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Loading... Women At The Seder: A Passover Haggadahby Joel B. Wolowelsky
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This is a traditional haggadah with a commentary written and anthologized by Dr. Wolowelsky; the commentary combines insights by women scholars (such as Nechama Leibowitz and Erica Brown) and discussions of women's issues as they relate to Pesach from the past 3,500 years (ranging from the role of women in hastening the Redemption to the practical halachot of women washing mayim acharonim). I found it fascinating and there are a few gems in there that I plan to share at our family's seder this year. ( ) no reviews | add a review
"Women at the Seder is a traditional "Passover Haggadah whose commentary celebrates of one of the great transformations of the Torah community during this past century: the emergence of women from the privacy of their home "tents" to the public arena of the synagogue and Torah study halls, without abandoning in any way their central traditional role as the cornerstone of the home and family. The Rabbis had long ago acknowledged that it was in the merit of our righteous women that Israel was redeemed from slavery. The Passover "seder--the home celebration of our national liberation--is an appropriate place to acknowledge and honor women's expanded role in our public as well as private religious life. The commentary includes rabbinic comments on women associated with the Exodus, a discussion of those relevant aspects of Jewish law that apply to women, and homilies--"divrei Torah by women for the "seder, many written especially for this volume. In a generation, it should seem quaint that it was noteworthy that women's "divrei Torah constituted a significant part of a Haggadah commentary. That will be cause for yet additional rejoicing, as women's contributions on all levels of Torah scholarship will have become even more commonplace. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)296.45371Religions Other Religions Judaism Rites, Services, Practice Passover SederLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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