam's source that the Sages issued a command to not teach your daughter Torah?
The Mishnah in Sotah (3:4) states:
אם יש לה זכות היתה תולה לה יש זכות תולה שנה אחת יש זכות תולה ב' שנים יש זכות תולה ג' שנים מכאן אומר בן עזאי חייב אדם ללמד את בתו תורה שאם תשתה תדע שהזכות תולה לה ר&...
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Annulment of women's nedarim
Can vows made by women nowadays still be annulled by father or husband (until sunset of the same day), as described in this week's parshah (mattos), or is this a practice of biblical/talmudic times ...
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What is the prohibition in women attending immodest parties?
Although females are not subject to the same prohibition as men, I am assuming that attending a party in which there are others immodestly dressed should also be a questionable environment for women. ...
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Why were women doing Brit Milah to their sons?
Unintentionally bumped into this verse (Macabbees A) that appears to be historically authentic:
והנשים אשר מלו את בניהן הומתו על פי המלך.
(And women who circumcised their sons were executed)
Do ...
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Is it permitted to learn Torah with one's wife?
Is it permitted to learn Torah with one's wife?
And if so, are there any special recommendations for what to study with her?
Generally speaking I understand that men don't take women as Chavrutas, ...
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Did Beruriah add to, “Women are light-headed,” to say, “…except Beruriah”?
I'm seeing a couple of secondary sources which suggest, without citing a primary source, that Beruriah may have supplemented her husband's teaching "Women are light-headed", either orally or in ...
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Are women allowed to have an alternative lifestyle haircut?
Is it permissible for a woman have a haircut where they shave half of her hair off and leave the other side of her hair untouched - a style strongly associated with lesbians, bisexuals, transgender ...
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Are women allowed to have a boy short haircut?
According to halacha, are women permitteed to have their hair styled in a man-typical way?
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Women answering “amen” to a bracha over a man's mitzvah [duplicate]
Can/should a woman answer "amen" to a bracha a man makes over a mitzvah specific to men? For example, tzitzis, tefillin, etc.
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Obligation and being included in a minyan
According to this answer, if six men are davening and ten men are present, the six can recite Kaddish and Kedushah. The case discussed is if the other four are not obligated because they already ...
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What is meant by “congregational honor” regarding disallowing women reading the Torah publically?
The Talmud Bavli (Megillah 23a) says that while, if a woman read from the Torah it counts towards the required 7 aliyot, the chachamim disallowed it because of kavod hatzibbur - the respect for the ...
