The Women's Torah Commentary

by Goldstein, Elyse M.

• ISBN13: 9781580230766
• ISBN10: 1580230768
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Jewish Lights Pub

Summary

For the first time, women rabbis provide a commentary to the entire Hebrew Bible, not just those parts that relate to women and women's issues.

Author Biography

Rabbi Elyse Goldstein is a teacher of Torah. She is the Director of Kolel, The Adult Center for Liberal Jewish Learning

Table of Contents

Index by Author	13	(2)
Foreword: The Different Voice of Jewish Women	15	(8)
Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Acknowledgments	23	(2)
Introduction	25	(11)
What You Need to Know to Use This Book	36	(5)
Rabbinic Commentators and Midrashic Collections Noted in This Book	41	(6)
Bereshit/Genesis
Bereshit (1:1--6:8): The Untold Story of Eve	47	(6)
Rabbi Lori Forman
Noach (6:9--11:32): Mrs. Noah	53	(4)
Rabbi Julie Ringold Spitzer
Lech Lecha (12:1--17:27): What's in a Name?	57	(6)
Rabbi Michal Shekel
Vayera (18:1--22:24): Positive Pillars	63	(7)
Rabbi Cynthia A. Culpeper
Chaye Sarah (23:1--25:18): Woman's Life, Woman's Truth	70	(5)
Rabbi Rona Shapiro
Toldot (25:19--28:9): Rebecca's Birth Stories	75	(4)
Rabbi Beth J. Singer
Vayetze (28:10--32:3): Wrestling on the Other Side of the River	79	(6)
Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
Vayishlach (32:4--36:43): No Means No	85	(4)
Rabbi Lia Bass
Vayeshev (37:1--40:23): Power, Sex, and Deception	89	(10)
Rabbi Geela-Rayzel Raphael
Miketz (41:1--44:17): In Search of Dreamers	99	(7)
Rabbi Debra Judith Robbins
Vayigash (44:18--47:27): Daddy's Girl	106	(6)
Rabbi Shira Stern
Vayechi (47:28--50:26): Serach Bat Asher---the Woman Who Enabled the Exodus	112	(9)
Rabbi Barbara Rosman Penzner
Shmot/Exodus
Shmot (1:1--6:1): Rediscovering Tziporah	121	(6)
Rabbi Rebecca T. Alpert
Va-era (6:2--9:35): The Many Names of God	127	(6)
Rabbi Karyn D. Kedar
Bo (10:1--13:16): Power and Liberation	133	(5)
Rabbi Lucy H.F. Dinner
Beshalach (13:17--17:16): Miriam's Song, Miriam's Silence	138	(5)
Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell
Yitro (18:1--20:26): We All Stood at Sinai	143	(5)
Rabbi Julie K. Gordon
Mishpatim (21:1--24:18): What Must We Do?	148	(6)
Rabbi Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer
Terumah (25:1--27:19): Community as Sacred Space	154	(6)
Rabbi Sharon L. Sobel
Tetzaveh (27:20--30:10): Finding Our Home in the Temple and the Temple in Our Homes	160	(4)
Rabbi Sara Paasche-Orlow
Ki Tissa (30:11--34:35): The Women Didn't Build the Golden Calf---or Did They?	164	(8)
Rabbi Ellen Lippmann
Vayakhel (35:1--38:20): Of Women and Mirrors	172	(7)
Rabbi Nancy H. Wiener
Pekudei (38:21--40:38): The Birthing of the Mishkan (Tabernacle)	179	(6)
Rabbi Elana Zaiman
Vayikra/Leviticus
Vayikra (1:1--5:26): The Book of Relationships	185	(6)
Rabbi Shoshana Gelfand
Tzav (6:1--8:36): Message and Messenger	191	(5)
Rabbi Claire Magidovitch Green
Shemini (9:1--11:47): Kashrut, Food, and Women	196	(6)
Rabbi Ilene Schneider
Tazria (12:1--13:59): Our Children/God's Children	202	(9)
Rabbi Helaine Ettinger
Metzorah (14:1--15:33): Reclaiming the Torah of Our Lives	211	(7)
Rabbi Laura Geller
Acharei Mot (16:1--18:30): After a Death ... Then What?	218	(7)
Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman
Kedoshim (19:1--20:27): Who Shall Be Holy?	225	(6)
Rabbi Rachel Esserman
Emor (21:1--24:23): Elitism in the Levitical Priesthood	231	(7)
Rabbi Valerie Lieber
Behar (25:1--26:2): Proclaiming Liberty throughout the Land	238	(8)
Sharon Brous
Jill Hammer
Bechukotai (26:3--27:34): Mir Zaynen Do---We Are Here	246	(9)
Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton
Bamidbar/Numbers
Bamidbar (1:1--4:20): Beyond Pidyon Ha-ben: Blessings for Giving Life	255	(6)
Rabbi Sheryl Nosan
Naso (4:21--7:89): Inscribing Jealousy on the Bodies of Women	261	(9)
Rabbi Sarra Levine
Beha'alotecha (8:1--12:16): The Silencing of Miriam	270	(9)
Rabbi Ruth H. Sohn
Shelach-Lecha (13:1--15:41): The Grasshoppers and the Giants	279	(7)
Rabbi Lisa A. Edwards
Korach (16:1--18:32): Authority, Status, Power	286	(8)
Rabbi Elyse D. Frishman
Chukkat (19:1--22:1): Blood and Water, Death and Life	294	(7)
Rabbi Audrey S. Pollack
Balak (22:2--25:9): The End of Abuse	301	(6)
Rabbi Diane Aronson Cohen
Pinchas (25:10--30:1): Daughters and Inheritance Law	307	(8)
Rabbi Pamela Wax
Matot (30:2--32:42): Women Speak Louder Than Words	315	(6)
Rabbi Stacy K. Offner
Masa'ei (33:1--36:13): Boundaries and Limits	321	(10)
Rabbi Hara E. Person
Devarim/Deuteronomy
Devarim (1:1--3:22): Essence and Transcendence	331	(7)
Rabbi Analia Bortz
Va'etchanan (3:23--7:11): ``A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey'': Sexualizing the Land	338	(7)
Rabbi Rochelle Robins
Ekev (7:12--11:25): Circumcision, Womb, and Spiritual Intimacy	345	(6)
Rabbi Gila Colman Ruskin
Re'eh (11:26--16:17): A Time to Tear Down, a Time to Build Up	351	(7)
Rabbi Laura M. Rappaport
Shoftim (16:18--21:9): Principles for Feminist Approaches to Torah	358	(6)
Rabbi Susan Fendrick
Ki Tetzey (21:10--25:19): The Accused Woman	364	(7)
Rabbi Judith Gary Brown
Ki Tavo (26:1--29:8): The Basket Ceremony of Gratitude and Hope	371	(6)
Rabbi Nancy Wechsler-Azen
Nitzavim (29:9--30:20): Women and the Covenant	377	(7)
Rabbi Miriam Carey Berkowitz
Vayelech (31:1--30): Guardians of the Tradition	384	(6)
Rabbi Rosette Barron Haim
Ha'azinu (32:1--52): Understanding the Anger	390	(7)
Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin
V'zot Habrachah (33:1--34:12): The Loss of Moses	397	(8)
Rabbi Sandra J. Cohen
Epilogue: Looking Backward and Ahead	405	(5)
Rabbi Sally J. Priesand
Notes	410	(18)
Glossary	428	(6)
Bibliography and Suggested Further Reading	434	(6)
About the Contributors	440	(41)
About Jewish Lights	481