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The Life-Cycle

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

Head-Covering


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

What explanations for the mitzva of head-covering emerge from the sources? What other meanings might a woman find in the mitzva? Rationale and Meaning

Who is obligated to cover her head? Head-Covering III: Who

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

In what settings does the obligation of head-covering apply? Head-Covering V: Where

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Girlhood


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

Womanhood


While rabbinic literature envisions women transitioning smoothly from girlhood to marriage, modern women’s lives often take different trajectories. From leaving the nest to dating to establishing a room of her own, what halachot are particularly relevant to a single woman?

Jewish Communal Roles


Rabbanit or rebbetzin? Rabbinical court advocate? Teacher? Yoetzet Halacha? Kashrut supervisor? What are the halachic implications and standing of different communal roles for women?

Marriage


What does Halacha have to say about the dynamics of the marriage relationship? How do the laws of head-covering, marital intimacy, and even divorce affect a halachically observant couple’s relationship?

Motherhood


In which cases does Halacha promote conception, and when does it allow for contraception? What about women who struggle to conceive? What is the optimal way to recite birkat ha-gomel? From childbirth to nursing, from educating to letting go, what frame of reference does Halacha provide for the Jewish mother?

The Final Passage


Death is a part of life. How does Halacha relate to women in mourning and bereavement, kaddish, inheritance, and preparing for the end of life?

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    • Birth
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    • Bat Mitzva
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    • Chessed
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  • Jewish Communal Roles
    • Halachic Roles
    • Other Roles
  • Marriage
    • Wedding Ceremony
    • The Marital Relationship
    • Nidda
    • Marital Intimacy
    • Divorce
  • Motherhood
    • Conception
    • Contraception
    • Childbirth and Postpartum
    • Birkat Ha-gomel
    • Nursing
    • Child-Rearing
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    • Funeral
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  • Head-Covering
    • Halachic Basis
    • Rationale and Meaning
    • Who
    • How
    • Where
  • Upcoming Topics
  • Girlhood
    • Birth
    • Education for Mitzvot
    • Bat Mitzva
  • Womanhood
    • Honoring Parents
    • Chessed
    • Negi’a
    • Yichud
  • Jewish Communal Roles
    • Halachic Roles
    • Other Roles
  • Marriage
    • Wedding Ceremony
    • The Marital Relationship
    • Nidda
    • Marital Intimacy
    • Divorce
  • Motherhood
    • Conception
    • Contraception
    • Childbirth and Postpartum
    • Birkat Ha-gomel
    • Nursing
    • Child-Rearing
  • The Final Passage
    • Funeral
    • Kaddish
    • Mourning
    • Inheritance
    • Widowhood
    • End of Life
  • ASK
  • Q&A
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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
        • 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 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
      • Yom Kippur
        • Erev Yom Kippur
        • Fast Days
        • Exemption: Major Fasts
      • Simchat Torah
        • Dancing with Torah
      • Chanuka
        • Candle-Lighting
        • Other Observances
      • Purim
        • Arba Parashiyot
        • Mitzvot of Purim
        • Megilla Reading
    • PASSAGES
      • The Life-Cycle Topics
      • Head-Covering
      • Halachic Basis
      • Rationale and Meaning
      • Who
      • How
      • Where
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