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Deracheha » The Life-Cycle

The Life-Cycle

Dedicated by Lynn Sykes in Loving Memory of Gene Sykes, devoted husband, father, and uncle

Girlhood

Chinuch
Education for Mitzvot

What is chinuch for mitzvot? Who is obligated? At what stage?

Head-Covering

Head-covering I
Halachic Basis

What is the halachic basis for married women’s head-covering?

Head-covering II
Rationale and Meaning

What explanations for the mitzva of head-covering emerge from the sources?

Head-covering III
Who

Who is obligated to cover her head? When does a bride become obligated?

Head-covering IV
How

How much of her head or hair does a woman need to cover? Where do the variations in custom come from?

Head-Covering V
Where

In what settings does the obligation of head-covering apply?

Continue to Concepts Halachic Foundations

Girlhood

From birth to bat mitzva, how does Halacha shape girls’ lives?

Womanhood

From dating to establishing a room of her own, what halachot are relevant to a single woman?

Communal Roles

What are the implications and halachic standing of different communal roles for women?

Marriage

What are the halachot related to the Jewish wedding, the marital relationship, and divorce?

Motherhood

What are the halachot of conception, contraception, childbirth, nursing, and child-rearing?

The Final Passage

What are the halachot of mourning and bereavement, kaddish, inheritance, and preparing for the end of life?

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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
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