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Unveiling the Mystery of the Sotah
Perhaps exploring the motivation and mindset of a Sotah can offer a deeper insight into not just why married women cover their hair, but what is at stake when it is uncovered.
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When Can Women Serve as Witnesses?
Regarding the tradition that these witnesses must be male, the Rambam cites the fact that the verse in Devarim says “V’Amdo Shnei Anashim.”
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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.
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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”.
