Women in Judaism have affected the course of Judaism over millenia. Their role is reflected in the Hebrew Bible, the Oral Law (the corpus of rabbinic literature)...
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In modern Rabbinic Judaism, the traditional method of determining Jewishness relies on tracing one's maternal line. According to halakha, the recognition...
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In Judaism, especially in Orthodox Judaism, there are a number of settings in which men and women are kept separate in order to conform with various elements...
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Judaism (Hebrew: יַהֲדוּת, romanized: Yahăḏūṯ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic ethnic religion that comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, and legal...
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Tzniut (redirect from Modesty in Judaism)
practice nowadays among Orthodox Jewish women. In Orthodox Judaism, men are generally not allowed to hear women sing, a prohibition called kol isha (literally...
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rabbinical ordination. Women as ordained rabbis are prominent in Progressive Jewish denominations, however, in Orthodox Judaism, the matter of ordination...
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ISBN 978-0-8264-1629-2. Swidler, Leonard (1976). Women in Judaism: The Status of Women in Formative Judaism. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0810809048...
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Conservative Judaism, also known as Masorti Judaism (Hebrew: יהדות מסורתית, romanized: Yahadut Masortit), is a Jewish religious movement that regards the...
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of the ribosome. Feminism in Israel Sexism in Israel Women in Judaism Women for Israel's Tomorrow Women of the Wall Women's Party (Israel) Gett: The Trial...
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Gender and Jewish studies (redirect from Gender and judaism)
present in Reconstructionist and Reform Judaism, but they also appear in Orthodox Judaism. Gender separation in Judaism Jewish feminism Women in Judaism Kate...
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Conversion to Judaism (Hebrew: גִּיּוּר, romanized: giyur or Hebrew: גֵּרוּת, romanized: gerut) is the process by which non-Jews adopt the Jewish religion...
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Haredi Judaism (Hebrew: יהדות חֲרֵדִית, romanized: Yahadut Ḥaredit, IPA: [ħaʁeˈdi]) is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that is characterized by its strict...
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Interfaith marriage in Judaism (also called mixed marriage or intermarriage) was historically looked upon with very strong disfavor by Jewish leaders,...
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Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ), formerly known as the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods, is the women's affiliate of the Union for Reform Judaism...
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Jewish views on homosexuality (redirect from Homosexuality in Judaism)
The subject of homosexuality and Judaism dates back to the Torah. The book of Vayikra (Leviticus) is traditionally regarded as classifying sexual intercourse...
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Tzitzit (redirect from Fringes (in Scripture))
Tallitot: How Jewish Prayer Shawls Have Changed Since Women Began Wearing Them". Women in Judaism: Contemporary Writings. 3 (2). University of Toronto...
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Crypto-Judaism is the secret adherence to Judaism while publicly professing to be of another faith; practitioners are referred to as "crypto-Jews" (origin...
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In Judaism, views on abortion draw primarily upon the legal and ethical teachings of the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the case-by-case decisions of responsa...
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Forbidden relationships in Judaism (איסורי ביאה Isurey bi'ah) are intimate relationships which are forbidden by prohibitions in the Torah or rabbinical...
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Jewish religious movements (redirect from Divisions of Judaism)
"denominations", include diverse groups within Judaism which have developed among Jews from ancient times. Today in the west, the most prominent divisions are...
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towards women, they are treated as women. Androgynos Gender and Judaism Intersex people and religion Intersex people in history "Arachin 4b ~ The Tumtum...
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semen in vain (in Hebrew: הוצאת זרע לבטלה) is (according to Orthodox Judaism) a Biblical prohibition derived from (Genesis 38:7), this is explained in the...
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In Judaism, ritual washing, or ablution, takes two main forms. Tevilah (טְבִילָה) is a full body immersion in a mikveh, and netilat yadayim is the washing...
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Reform Judaism, also known as Liberal Judaism or Progressive Judaism, is a major Jewish denomination that emphasizes the evolving nature of Judaism, the...
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Semitic neopaganism (category Judaism and paganism)
Priestess Through Conversations with Contemporary Spiritual Leaders". Women in Judaism. 5 (2). Grenn, D'vorah. "Welcome..." The Lilith Institute. Retrieved...
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Timeline of women rabbis Women as imams Women as theological figures Women in the Bible Women in Judaism Women rabbis The process by which a person is...
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Buddhism Women in Sikhism Women in Judaism Women in Christianity Women in Islam Women in Mormonism Yoga for women Yogini McDaniel 2004, p. 90. Brown 1998...
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Jewish views on marriage (redirect from Marriage in judaism)
Marriage in Judaism is the documentation of a contract between a Jewish man and a Jewish woman in which God is involved. In Judaism, a marriage can end...
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United Torah Judaism (Hebrew: יהדות התורה, Yahadut HaTora), often referred to by its electoral symbol Gimel (ג), is a Haredi, religious conservative...
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Hazzan (redirect from Role of the cantor in Judaism)
of Parshat Haketoret, a passage often read after the morning service in Judaism. Problems playing this file? See media help. A hazzan (/ˈhɑːzən/; Hebrew:...
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