Questions tagged [women]
Questions about or that apply specifically to women.
647
questions
1
vote
1answer
57 views
Is anything else known about King Ahab's sister, who according to the medrish was a Judean queen?
In I Kings 16:22, Rashi quotes Seder Olam that King Asa, the righteous king of Judea, married his son Yehoshafat (also a good guy) to the daughter of the not-so-righteous King Omri of North Israel.
Of ...
-5
votes
1answer
191 views
Which rabbis say that women were not created in the divine image? [closed]
Some scholars (I can identify them privately if anyone wishes to know who they are) insist that the rabbis deny women creation in the divine image. After much searching, I have only found two rabbis ...
2
votes
1answer
176 views
Yaavetz regarding the story with Yehudis not happening on Chanuka
Rabbi Yaakov Emden writes in his מור וקציעה seen here, in last paragraph of the second column, that the story of Yehudis had nothing to do with Chanuka and actually happened during the first exile.
...
1
vote
0answers
57 views
Womens' Yartzheits
There are plenty of resources that list yartzheits of famous tzaddikim. There have been plenty of famous women of note throughout the ages. Is there anywhere I can find a list of yartzheits of famous ...
6
votes
1answer
123 views
Walking behind a woman if you can't see her
The gemara in עירובין יח has a very interesting discussion, it wants to know according to the מ"ד that אדם and חוה were created together back-to-back שני פרצופים, who walked first (i.e. which ...
-1
votes
2answers
119 views
Does G-d equate women to objects?
In Exodus 20:14 it reads:
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house: you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife...or his ox or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor’s
Does G-d equate women to ...
0
votes
1answer
90 views
Is it genevat daat for a Noachide to have relations with a gentile woman without commitment if you met her in a place where people normally hookup?
In other words, does a man have to disclose his intentions before hooking up with a girl if they met in a place where it is assumed that people meet to hookup except she may be ignorant of that and ...
1
vote
2answers
145 views
Position on young women working
Are unmarried Jewish women allowed to work? (Volunteer or not volunteer, paid or unpaid) Why or why not? Please provide your sources accordingly. Please also provide which sects (if they are multiple ...
3
votes
1answer
1k views
Can a man nullify a woman's vow that was made before she became his wife upon hearing it?
In Bemidbar/Numbers 30 a man is allowed to cancel his wife's (and daughter's) vow after it comes to his attention. If the woman made the vow previously (in her father's house or from a previous ...
1
vote
0answers
61 views
What or how much did a woman own within the household during Ancient Israel?
In Shemoth/Exodus 21:10 it states:
If he marries another wife, her [the first wife's] food, her clothing, and her conjugal rights, shall he not diminish.
אִם-אַחֶרֶת, יִקַּח-לוֹ--שְׁאֵרָהּ כְּסוּתָהּ ...
2
votes
1answer
90 views
What does “tranquil women” mean here?
In the amazing letter written by the Vilna Gaon, he writes:
But the main way to merit Olam Haba is by guarding one's tongue. That is worth more than all the Torah and good deeds. This is the meaning ...
6
votes
2answers
212 views
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 ...
3
votes
3answers
153 views
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 ...
3
votes
1answer
223 views
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 ...
1
vote
0answers
71 views
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 ...
8
votes
1answer
1k views
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 ...
2
votes
1answer
74 views
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 ...
2
votes
1answer
149 views
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 ...
3
votes
1answer
140 views
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 ...
1
vote
0answers
203 views
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 ...
0
votes
0answers
116 views
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
-1
votes
3answers
230 views
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 ...
0
votes
1answer
122 views
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." ...
1
vote
1answer
454 views
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 ...
3
votes
1answer
115 views
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 ...
5
votes
7answers
1k views
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 ...
2
votes
2answers
465 views
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 ...
-2
votes
1answer
196 views
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 (...
0
votes
1answer
36 views
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 ...
1
vote
0answers
76 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
99 views
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 ...
-3
votes
2answers
166 views
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 ...
1
vote
0answers
142 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
139 views
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 ...
0
votes
1answer
97 views
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?
1
vote
1answer
123 views
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
1
vote
4answers
226 views
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?
5
votes
2answers
260 views
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 ...
5
votes
1answer
254 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
68 views
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?
0
votes
0answers
87 views
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 ...
3
votes
4answers
3k views
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 ...
3
votes
2answers
219 views
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 ...
2
votes
1answer
152 views
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 ...
0
votes
0answers
73 views
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 ...
1
vote
3answers
765 views
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 ...
1
vote
3answers
167 views
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 ...
2
votes
1answer
153 views
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.), ...
1
vote
1answer
119 views
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 ...
1
vote
2answers
117 views
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 ...
