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RABBI DR. ELIEZER BERKOVITS’ FINAL BOOK, Jewish Women in Time and
Torah, is a critical examination of the status of women in
Halakhah. It offers a coherent theological approach by which the
eternal Divine nature of Torah must be upheld, and yet also
recognize that the ever-changing status of women, reflected in our
sacred texts, is linked to historical and social movements of
humanity in the world at large. Berkovits makes several
suggestions, based on a thorough examination of halakhic sources,
to improve that status. The author’s basic thesis is that the
inferior status of women is a vestige of ancient culture. In the
course of time, women have gained certain rights. But, Berkovits
emphasizes, more remains to be done, especially in the spheres of
ritual participation and marital rights, areas in which he makes a
number of concrete halakhic suggestions. For example, he suggests
that adequate halakhic justification exists for women to take upon
themselves the mitzvah of donning tefillin or establishing their
own prayer groups, as well as women reciting Shabbat kiddush for
men or participating in a mixed-gender zimmun for Grace After
Meals.
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