Women in Judaism
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The role of women in Judaism is determined by the Hebrew Bible, the Oral Law (the corpus of rabbinic literature), by custom, and by cultural factors. Although the Hebrew Bible and rabbinic literature mention various female role models, religious law treats women differently in various circumstances.
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See also
- Bat-Kohen (daughter of a priest)
- Bat Levi (daughter of a Levite)
- First World Congress of Jewish Women, 1923
- Jewish feminism
- Women as theological figures
- Women as rabbis
- Rebbetzin or Rabbanit (rabbi's wife)
- List of women in the Bible
- Bais Yaakov (schools for Haredi girls)
- Niddah (menstruation laws)
- Soferet (Jewish scribe who can transcribe religious documents)
- Gender and Judaism
- Tzniut (modest behavior)
- Negiah (guidelines for physical contact)
- Yichud (prohibitions of secluding oneself with a stranger)
- Jewish view of marriage
- Shidduch (finding a marriage partner)
- Shalom bayit (peace and harmony in the relationship between husband and wife)
- Zeved habat or Simchat Bat (Jewish baby naming ceremony for girls)
- Mohelet (female mohel)
- Minyan (quorum of at least ten Jews acceptable for the recitation of certain prayers)
- Partnership minyan (a movement to give women more roles in prayer services)
- Agunah (a woman who wishes to divorce her husband, but her husband refused to provide her with a Jewish divorce contract)
- Women in Israel
- Women's Torah Project
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