מרצה | Title | תקציר | סידרה |
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Deracheha Staff; Laurie Novick, Director | Women and Halacha: Why is It Important for Women to Engage Directly with Halachic Texts? | An Introduction to Deracheha | Deracheha - Women and Mitzvot |
Deracheha Staff; Laurie Novick, Director | LEARNING TORAH, PART 1 What is the mitzva of learning Torah? Does it apply to women? | The mitzva of learning Torah is only one element of the broader concept of talmud Torah. Women have an exemption specifically from the formal obligation, not from living lives of Torah. | Deracheha - Women and Mitzvot |
Deracheha Staff; Laurie Novick, Director | Learning Torah II: Obligation What is a woman's obligation in Torah study? | Does exemption from the mitzva of talmud Torah leave room for women to study? The Mishna presents opposing perspectives, for and against. Even the position against women's study allows for learning practical Halacha. | Deracheha - Women and Mitzvot |
Deracheha Staff; Laurie Novick, Director | Learning Torah III: Openings to Study | Rambam codifies Rabbi Eliezer's position, that a father is not supposed to teach his daughter Torah. But Rambam and later authorities open up Torah study to women in a number of ways. | Deracheha - Women and Mitzvot |
Deracheha Staff; Laurie Novick, Director | Learning Torah, Part IV: What to Study | What areas of Torah may, and should, women study? How? | Deracheha - Women and Mitzvot |
Deracheha Staff; Laurie Novick, Director | Three Mitzvot Special to Women, Part 1 | Challa, Nidda, and candle-lighting are three mitzvot in which women's performance takes precedence over men's. Taken together, what do they teach us about women and halacha? | Deracheha - Women and Mitzvot |
Deracheha Staff; Laurie Novick, Director | Three Mitzvot Special to Women, Part 2 | Challa, nidda, and candle-lighting are three mitzvot in which women's performance takes precedence over men's. Taken together, what do they teach us about women and halacha? | Deracheha - Women and Mitzvot |
Deracheha Staff; Laurie Novick, Director | Women's Status, Part 1 | Men's and Women's mitzva obligations are often, but not always, the same. Where do the similarities and differences come from and what do they mean? | Deracheha - Women and Mitzvot |
Deracheha Staff; Laurie Novick, Director | Women's Status, Part 2 | Men's and Women's mitzva obligations are often, but not always, the same. In what types of cases are they the same? | Deracheha - Women and Mitzvot |
Deracheha Staff; Laurie Novick, Director | Women’s Status, Part 3: Positive Time-Bound Mitzvot | WHY ARE WOMEN EXEMPT? HOW CAN WE UNDERSTAND THE EXEMPTION? | Deracheha - Women and Mitzvot |
Deracheha Staff; Laurie Novick, Director | Voluntary Performance | When women are exempt from a mitzva, how is voluntary performance meaningful? | Deracheha - Women and Mitzvot |
Deracheha Staff; Laurie Novick, Director | Beracha on Voluntary Performance | When a woman voluntarily performs a mitzva from which she is exempt, may she make a beracha? | Deracheha - Women and Mitzvot |
Deracheha Staff; Laurie Novick, Director | Prayer I: Obligation | What are the parameters of the mitzva to pray? Are women obligated? | Deracheha - Women and Mitzvot |
Deracheha Staff; Laurie Novick, Director | Prayer II: Shemoneh Esrei | Are women oBligated To Recite Shemoneh Esrei? How Often? | Deracheha - Women and Mitzvot |
Deracheha Staff; Laurie Novick, Director | Prayer III: Upon Arising | What prayers should women recite in the morning upon arising and why? Must women recite birkhot ha-Torah? | Deracheha - Women and Mitzvot |
Deracheha Staff; Laurie Novick, Director | She-lo-asani Isha, She-asani Kirtzono | Why do men say she-lo asani isha? What is the meaning of she-asani kirtzono? | Deracheha - Women and Mitzvot |
Deracheha Staff; Laurie Novick, Director | Korbanot and Pesukei De-zimra | What are korbanot and pesukei de-zimra? Should women say them? | Deracheha - Women and Mitzvot |
Deracheha Staff; Laurie Novick, Director | Prayer 7: Keri'at Shema | What is the significance of keri'at shema? How much of it should women recite? | Deracheha - Women and Mitzvot |
Deracheha Staff; Laurie Novick, Director | Prayer 8: Birchot Keri'at Shema | What are birchot Keri'at Shema? Should women Say them? | Deracheha - Women and Mitzvot |
Deracheha Staff; Laurie Novick, Director | Prayer 9: End of Prayer and Priorities | What are birchot Keri'at Shema? Should women Say them? | Deracheha - Women and Mitzvot |
Deracheha Staff; Laurie Novick, Director | Tzitzit I: Keli Gever? | Why don't most women wear tzitzit? Would wearing them be a violation of the prohibition of cross-dressing? | Deracheha - Women and Mitzvot |
Deracheha Staff; Laurie Novick, Director | Tzitzit (II) | What is yuhara? what does it have to do with women and tzitzit? | Deracheha - Women and Mitzvot |
Deracheha Staff; Laurie Novick, Director | Tefillin I: Exemption | Why are women exempt from laying tefillin? | Deracheha - Women and Mitzvot |
Deracheha Staff; Laurie Novick, Director | Tefillin II: Guf Naki | What is a guf naki? How is it connected to tefillin, and to women? | Deracheha - Women and Mitzvot |
Deracheha Staff; Laurie Novick, Director | Sefirat Ha-Omer | What is the Nature of the mitzva to count the omer? Are women obligated in it? Do the customs of the time apply to women? | Deracheha - Women and Mitzvot |