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Mayer Twersky

SIYUM HASHAS

Women and Torah Study

"One who teaches his daughter [Oral] Torah -- it is as though he teaches her frivolity." 1 Rabbi Eliezer's stunning, seminal ruling, apparently banning women from studying the Oral Torah,…

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The Moon’s Lost Light

The Moon’s Lost Light By Devorah Heshelis Targum Press Southfield, Michigan 2006 134 pages Reviewed by Mayer Twersky Questions regarding the role and place of women within Judaism have spawned…

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