Jewish legal writings by women
By: edited by Micah D. Halpern and Chana Safrai.
Contributors: Halpern, Micah D.; Safrai, Ch.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Urim Publications; Distributed outside of Israel by Lambda Publishers
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Jerusalem; Brooklyn, N.Y
Language: eng; heb
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: Women in Judaism; Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. (Jewish law); Jewish women -- Religious life; Jewish religious literature -- Women authors
Other titles: Nashim be-diyun hilkhati
Notes: English and Hebrew.
Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Hair distractions: women and worship in the responsa of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein / Norma Baumel Joseph; title: Marriage of minor girls in Jewish law: a legal and historical overview / Tirzah Meacham (leBeit Yoreh); title: Beauty, beautification and cosmetics: social control and halakha in Talmudic times / Chana Safrai; title: Duration of breastfeeding in Jewish law / Deena Rachel Zimmerman; title: Establishing and uprooting menstruation with the pill / Devorah Zlochower; title: Wrapped attention: may women wear tefillin? / Aliza Berger; title: Fringe benefits: women and tzitzit / Aviva Cayam; title: Women and the study of Torah in the thought of the Lubavitcher Rebbe / Susan Handelman; title: The female voice of kaddish / Rochelle L. Millen; title: Between thought and action: the role of intent in the performance of mitzvot / Gilla Ratzersdorfer Rosen; title: The bat mitzvah in Jewish law and contemporary practice / Erica S. Brown; title: Red strings: a modern case of amulets and charms / Rachel Furst; title: Women and the issuing of halakhic rulings / Chanah Henkin; title: Secular studies at the Volozhin Yeshivah / Maidi Katz; title: The blessings of Shelo asani isha and She'asani kirtzono / Gili Zivan; title: The obligation of children toward senile parents / Malka Puterkovski; title: Artificial insemination in single women / Dvora Ross.