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Info. respect accorded to women in Jewish tradition was a part of their ethnic culture women are endowed with a greater degree of "binah" (intuition, understanding, intelligence) than men

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  1. Info • respect accorded to women in Jewish tradition was a part of their ethnic culture • women are endowed with a greater degree of "binah" (intuition, understanding, intelligence) than men • Miriam is considered one of the liberators of the Children of Israel, along with her brothers Moses and Aaron.

  2. Three (commandments) that are reserved for women: nerot (lighting candles), challah (separating a portion of dough), and niddah (sexual separation during a woman's menstrual period and ritual immersion afterwards). • custom that women do not work on Rosh Chodesh(first day of the month)

  3. 1st: mind is supposed to be on prayer, not on the pretty girl praying near you. Second, many pagan religious ceremonies at the time Judaism was founded involved sexual activity and orgies, and the separation prevents or at least discourages this • separation of men and women during prayer. • According to Jewish Law, men and women must be separated during prayer, by a wall or curtain called a mechitzah or by placing women in a second floor balcony.

  4. men should not be able to see women during prayer, • women are permitted to see men during prayer. • This seems to reflect the opinion that women are better able to concentrate on prayer with an attractive member of the opposite sex visible.

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