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The Women's Torah Commentary

by: Goldstein, Elyse M.

The Women's Torah Commentary

by: Goldstein, Elyse M.

ISBN 13: 9781580230766
ISBN 10: 1580230768
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 08/01/2000
Publisher: Jewish Lights Pub

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Summary

For the first time, women rabbis provide a commentary to the entire Hebrew Bible, not just those parts that relate to women and women's issues.

Index by Author

(2)

Foreword: The Different Voice of Jewish Women

(8)

Rabbi Amy Eilberg

Acknowledgments

(2)

Introduction

(11)

What You Need to Know to Use This Book

(5)

Rabbinic Commentators and Midrashic Collections Noted in This Book

(6)

Bereshit/Genesis

Bereshit (1:1--6:8): The Untold Story of Eve

(6)

Rabbi Lori Forman

Noach (6:9--11:32): Mrs. Noah

(4)

Rabbi Julie Ringold Spitzer

Lech Lecha (12:1--17:27): What's in a Name?

(6)

Rabbi Michal Shekel

Vayera (18:1--22:24): Positive Pillars

(7)

Rabbi Cynthia A. Culpeper

Chaye Sarah (23:1--25:18): Woman's Life, Woman's Truth

(5)

Rabbi Rona Shapiro

Toldot (25:19--28:9): Rebecca's Birth Stories

(4)

Rabbi Beth J. Singer

Vayetze (28:10--32:3): Wrestling on the Other Side of the River

(6)

Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso

Vayishlach (32:4--36:43): No Means No

(4)

Rabbi Lia Bass

Vayeshev (37:1--40:23): Power, Sex, and Deception

(10)

Rabbi Geela-Rayzel Raphael

Miketz (41:1--44:17): In Search of Dreamers

(7)

Rabbi Debra Judith Robbins

Vayigash (44:18--47:27): Daddy's Girl

106

(6)

Rabbi Shira Stern

Vayechi (47:28--50:26): Serach Bat Asher---the Woman Who Enabled the Exodus

112

(9)

Rabbi Barbara Rosman Penzner

Shmot/Exodus

Shmot (1:1--6:1): Rediscovering Tziporah

121

(6)

Rabbi Rebecca T. Alpert

Va-era (6:2--9:35): The Many Names of God

127

(6)

Rabbi Karyn D. Kedar

Bo (10:1--13:16): Power and Liberation

133

(5)

Rabbi Lucy H.F. Dinner

Beshalach (13:17--17:16): Miriam's Song, Miriam's Silence

138

(5)

Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell

Yitro (18:1--20:26): We All Stood at Sinai

143

(5)

Rabbi Julie K. Gordon

Mishpatim (21:1--24:18): What Must We Do?

148

(6)

Rabbi Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer

Terumah (25:1--27:19): Community as Sacred Space

154

(6)

Rabbi Sharon L. Sobel

Tetzaveh (27:20--30:10): Finding Our Home in the Temple and the Temple in Our Homes

160

(4)

Rabbi Sara Paasche-Orlow

Ki Tissa (30:11--34:35): The Women Didn't Build the Golden Calf---or Did They?

164

(8)

Rabbi Ellen Lippmann

Vayakhel (35:1--38:20): Of Women and Mirrors

172

(7)

Rabbi Nancy H. Wiener

Pekudei (38:21--40:38): The Birthing of the Mishkan (Tabernacle)

179

(6)

Rabbi Elana Zaiman

Vayikra/Leviticus

Vayikra (1:1--5:26): The Book of Relationships

185

(6)

Rabbi Shoshana Gelfand

Tzav (6:1--8:36): Message and Messenger

191

(5)

Rabbi Claire Magidovitch Green

Shemini (9:1--11:47): Kashrut, Food, and Women

196

(6)

Rabbi Ilene Schneider

Tazria (12:1--13:59): Our Children/God's Children

202

(9)

Rabbi Helaine Ettinger

Metzorah (14:1--15:33): Reclaiming the Torah of Our Lives

211

(7)

Rabbi Laura Geller

Acharei Mot (16:1--18:30): After a Death ... Then What?

218

(7)

Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman

Kedoshim (19:1--20:27): Who Shall Be Holy?

225

(6)

Rabbi Rachel Esserman

Emor (21:1--24:23): Elitism in the Levitical Priesthood

231

(7)

Rabbi Valerie Lieber

Behar (25:1--26:2): Proclaiming Liberty throughout the Land

238

(8)

Sharon Brous

Jill Hammer

Bechukotai (26:3--27:34): Mir Zaynen Do---We Are Here

246

(9)

Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton

Bamidbar/Numbers

Bamidbar (1:1--4:20): Beyond Pidyon Ha-ben: Blessings for Giving Life

255

(6)

Rabbi Sheryl Nosan

Naso (4:21--7:89): Inscribing Jealousy on the Bodies of Women

261

(9)

Rabbi Sarra Levine

Beha'alotecha (8:1--12:16): The Silencing of Miriam

270

(9)

Rabbi Ruth H. Sohn

Shelach-Lecha (13:1--15:41): The Grasshoppers and the Giants

279

(7)

Rabbi Lisa A. Edwards

Korach (16:1--18:32): Authority, Status, Power

286

(8)

Rabbi Elyse D. Frishman

Chukkat (19:1--22:1): Blood and Water, Death and Life

294

(7)

Rabbi Audrey S. Pollack

Balak (22:2--25:9): The End of Abuse

301

(6)

Rabbi Diane Aronson Cohen

Pinchas (25:10--30:1): Daughters and Inheritance Law

307

(8)

Rabbi Pamela Wax

Matot (30:2--32:42): Women Speak Louder Than Words

315

(6)

Rabbi Stacy K. Offner

Masa'ei (33:1--36:13): Boundaries and Limits

321

(10)

Rabbi Hara E. Person

Devarim/Deuteronomy

Devarim (1:1--3:22): Essence and Transcendence

331

(7)

Rabbi Analia Bortz

Va'etchanan (3:23--7:11): ``A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey'': Sexualizing the Land

338

(7)

Rabbi Rochelle Robins

Ekev (7:12--11:25): Circumcision, Womb, and Spiritual Intimacy

345

(6)

Rabbi Gila Colman Ruskin

Re'eh (11:26--16:17): A Time to Tear Down, a Time to Build Up

351

(7)

Rabbi Laura M. Rappaport

Shoftim (16:18--21:9): Principles for Feminist Approaches to Torah

358

(6)

Rabbi Susan Fendrick

Ki Tetzey (21:10--25:19): The Accused Woman

364

(7)

Rabbi Judith Gary Brown

Ki Tavo (26:1--29:8): The Basket Ceremony of Gratitude and Hope

371

(6)

Rabbi Nancy Wechsler-Azen

Nitzavim (29:9--30:20): Women and the Covenant

377

(7)

Rabbi Miriam Carey Berkowitz

Vayelech (31:1--30): Guardians of the Tradition

384

(6)

Rabbi Rosette Barron Haim

Ha'azinu (32:1--52): Understanding the Anger

390

(7)

Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin

V'zot Habrachah (33:1--34:12): The Loss of Moses

397

(8)

Rabbi Sandra J. Cohen

Epilogue: Looking Backward and Ahead

405

(5)

Rabbi Sally J. Priesand

Notes

410

(18)

Glossary

428

(6)

Bibliography and Suggested Further Reading

434

(6)

About the Contributors

440

(41)

About Jewish Lights

481

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The Women's Torah Commentary

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