Women and Halakah: Teshuvot and Resources

Synagogue

Source Sheet

Women in the Modern Orthodox Community – Participation in Synagogue Ritual

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Source Sheet

Women in the Modern Orthodox Community – Mechitza

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Source Sheet

Mechitzah: Meanings, Marginalization and Membership

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Op Ed

To My Fellow Orthodox Jews: Don’t Open Shuls Until You Can Open Them to Women, Forward

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Teshuva

Breastfeeding and Showing Affection in Shul

by Rabbi Ysoscher Katz

Tefillah

Teshuva

Women, Minyan and Tzibbur for Tefillah and Selihot

by Rabbi Ysoscher Katz

Teshuva

May a Woman Lead Selichot and the Recital of God’s Thirteen Attributes of Mercy? (English)

by Rabbi Ysoscher Katz

Teshuva

Partnership Minyanim: A Preliminary Response to R. Hershel Schachter

by Rabbi Ysoscher Katz

Teshuva

May a Woman Lead Selichot?

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Teshuva

Women and Kriyat HaTorah

by Rabbi Ysoscher Katz

Lifecycles

Teshuva

Woman Serving as Sandeket

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Teshuva

May a Woman Be a Mohelet?

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Teshuva

Can A Woman Be A Sandak?

by Rabbi Ysoscher Katz

Teshuva

Mikveh During Aveilut

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Teshuva

Harchakot During Aveilut

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Weddings

Teshuva

Women and Sheva Brakhot

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Teshuva

May a Woman Recite Birkat Eirusin?

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Source Sheet

Kiddushin: Ownership or Partnership? Part 5: Kinyan and Kiddushin in Competition – Gemara and Rishonim

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Source Sheet

Kiddushin: Ownership or Partnership? Part 4: From Kinyan to Kiddushin in the Talmud

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Source Sheet

Kiddushin: Ownership or Partnership? Part 3: From Mohar to Ketuvah

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Source Sheet

Kiddushin: Ownership or Partnership? Part 2: The Act of Marriage – Mohar and other Marriage-Monies

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Source Sheet

Kiddushin: Ownership or Partnership? Part 1: Torah Laws

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Essay

Ani LiDodi, VDodi Li: Towards a More Balanced Wedding Ceremony

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Essay

Is the Ketuvah d’Oraitta or d’Rabanan?

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Essay

Kiddushin as a Speech Act

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Essay

Kiddushin: Acquisition or Partnership?

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Essay

Birkhat Eirusin: Birkhat Ha’Mitzvah or Birkhat Ha’Shevach?

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Married Life

Source Sheet

Family Planning in Halakha

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Source Sheet

Pru u’Rvu: The Mitzvah

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Source Sheet

Martial Sex and Onah – The Husband’s Obligation

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Source Sheet

Abortion in Halakha: A Study Guide

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Source Sheet

Proposed Solutions to the Agunah Crisis

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Essay

Two Stages of Marriage

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Essay

Symmetry in Marital Sex

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Essay

Two Approaches to Marital Sex

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Niddah and Mikveh

May a Husband Give His Wife Supportive Touch During Childbirth? – Part 2

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

May a Husband Give His Wife Supportive Touch During Childbirth? – Part 1

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Teshuva

Mikveh During Aveilut

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Op Ed

We Need a Mikveh Revolution, Forward

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Tzniut, Sex and Sexuality

Source Sheet

Hair Covering for Married Women

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Source Sheet

Tzniut, Halakha and the Male Gaze: Lecture and Sources

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Teshuva

Yichud in a Shul

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Teshuva

Public Displays of Affection

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Op Ed

Lechery, Immodesty and the Talmud – NY Times

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Essay

Tzniut: Whose Obligation?

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Halakhic and Communal Authorities

Source Sheet

Women in the Modern Orthodox Community – Community Leadership

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Op Ed

It’s Time For a Revolution In Halakhic Rulings, Forward

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Op Ed

Psak Halakha and Women’s Voices, JOFA Journal, Spring, 2015

by Rabbi Dov Linzer

Women and Halakah: Teshuvot and Resources

Synagogue

Women in the Modern Orthodox Community – Participation in Synagogue Ritual

Women in the Modern Orthodox Community – Mechitza

Mechitzah: Meanings, Marginalization and Membership

To My Fellow Orthodox Jews: Don’t Open Shuls Until You Can Open Them to Women, Forward

Breastfeeding and Showing Affection in Shul

Tefillah

Women, Minyan and Tzibbur for Tefillah and Selihot

May a Woman Lead Selichot and the Recital of God’s Thirteen Attributes of Mercy? (English)

Partnership Minyanim: A Preliminary Response to R. Hershel Schachter

May a Woman Lead Selichot?

Women and Kriyat HaTorah

Lifecycles

Woman Serving as Sandeket

May a Woman Be a Mohelet?

Can A Woman Be A Sandak?

Mikveh During Aveilut

Harchakot During Aveilut

Weddings

Women and Sheva Brakhot

May a Woman Recite Birkat Eirusin?

Kiddushin: Ownership or Partnership? Part 5: Kinyan and Kiddushin in Competition – Gemara and Rishonim

Kiddushin: Ownership or Partnership? Part 4: From Kinyan to Kiddushin in the Talmud

Kiddushin: Ownership or Partnership? Part 3: From Mohar to Ketuvah

Kiddushin: Ownership or Partnership? Part 2: The Act of Marriage – Mohar and other Marriage-Monies

Kiddushin: Ownership or Partnership? Part 1: Torah Laws

Ani LiDodi, VDodi Li: Towards a More Balanced Wedding Ceremony

Is the Ketuvah d’Oraitta or d’Rabanan?

Kiddushin as a Speech Act

Kiddushin: Acquisition or Partnership?

Birkhat Eirusin: Birkhat Ha’Mitzvah or Birkhat Ha’Shevach?

Married Life

Family Planning in Halakha

Pru u’Rvu: The Mitzvah

Martial Sex and Onah – The Husband’s Obligation

Abortion in Halakha: A Study Guide

Proposed Solutions to the Agunah Crisis

Two Stages of Marriage

Symmetry in Marital Sex

Two Approaches to Marital Sex

Niddah and Mikveh

May a Husband Give His Wife Supportive Touch During Childbirth? – Part 2

May a Husband Give His Wife Supportive Touch During Childbirth? – Part 1

Mikveh During Aveilut

We Need a Mikveh Revolution, Forward

Tzniut, Sex and Sexuality

Hair Covering for Married Women

Tzniut, Halakha and the Male Gaze: Lecture and Sources

Yichud in a Shul

Public Displays of Affection

Lechery, Immodesty and the Talmud – NY Times

Tzniut: Whose Obligation?

Halakhic and Communal Authorities

Women in the Modern Orthodox Community – Community Leadership

It’s Time For a Revolution In Halakhic Rulings, Forward

Psak Halakha and Women’s Voices, JOFA Journal, Spring, 2015

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