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Deracheha » The Jewish Year

The Jewish Year

Dedicated in Loving Memory of Helen Kaplan

Shabbat and Yom Tov ● Prayer ● Tzitzit and Tefillin ● Torah Reading ● Mechitza and Gender Separation ● Birkat Ha-mazon and Zimmun ● Kol Isha ● Dress

Shabbat and Yom Tov

Learning Torah I
Exemption

What is the mitzva of learning Torah? And for women?

Learning Torah II
Obligation

What Torah does a woman have to learn?

Learning Torah III
Openings

How and why did text study open up to women?

Learning Torah IV
What to Study

What texts should women study and why?

Prayer

Prayer I
Obligation

What is the mitzva of prayer? Are women obligated to pray?

Prayer II
Shemoneh Esrei

Do women have to recite Shemoneh Esrei? How often?

Prayer III
Upon Arising

What should women say after waking up? Birchot ha-Torah?

Prayer IV
Birchot Ha-shachar

Must women recite birchot ha-shachar? 100 berachot a day?

She-lo asani isha
she-asani kirtzono

Why do we say “She-lo asani isha” or “She-asani kirtzono?”

Korbanot and
Pesukei De-zimra

What are korbanot and Pesukei De-zimra? For women?

Prayer VII
Keri'at Shema

What is the mitzva of Keri’at Shema for women?

Birchot
keri'at shema

Should a woman say Birchot Keri’at Shema?

prayer IX
end and Priorities

What’sto say after Shemoneh Esrei? What takes priority?

Communal prayer I
Minyan

What is a minyan for? Who counts and why?

Communal prayer II
Tefilla be-tzibbur

Who can participate in or lead communal prayer?

Tzitzit and Tefillin

Tzitzit I
Keli Gever

Would a woman in tzitzit violate keli gever?

Tzitzit II
Yuhara

What else might be at issue when a woman wears tzitzit?

Tefillin I
Exemption

What is the mitzva of tefillin? Why are women exempt?

Tefillin II
Guf Naki

How is guf naki connected to tefillin for men and women?

Tefillin III
In Practice

What are the practical halachic rulings on women and tefillin?

Torah Reading

Keri'at Ha-Torah I
The Reading

What is the nature of the obligation to read the Torah? For women?

keri'at ha-torah II
The Aliya

How does the aliya work? With a ba'al korei? What is the halacha of women’s readings?

Keri'at Ha-torah III
Kevod Ha-tzibbur

What is kevod ha-tzibbur? Can it be waived or pushed aside? How does this affect women?

Mechitza and Gender Separation

mechitza I
Purpose

Why is gender separation a part of prayer? What purpose does the mechitza serve?

Mechitza II
Structure

What are the structural requirements for a women’s section?

Mechitza III
Separation in Society

When do we need a mechitza or gender separation outside of prayer?

Birkat Ha-Mazon and Zimmun

Birkat Ha-mazon

What is the mitzva of birkat ha-mazon? What is the nature of women’s obligation to recite it?

Zimmun I

What is the mitzva of zimmun? When are women obligated in zimmun?

Zimmun II

May men and women combine to form a zimmun? A zimmun be-Shem? What is the text?

Kol Isha

Kol Isha I
Halachic Basis

How does Halacha view song, and how does this affect kol isha? When and to which type of voice does kol isha apply?

Kol Isha II
Mutual Responsibility

What are men’s and women’s responsibilities with respect to kol isha? May a woman freely sing or listen to a man singing?

Kol Isha III
In COntext

How do contextual factors affect application of kol isha? Is the halacha different in a religious context?

Dress

Dress I
The Basics

What purposes does clothing serve? How does this relate to tzeniut and Halacha?

Dress II
The Details

What are the more specific halachic parameters for women’s clothing?

Dress III
More Details

How does erva affect the laws of women’s clothing? What are the halachot of pants?

Dress IV
Keli Gever

What is the prohibition of keli gever, wearing a male article? How does it relate to intent?

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    • CONSTANTS
      • DAILY PRACTICE
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        • In Practice
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      • 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
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