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Jewish Legal Writings by Women
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INTRODUCTIONI THE BODYHair Distractions; Women and Worship in the Responsa of Rabbi Moshe FeinsteinMarriage of Minor Girls in Jewish Law; A Legal and Historical OverviewBeauty, Beautification, and Cosmetics; Social Control and Halakha in Talmudic TimesDuration of Breastfeeding in Jewish LawEstablishing and Uprooting Menstruation With the PillII THE SOULWrapped Attention; May Women Wear Tefillin?Fringe Benefits; Women and TzitzitWomen and the Study of Torah in the Thought of the Lubavitcher RebbeThe Female Voice of KaddishBetween Thought and Action; The Role of Intent in the Performance of MitzvotIII THE COMMUNITYThe Bat Mitzvah in Jewish Law and Contemporary PracticeRed Strings; A Modern Case of Amulets and CharmsWomen and the Issuing of Halakhic RulingsSecular Studies at the Volozhin YeshivaHebrew Section; IV THE INDIVIDUALThe Blessings of Shelo Asani Isha and She'asani KirtzonoThe Obligation of Children Toward Senile ParentsArtificial Insemination in Single Women

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Authors: Chana Safrai, Micah Halpern
Composed:  1998 CE
Jewish Legal Writings by Women is a collection of 17 original articles on Jewish law by religious women from around the world, first published in 1998. The work's opening page describes the collection as a "revolutionary publication, marking the first time in history where women are writing Jewish legal texts." Most of the articles discuss issues at the intersection of women and Jewish law, like women and tzitzit and breastfeeding in Jewish law.

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