36. Women in Ancient Israel (Jewish History Lab) 

Thank you so much for taking a leadership role in honoring the experiences of women in ancient and modern Judaism.

That book in the picture I've got that book it really helped with learning about what to say and when.

My wife will LOVE this! 😀

Very interesting video, thank you for this.

If I remember correctly, Zulaikha is mentioned by name in the book "The Midrash Says". Therefore, there must be a Rabbinic source for her name. That's how her name likely entered into Islamic lore. If you are interested in pursuing the original Rabbinic source, usually the book has relevant footnotes. Unfortunately, I do not have the book on hand. But hopefully I provided you with a great lead which you can take further if you want.

So in my house we are at parity. There are 4 in my family My Wife and Daughter and my self and my Male Black Lab Dog. So that is 2 and 2...... If the Dog Dies we would have to go out and get another male dog or we won't be at parity....

Always amazing!

Very interesting. Looking forward to the next one.

thanks henry ill be glad to hear your next lecture on the more prominate women in antiquity,iknow that some cultures where a bit strict on women and some cultures in the levant and the near est gave women great authority hatshepsut ruled egypt for 22 years independantly,the kingdom of cush just south women shared their power alongside with men they where known as kandake the newtestament calls them candace which means queen mothers ,isaih,mentions the cushites in its chapters during the assyrian siege trying to help jerusalem form seneacherib,

Hello Dr Abramson! In a tour of Machon HaMikdash we were told that women were allowed past the Ezras Nashim into the Ezrat Yisrael, and that the Ezras Nashim was separated in times of celebration (simchas Beis haShoeva), but was mostly mixed with men and women. I looked up more info on the OU website www.ou.org/torah/files/Halachic-and-Hashkafic-Issues-in-Contemporary-Society-OU-Israel-Center-Shiur-98-Mechitza-Part-1.pdf B] THE EZRAT NASHIM IN THE BEIT HAMIKDASH The Second Beit Hamikdash was built as a series of courtyards with increasing sanctity as one approached the Kodesh Kedoshim. Non-Jews were allowed as far as the ‘cheil’. Then there were three inner courtyards - the Ezrat Nashim, Ezrat Yisrael and Ezrat Cohanim - before the Temple building. The Ezrat Nashim was a large square courtyard at the east side of the Temple complex. Although it was called the Women’s Courtyard, this may be something of a misnomer since, for most of the time, it may have been a mixed area containing men and women together . Women were certainly allowed to walk beyond the Ezrat Nashim into the Ezrat Yisrael and even further into the Ezrat Cohanim if they needed to go there for halachic purposes. Footnote: 9. It appears that women were allowed into the Ezrat Yisrael whenever they liked (as long as they were appropriately tahor) - see Melechet Shlomo on the Mishna ibid. See also Rambam Hilchot Beit Habechira 7:18 and the commentary Sha’ar HaMelech, for a discussion of whether, and when, women were allowed beyond the Ezrat Nashim. Although women did not do semicha on animals in the Mikdash, they did from time to time need to perform tenufah. Women were also allowed to do shechita in the Mikdash and these activities could take them into the Ezrat Cohanim.

Thank you so much for your amazing teachings. Which specific prayers composed for women’s experiences are you referring to at around 18:45?

When you get to the more modern period, the _Tzena Ur'ena_ and the _Korban Mincha Siddur_ cannot be ignored, nor the more general _al titosh toras imecha._ I'll trust you to it.

It seems that in biblical times the distinction between the sexes were less stressed as you find so many blurred words written in masculine and read feminine. The female pronoun Hi(היא) is spelled in the five books of the Torah with masculine Vav(הוא)everywhere (except 11times).

Hi I’ve just jumped on. I’m new to Torah. Are there written instructions for women to wear head coverings?

Interesting because I never thought about how the different genders can treat religion I'm catholic and when I wait in line for confession I always see more men in line

The funny thing is that the "Bechdel Test" is just a joke from a comic strip. But now people are acting like it's a real thing because the whole world has become a joke.

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That's such an unequivocal comparison.....even the magazines that don't print women's faces (and I'm sure MANY of them don't WANT to be displayed) are largely edited by and written by women.......they have completely equal or even superior participation......it is only through the modern lens that to be effective, successful, and talented you have to be SEEN.

Where R U going with Passover ? Don't recall Momma eating bread

Hmmm mmm seems the same

Thank you for this. This is fascinating!