Women in Judaism have affected the course of Judaism over millennia. Their role is reflected in the Hebrew Bible, the Oral Law (the corpus of rabbinic literature), by custom, and by cultural factors. Although the Hebrew Bible and … 展开

Compared to men, relatively few women are mentioned in the Bible by name and role. Those mentioned include the Matriarchs Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah; Miriam the prophetess; Rahab who assisted Joshua; Achsah, daughter of Caleb; Deborah the Judge; 展开

Since Jews were seen as second-class citizens in Christian and Muslim societies (legally known in the Muslim world as dhimmi), it was harder for Jewish women to establish their own status. Grossman claimed that three factors affected how Jewish women were … 展开

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• Bat-Kohen (daughter of a priest)
• Bat Levi (daughter of a Levite)
• First World Congress of Jewish Women, 1923
• Jewish feminism 展开

Women were required by halacha to carry out all negative mitzvot (i. e., commandments that prohibit activities such as "Thou shalt not commit adultery"), but were excused from doing most time-bound, positive mitzvot (i. e., commandments that … 展开

Education of women
From certain contexts of the Mishnah and Talmud, it can be derived that women should not study Mishnah. … 展开

Orthodox Judaism
Orthodox Judaism is complementarian. Opinions vary among Orthodox Jews concerning these principles. Most claim that men and women have different roles and bear different obligations. For example, women are not … 展开