Articles
Our articles section covers a very wide range of topics. Many of the contributions are summaries of talks given in Etta Kossowsky Study Groups. All are Torah oriented and reflect personal readings of texts and commentaries. Some articles are in Hebrew, but most of the contributions are in English.
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At the invitation of a group of women, Rav Duvdevani of Bet Shemesh gave a series of talks in Hebrew on The Commandments of the Torah as they Apply to Women. These are summaries of the talks in English:
The Status of Women in Commandments Linked to A Specific Time
Women's Participation in zimun and minyan
Women and keryat haTorah, the (public) reading of the Torah
Baruch she patarani and Celebrating a Bar or Bat Mitzvah
Women’s Compositions in Jewish Liturgy
Kevod ha tzibur – Respect for the Public
Women’s Obligation in the mitzva of the Chanuka Lights
Rosh Chodesh (New Moon), Women’s Holiday
Esther. Is History Simply Repeating Itself?
Jacob’s Night Vision and the Foundation Stone of the World
The Etrog and the Tree of Knowledge
A Voice from the End of the World
Sanctifying the Sabbath in the Amida Prayers of the Sabbath
The commandment of 'Egla Arufa'