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Unveiling the Mystery of the Sotah
The Sotah is the classic Torah source for the mitzvah of hair covering. It has sparked debate and complexity around the mitzvah ever since, and as a result, a plethora of reasons for why married women must cover their hair has been offered from innumerable people. Every addition is holy and should be respected, for…
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When Can Women Serve as Witnesses?
Women are entrusted with the most crucial roles in Jewish life. Raising and educating children, ensuring the standard of kashrut and a stringent observance of family purity are central to preserving Jewish families and communities – and these mitzvot rely on the reliability and dedication of women. Why, then, are there cases in which women…
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Can a Woman Wear Tzitzit or a Talit?
What we wear matters. The Torah makes this clear in a number of places, notably giving a great deal of devotion to the garments of the priests in the book of Vayikra. But other references to our clothing are apparent throughout Torah too, such as Adam and Eve covering themselves with leaves and the mitzvah…
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On the Discouragement of Women Wearing Tefillin
Jewish women are exempt from 14 positive time-bound mitzvot. In most of these mitzvot, women are allowed to voluntarily keep them…
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The Torah’s Balanced View on Sexuality
It seems that we live in a world where intimacy and sexuality are everywhere you look. It appears in the content of TV shows, advertisements, and might even be brought up in workplace conversation.
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What Is the Torah’s View on Birth Control?
The first mitzvah in the Torah is given to Adam: pru u’reveu u’maleh et ha’aretz. “Be fruitful and multiply and fill up the land”.