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Deracheha: Women and Mitzvot

Women and Mitzvot

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דרכיה דרכי נועם וכל נתיבותיה שלום
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Shabbat Shalom! Check out our stories for a quick Shabbat Shalom! Check out our stories for a quick thought on Parshat Vaera and the challenge of listening in our busy lives.
Is Rosh Chodesh really a women's holiday? Read our Is Rosh Chodesh really a women's holiday? Read our Rosh Chodesh overview to find out, or read our full article for more!
https://www.deracheha.org/rosh-chodesh/
Chodesh Tov! Rav Soloveitchik's words about the re Chodesh Tov! Rav Soloveitchik's words about the renewal of Rosh Chodesh are particularly meaningful today, as we enter Shvat and look forward to the flowering of new growth on the almond trees of Israel, and as we pray for the end of the coronavirus crisis which seems just over the horizon. 
Read more about Rosh Chodesh on Deracheha here: https://www.deracheha.org/rosh-chodesh/
A reader asks: In light of more dati leumi girls d A reader asks:
In light of more dati leumi girls drafting into the army, I am curious about the halachic and hashkafic considerations one should take into consideration. Specifically the difference between non-combat units such as modiin (intelligence) and combat units. I’m curious about the mitzva to protect the State of Israel, holding weapons, tzeniut, mixed units and more factors I’m sure I haven’t even thought of…
Check out our answer in our stories, or copy this link:
https://www.deracheha.org/answers/women-and-the-army/
In our recent article on keriat ha-Torah, we discu In our recent article on keriat ha-Torah, we discuss all-women’s Torah readings--what they're about and relevant halachic considerations. Many of these readings are consciously modeled on traditional keri'at ha-Torah.
If you’ve participated in an all-women’s Torah reading, what made you want to take part?
Do you think women's readings will continue this way or that they will evolve in a different direction? What would a different direction be?
Read more at the link in our bio.

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    • CONCEPTS
      • Halachic Foundations
        Topics
      • Introduction
      • Status
        • Overall
        • Halachic
        • Positive Time-Bound Mitzvot
      • Voluntary Mitzva Performance
        • Voluntary Performance
        • Beracha
      • Three Mitzvot
        • The Group
        • The Mitzvot
      • Discharging Obligations
        • Discharging Another’s Obligations
        • In Practice
      • Tzeniut
    • CONSTANTS
      • Daily Practice Topics
      • Learning Torah
        • Exemption
        • Obligation
        • Openings
        • What to Study
      • Daily Prayer
        • Obligation
        • Shemoneh Esrei
        • Upon Arising
        • Birchot Ha-Shachar
        • She-lo Asani Isha, She-asani Kirtzono
        • Pesukei De-zimra
        • Keri’at Shema
        • Birchot Keri’at Shema
        • End of Shacharit & Prayer Priorities
      • Tzitzit
        • Keli Gever
        • Yuhara
      • Tefillin
        • Exemption
        • Guf Naki
        • In Practice
      • Communal Prayer
        • Minyan
        • Tefilla Be-tzibbur
      • Keriat Ha-Torah
        • Contact with Sefer Torah
        • The Reading
        • The Aliya
      • Mechitza
        • Purpose
        • Structure
        • In Society
      • Birkat Ha-mazon and Zimmun
        • Birkat Ha-mazon
        • Zimmun I
        • Zimmun II
      • Dress
        • The Basics
        • The Details
        • More Details
      • Kol Isha
        • Halachic Basis
        • Mutual Responsibility
        • In Context
    • SEASONS
      • The Jewish Year Topics
      • Mussaf
      • Hallel
      • Rosh Chodesh
      • Simchat Yom Tov
      • Af Hen: Inclusion in the Miracle
      • Pesach
        • The Seder I
        • The Seder II
      • Sefirat Ha-omer
      • Shavuot
        • Tikkun Leil Shavuot
      • Fast Days
        • Fast Days
        • Exemption: Minor Fasts
        • Exemption: Major Fasts
        • The 3 Weeks and 9 Days
      • Rosh Ha-shana
        • Shofar in Elul
        • The Mitzva of Shofar
        • Blowing Shofar
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        • Exemption: Major Fasts
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        • Dancing with Torah
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