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May Women Touch a Torah Scroll?, compiled by Zlochower, Devorah.
Synopsis: In this halakhic source guide, Devorah Zlochower guides readers through a comprehensive anaysis of the relevant sources to answer the question posed.
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1999
"Dancing on the Edge," Gold, Batya. Jewish Actioin, 1999.
Synopsis: Batya Gold, a Charedi woman, describes her experience celebrating Simchat Torah at a modern Orthodox synagogue. She also discusses her conflicting feelings about her deep love and commitment to her community and her desire for more inclusion in the ritual and spiritual life of that community.
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1984
"A Woman's Sefer Torah," Kaplan, Joseph. Sh'ma, 14:274, 1984.
Synopsis: Based on a personal experience with his wife and daughters, Kaplan discusses the significance of the dancing with a Sefer Torah on Simchat Torah.
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1982
"Women and Sefer Torah," Weiss, Avi. Tradition, 20, 1982.
Synopsis: Weiss examines how the tradtion that deprives women of the right to touch the Torah has evolved. He specifically examines the validity of the claim that a woman being a niddah prohibits her from engaging in any physical contact with the Torah itself.
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"Q&A with Rabbi Riskin - re: Women dancing with Sefer Torah," Riskin, Shlomo. Ohr Torah Stone Newsletter.
Synopsis: In response to a question, R. Riskin discusses women dancing with a sefer Torah in light of existing custom in a congregation.
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1992
Daughters of the King: Women and the Synagogue. Grossman, Susan and Haut, Rivka, eds.. JPS, 1992.
Synopsis: Daughters of the King explains women's involvement in and around the synagogue from its antecedents in the biblical period to contemporary times. Susan Grossman and Rivka Haut have added their experiences and studies to those of other scholars and religious thinkers to demonstrate the historical diversity of women's roles in Judaism, to record first-person accounts of the innovative practices now being introduced for and by women throughout the Jewish community, and to ponder these new realities in order to glimpse the religious life of Jewish women in the future.
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