Women rabbis and Torah scholars are individual Jewish women who are recognized for their studies of the Jewish religious tradition and often combine their...
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This is a timeline of women rabbis: 1930s 1935: In Germany, Regina Jonas became the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi. 1970s: 1972: Sally Priesand...
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Congress of Jewish Women, 1923 Jewish feminism List of Jewish feminists Women as theological figures Women rabbis and Torah scholars Rebbetzin (Yiddish)...
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Torah scholar must also be shown deference. It is also a commandment for teachers and rabbis to honor their students. Rabbis and Torah scholars, in order...
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Asenath Barzani (redirect from Rabbi Asenath Barzani)
His son and Asenath's father, Shemuel Barzani, a rabbi and mystic, was troubled by the status of the Torah among the Jews of Kurdistan and by the lack...
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openly gay rabbis and one of the first hundred women rabbis Susan Schnur, editor of Lilith Magazine Rebecca Alpert, rabbi, historian and professor Dan...
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entitled to follow their own rabbis' ruling, while their Degel HaTorah counterparts accused them of disrespecting Rabbi Eliashiv. The Agudat faction proceeded...
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Maharat (category Orthodox Jewish schools for women)
education of women[broken anchor] Women rabbis Women rabbis and Torah scholars § Orthodox Judaism Yeshivat Chovevei Torah - the Open Orthodox men's Yeshiva...
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Shalom Hartman Institute (category Jews and Judaism and pluralism)
research and education institute based in Jerusalem, that offers pluralistic Jewish thought and education to scholars, rabbis, educators, and Jewish community...
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Yoetzet halacha (category Women rabbis and Torah scholars)
for clear-cut situations, and take the more complicated questions to a talmid chacham (Torah Scholar) equipped to discern and decide between competing...
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by it for the Jews, as did the rabbis and scholars by that with which they were entrusted of the Scripture of God, and they were witnesses thereto. So...
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Paula Ackerman (category Women rabbis and Torah scholars)
inclusions of women rabbis as literary figures to appear in American Jewish literature. Timeline of women rabbis List of Reform rabbis Regina Jonas Sally...
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Dalia Marx (category Women rabbis and Torah scholars)
Accessed 18-05-2023. "Women Rabbis: Dalia Marx." Jewish Women's Archive. Accessed 18-05-2023. JWA Staff. "Dalia Marx." Jewish Women's Archive. Accessed 18-05-2023...
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Rabbinic authority (redirect from Daas Torah)
the notion of da'as Torah is viewed by Haredi rabbis as a long-established tradition within the Judaism, modern Orthodox scholars argue that the Haredi...
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Simchat Torah (Hebrew: שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה, lit. 'Torah celebration'; Ashkenazi: Simchas Torah), also spelled Simhat Torah, is a Jewish holiday that celebrates...
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Hebrew Bible (section Torah)
collection of Hebrew scriptures, comprising the Torah, the Nevi'im, and the Ketuvim. Different branches of Judaism and Samaritanism have maintained different versions...
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Midrasha (category Orthodox Jewish schools for women)
course-based Torah study for men and women, including the 3 year "Halacha Mastery Program" Women's ordination Women rabbis and Torah scholars § Orthodox...
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Maiden of Ludmir (category Women rabbis and Torah scholars)
commandments, including those not incumbent among women, and increased her Torah study. She gained fame as a scholar and holy woman with powers to perform miracles...
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Nechama Leibowitz (category Women rabbis and Torah scholars)
discussions on the weekly Torah portion Review of Iyunim The gilyonot, collected on sefaria Iyunim with suggested answers, Rabbi Mordechai Shpigelman Online...
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List of rabbinical schools (category Rabbis)
(for discussion of other Orthodox women's programs, see Women rabbis and Torah scholars § Orthodox Judaism generally, and re Midrashot). Common among Hassidim...
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Menachem Mendel Schneerson (redirect from Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson)
conversation with the great Torah scholars that were present at the wedding, such as Meir Shapiro and Menachem Ziemba. Menachem Mendel and Chaya Mushka were married...
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Tehilla Lichtenstein (category Women rabbis and Torah scholars)
Hirschenson Lichtenstein. See Baskin, J. (2000). " Women Who Would Be Rabbis: A History of Women's Ordination, 1889-1985". By Pamela S. Nadell (Book Review)...
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has focused on guiding Rabbis and scholars under its auspices to advance Torah observance among Black Jews in New York City, and build bridges with both...
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Soloveitchik rabbis were the official rabbis of Brisk, and each in turn was known as "the Brisker Rov". Today, Brisk refers to several yeshivas in Israel and the...
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Jewish views on homosexuality (redirect from Lesbian and Gay topics and 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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Jewish prayer (category Jewish prayer and ritual texts)
the rabbis set prayer at fixed times in fixed language, it was not their intention to issue a leniency and exempt women from this ritual act". "Rabbi David...
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Modern Orthodox Judaism (redirect from Canadian Yeshiva and Rabbinic School)
while the notion of da'as Torah is viewed by Haredi rabbis as a long-established tradition within Judaism, Modern Orthodox scholars argue that the Haredi...
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Miriam Shapira-Luria (category German women academics)
a Talmudic scholar of the Late Middle Ages. According to academic Lawrence H. Fuchs, she was one of the "most noted" women Talmud scholars. Miriam Shapira-Luria...
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The Matan Women's Institute for Torah Studies (Hebrew: מת״ן, an abbreviation of מכון תורני לנשים, Machon torani l’nashim) is an Israeli Midrasha dedicated...
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1:28) is the first mitzvah in the Torah. This commandment was understood by the rabbis to be only binding on men; women are exempt. One of the common explanation...
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