To Be A Jewish Woman - AUTOGRAPHED COPY

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This book contains a wealth of information for the Jewish Woman. Anyone searching for the greater understanding of the role of the Jewish woman will find almost all answers that may come up as well as many others that you have never even thought of

Table of Contents....................... What Is Torah-observant Judaism? xxii The Jewish Concept of Freedom xxv The Modern Jewish Woman xxvii Part I The Sources 1 Traditional Biblical Interpretation 3 2 All about Eve--What Really Happened in the Garden of Eden 5 The Nature of the First Person 6 Man's Self-sufficiency Is Not Good 7 The Creation of Woman 9 First Woman as a Helper 11 Differences between Men and Women 14 Theories Regarding How Paradise Was Lost 14 The Sin in the Garden of Eden 15 The First Woman after Her Sin 17 God's Reaction to Disobeying His Commandment 18 The Ten Changes that God Brought to Woman 18 The Man's Ten Changes 21 First Woman's Appellation as "Chavah" 21 Implications for First Man's and First Woman's Descendants 22 Lillith 23 3 Men and Women in Traditional Judaism 27 Maintaining Differences 27 Power 28 Role Divisions in Judaism 29 Requirement to Imitate God 30 Self-actualization through Mitzvot 31 Theorized Differences in Primary Intellects 32 Women's Exemption from Certain Mitzvot 34 Differential Priorities 35 Theory about Why Women Needn't Study Torah for Its Own Sake 36 Women's Emotional and Spiritual Nurturing through Prayer 38 Women's Spiritual Growth through Women's Mitzvot 38 4 Women as Redeemers of the Jewish People 43 Fulfilling the Purpose of Creation of the World 44 Eve's Dual Roles 45 Sarah's Contribution to Redemption 46 Rebekah's Contribution to Redemption 47 Leah and Rachel 49 Dinah 53 Tamar 53 Jewish Women in Egypt 54 The Golden Calf 56 The Spies 57 Deborah and Yael 58 Ruth 60 Contemporary Women 61 Part II Relating to Prayer 5 Separate Seating in the Synagogue 67 Function of a Synagogue 67 Appropriate Conduct in a Synagogue 68 Structures of the Temples 70 Intermingling 71 Scriptural Basis for Mechitzah 72 Recent Rulings about Synagogue Mechitzahs 73 Arguments Raised against Mechitzah 75 Separate but Better 76 Our Aversion to Restrictions 77 6 Making Traditional Prayer Relevant 81 What Is Prayer? 83 God's Personal Involvement in Our Lives 84 The Relevance of Ancient Liturgy 87 Elements of Jewish Prayer 90 Altering Our Perceptions of God 91 7 Women and Prayer 93 Different Contributions by Different Groups 94 Usurpation of Others' Roles 95 Gaining Importance 96 The Origins and Implications of Minyan 97 Public versus Private 100 Chanah 101 The Meaning of Commandments 102 Prerequisites for Prayer 103 Women's Obligation to Pray 104 Making Prayer Meaningful 105 Saying Kaddish 107 Women's Prayer Groups 108 Standing in God's Presence 110 8 "Blessed Are You ... Who Did Not Make Me a Woman" 113 Receiving with Dignity 113 The Two Inclinations 114 How the Evil Inclination Works 115 Fighting the Battle 116 The Two Torah Scrolls 117 The Meaning of the Blessing "Who Did Not Make me a Woman" 118 Carrying Out God's Will 119 Part III Marriage and Procreation 9 Modesty and Self-esteem 123 Theories about Men's and Women's Bodies 125 Projecting a Godly Self-image 126 Theories about Why We Cover the Body 127 Covering What Is Precious 128 The Centrality of Modesty 130 Unique Contribution of Women 130 Laws of Modesty 131 Rationale for Details in Modesty 133 Modesty in Role 135 The Potency of Internal Power 137 Women in Nonmaternal Roles 137 Finding the Godliness Within 138 10 The Jewish Marriage Document and Jewish Marital Obligations 139 Effecting Marriage 140 What Is the Ketuvah? 140 What a Ketuvah Says 141 The Man's Marital Obligations 142 Jewish Inheritance Laws 146 Financial Provisions of the Ketuvah 147 Modern Prenuptial Agreements 149 Modern Antenuptial Agreements 150 11 Sexual Intimacy and Mikvah 153 Enlightened Perspectives 154 The Concept of Ritual Impurity 155 Theories about Levels of Impurity 156 Theories about the Potentials of Sex 158 Woman's Ritual Impurity 159 The Applicability of Ritual Impurity 160 The Framework for Sexual Expression 161 Sexual Relations 162 The Laws of Family Purity 163 Effects of Family Purity Laws 167 Opportunities for Spiritual Evaluation 168 Bonding through Family Purity 169 Significance of Menstruation 170 Mystical Significance of Seven Clean Days 171 Historical Modification Due to Women 172 Significance of the Mikvah 172 Back to the Source 173 It's Never Too Late 174 12 Birth Control 177 The Jew's Obligation to Procreate 178 Contemporary Attitudes about Contraception 180 Financial Considerations 182 Circumstances that May Allow for Birth Control 183 Marital Obligations of Husbands 184 Female Contraception 185 Hierarchy of Preference for Female Contraception 186 Male Contraception 189 13 Abortion 191 Scriptural Sources that Discuss Abortion 191 Reasons Why Abortion Is Prohibited 193 Who Has Ultimate Control over Women's Bodies? 194 The Fetus's Status 195 When Is Abortion Permitted? 195 Abortion for Financial Reasons 196 Aborting Handicapped Fetuses 196 Preferred Time Frame for Abortions 197 14 Divorce 199 Marriage and Divorce as Contractual Relationships 200 The Divorce Process 200 The Divorce Document 201 Consequences of Not Obtaining a Get 202 Polygamy and Polyandry 203 Agunah 204 Recalcitrant Husbands 205 The Power of the Bet Din 205 The French Revolution 206 Proposals to Insure Jewish Divorce after Civil Divorce 207 Attempts to Annul Marriage 207 How to Obtain a Get 208 Part IV Women in Family and Community 15 Sarah's Contribution to the Jewish People 215 Sarah's Prophecy 216 Sarah's Purity 216 Sarah's Eulogy 217 Sarah's Three Accomplishments 220 Subsequent Generations 221 Sarah's Death 222 Sarah's Contribution to Us 223 16 Raising Jewish Children 225 The Importance of Questioning 227 Modeling 228 Effective Jewish Parenting--Infancy until Three 228 Providing Security and Modeling Authority 229 Stages of Education--Age Three 230 Limits and Punishment 231 Moral and Social Development 233 School Age 235 Encouragement, Not Punishment 237 Parental Consistency and Honesty 238 Building Self-confidence to Confront Life's Challenges 240 Bar and Bat Mitzvah 241 The Centrality of Ongoing Jewish Education 242 Confronting Challenges 244 17 Closing Gaps between Women: True Sisterhood 247 Jewish Foremothers 248 Imitatio Dei 249 Living Up to Our Potentials 250 The Importance of Giving 251 Being Merciful and Compassionate 253 18 Making Life Meaningful 257 The Messianic Era 258 Being All We Can Be 259 Notes 261 For Further Reading 273 Index 275

Author:Lisa Aiken
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Type:Softcover

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