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      • Voluntary Performance
      • Beracha
    • Three Mitzvot
      • The Group
      • The Mitzvot
    • Discharging Obligations
      • Discharging Another’s Obligations
      • In Practice
    • Tzeniut
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      • Obligation
      • Openings
      • What to Study
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      • 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
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      • Kevod Ha-tzibbur
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      • Tikkun Leil Shavuot
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      • Exemption: Minor Fasts
      • Exemption: Major Fasts
      • The 3 Weeks and 9 Days
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      • Blowing Shofar
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      • Af Hen: Inclusion in the Miracle
      • Candle-Lighting
      • Other Observances
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      • Arba Parashiyot
      • Af Hen: Inclusion in the Miracle
      • Megilla Reading
      • Mitzvot of Purim
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Deracheha » Halachic Foundations

Halachic Foundations

Dedicated in Loving Memory of Ethel K. Adlerstein

Introduction

What are the benefits of women engaging directly with halachic texts?

Overall Status

Are men and women equal? Was gender hierarchy built into Creation?

Halachic Status

In what types of cases are men’s and women’s obligations the same?

Positive Time-Bound Mitzvot

Why are women exempt from some mitzvot? Is this a matter of identity?

Voluntary Performance

Is performing a mitzva permissible when women are exempt? How is it meaningful?

Beracha on Voluntary Performance

May a woman recite a beracha over voluntary mitzva performance? Why?

Three Mitzvot:
The Group

Why do challa, candle-lighting, and nidda form a group? Why does this matter?

Three Mitzvot:
The Mitzvot

What does the significance of each of the three mitzvot add to our understanding?

Discharging Another's Obligations

Who can discharge another’s mitzva obligations? How does this work?

Discharging Obligations In Practice

What does the significance of each of the three mitzvot add to our understanding?

Tzeniut: An Introduction

Is tzeniut more physical or conceptual? Is it inherently social? Or female?

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  • Voluntary Mitzva Performance
    • Voluntary Performance
    • Beracha on Voluntary Performance
  • Three Mitzvot
    • The Group
    • The Mitzvot
  • Discharging Obligations
    • Discharging Another’s Obligations
    • In Practice
  • Tzeniut
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    • CONCEPTS
      • HALACHIC BASICS
      • 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
      • 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 a Sefer Torah
        • The Reading
        • The Aliya
        • Kevod Ha-tzibbur
      • Mechitza
        • Purpose
        • Structure
        • In Society
      • Birkat Ha-mazon and Zimmun
        • Birkat Ha-mazon
        • Zimmun I
        • Zimmun II
      • Dress
        • The Basics
        • The Details
        • More Details
        • Keli Gever
      • Kol Isha
        • Halachic Basis
        • Mutual Responsibility
        • In Context
    • SEASONS
      • THE JEWISH YEAR
      • Shabbat & Yom Tov
      • Candle-Lighting
        • Who, What, where
        • When and How
      • Kiddush
        • Obligation
        • Practical Issues
      • Mussaf
      • Hallel
      • Meals
      • Simchat Yom Tov
      • Menstruation
      • Cosmetics
        • Types of Product
        • Scent & Healing
        • Makeup
        • Makeup Removal & Mikveh
      • Havdala
      • Rosh Chodesh
        • Rosh Chodesh
        • Mussaf
        • Hallel
      • Pesach
        • Af Hen: Inclusion in the Miracle
        • 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
      • Elul
        • Selichot
        • Shofar in Elul
      • Rosh Ha-shana
        • The Mitzva of Shofar
        • Blowing Shofar
      • Yom Kippur
        • Erev Yom Kippur
        • Fast Days
        • Exemption: Major Fasts
      • Sukkot
        • Lulav
        • Sukka
      • Simchat Torah
        • Contact with a Sefer Torah
        • Dancing with Torah
      • Chanuka
        • Af Hen: Inclusion in the Miracle
        • Candle-Lighting
        • Other Observances
      • Purim
        • Arba Parashiyot
        • Af Hen: Inclusion in the Miracle
        • Megilla Reading
        • Mitzvot of Purim
    • PASSAGES
      • THE LIFE CYCLE
      • Chinuch
      • Head-Covering
      • Halachic Basis
      • Rationale and Meaning
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