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| Index by Author | 13 | |
| Foreword: The Different Voice of Jewish Women | 15 | |
| Acknowledgments | 23 | |
| Introduction | 25 | |
| What You Need to Know to Use This Book | 36 | |
| Rabbinic Commentators and Midrashic Collections Noted in This Book | 41 | |
| Bereshit/Genesis | ||
| Bereshit (1:1-6:8): The Untold Story of Eve | 47 | |
| Noach (6:9-11:32): Mrs. Noah | 53 | |
| Lech Lecha (12:1-17:27): What's in a Name? | 57 | |
| Vayera (18:1-22:24): Positive Pillars | 63 | |
| Chaye Sarah (23:1-25:18): Woman's Life, Woman's Truth | 70 | |
| Toldot (25:19-28:9): Rebecca's Birth Stories | 75 | |
| Vayetze (28:10-32:3): Wrestling on the Other Side of the River | 79 | |
| Vayishlach (32:4-36:43): No Means No | 85 | |
| Vayeshev (37:1-40:23): Power, Sex, and Deception | 89 | |
| Miketz (41:1-44:17): In Search of Dreamers | 99 | |
| Vayigash (44:18-47:27): Daddy's Girl | 106 | |
| Vayechi (47:28-50:26): Serach Bat Asher--the Woman Who Enabled the Exodus | 112 | |
| Shmot/Exodus | ||
| Shmot (1:1-6:1): Rediscovering Tziporah | 121 | |
| Va-era (6:2-9:35): The Many Names of God | 127 | |
| Bo (10:1-13:16): Power and Liberation | 133 | |
| Beshalach (13:17-17:16): Miriam's Song, Miriam's Silence | 138 | |
| Yitro (18:1-20:26): We All Stood at Sinai | 143 | |
| Mishpatim (21:1-24:18): What Must We Do? | 148 | |
| Terumah (25:1-27:19): Community as Sacred Space | 154 | |
| Tetzaveh (27:20-30:10): Finding Our Home in the Temple and the Temple in Our Homes | 160 | |
| Ki Tissa (30:11-34:35): The Women Didn't Build the Golden Calf--or Did They? | 164 | |
| Vayakhel (35:1-38:20): Of Women and Mirrors | 172 | |
| Pekudei (38:21-40:38): The Birthing of the Mishkan (Tabernacle) | 179 | |
| Vayikra/Leviticus | ||
| Vayikra (1:1-5:26): The Book of Relationship | 185 | |
| Tzav (6:1-8:36): Message and Messenger | 191 | |
| Shemini (9:1-11:47): Kashrut, Food, and Women | 196 | |
| Tazria (12:1-13:59): Our Children/God's Children | 202 | |
| Metzorah (14:1-15:33): Reclaiming the Torah of Our Lives | 211 | |
| Acharei Mot (16:1-18:30): After a Death ... Then What? | 218 | |
| Kedoshim (19:1-20:27): Who Shall Be Holy? | 225 | |
| Emor (21:1-24:23): Elitism in the Levitical Priesthood | 231 | |
| Behar (25:1-26:2): Proclaiming Liberty throughout the Land | 238 | |
| Bechukotai (26:3-27:34): Mir Zaynen Do--We Are Here | 246 | |
| Bamidbar/Numbers | ||
| Bamidbar (1:1-4:20): Beyond Pidyon Ha-ben: Blessings for Giving Life | 255 | |
| Naso (4:21-7:89): Inscribing Jealousy on the Bodies of Women | 261 | |
| Beha'alotecha (8:1-12:16): The Silencing of Miriam | 270 | |
| Shelach-Lecha (13:1-15:41): The Grasshoppers and the Giants | 279 | |
| Korach (16:1-18:32): Authority, Status, Power | 286 | |
| Chukkat (19:1-22:1): Blood and Water, Death and Life | 294 | |
| Balak (22:2-25:9): The End of Abuse | 301 | |
| Pinchas (25:10-30:1): Daughters and Inheritance Law | 307 | |
| Matot (30:2-32:42): Women Speak Louder Than Words | 315 | |
| Masa'ei (33:1-36:13): Boundaries and Limits | 321 | |
| Devarim/Deuteronomy | ||
| Devarim (1:1-3:22): Essence and Transcendence | 331 | |
| Va'etchanan (3:23-7:11): "A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey": Sexualizing the Land | 338 | |
| Ekev (7:12-11:25): Circumcision, Womb, and Spiritual Intimacy | 345 | |
| Re'eh (11:26-16:17): A Time to Tear Down, a Time to Build Up | 351 | |
| Shoftim (16:18-21:9): Principles for Feminist Approaches to Torah | 358 | |
| Ki Tetzey (21:10-25:19): The Accused Woman | 364 | |
| Ki Tavo (26:1-29:8): The Basket Ceremony of Gratitude and Hope | 371 | |
| Nitzavim (29:9-30:20): Women and the Covenant | 377 | |
| Vayelech (31:1-30): Guardians of the Tradition | 384 | |
| Ha'azinu (32:1-52): Understanding the Anger | 390 | |
| V'zot Habrachah (33:1-34:12): The Loss of Moses | 397 | |
| Epilogue: Looking Backward and Ahead | 405 | |
| Notes | 410 | |
| Glossary | 428 | |
| Bibliography and Suggested Further Reading | 434 | |
| About the Contributors | 440 | |
| About Jewish Lights | 481 |
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Amanda Zuczek
reviewed The Women's Torah Commentary: New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 Weekly Torah Portions on October 31, 2017 The Women's Torah Commentary: New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 Weekly Torah Portions
For the longest time I was following the Torah schedule pretty regularly, give or take a couple of weeks. I'd read about a month of sermons in a batch. But sometime in the summer, I fell off the hobby horse. To be fair, it turns out that I did finish this collection in a year, which is the span of when these portions are discussed in synagogue.
I decided to start this book because I was tired of how "the Old Testament" was summarily excused as one dimensionally brutish. To be sure, there's patriarchy, and male authors with an excessively sexist gaze about them. But surely all forms of religion, save for the most extreme fundamentalism, would have died out if there was nothing else there. I grew up in progressive Judaism, under a slew of female (and gay, just to put it out there) rabbis. I wanted to hear what they had to say.
The portions are divisions within the Hebrew bible, the Five Books of Moses, which Jews study sequentially throughout the year. In modern practice, rabbis often write sermons, or d'var Torah, about various themes. One thing I realized when I actually read the portion during its respective week and then went to synagogue, is that there's actually a whole lot to talk about. The rabbi in the book and my rabbi on the bimah barely sent ripples in each other's directions. That's a whole lot of substance to just label as stupid without further study. Even taking into account how much Jews love to kibbitz. :P
54 individual rabbis tackled the parshot, so of course there's a variety of vantage points, as well as a diversity of ground covered. Some women could tease out female side characters or Hebrew words with complex meanings that could be shaped to be more inclusive. Some had to rely on modern metaphors and transitions away from the literal text. Some brought up Midrash--a reminder that interpreting and guessing at different meanings in the text didn't just start with feminism, but has been part of our tradition since the start. I certainly agreed with some interpretations more than I did with others. But at the end of the day I can't help but count this as a success for progressive thinking, because these were WOMEN RABBIS, with power and education, grappling with the texts.
My own commentaries on the commentaries changed with time as well. In the beginning I was actually pretty sparse, but by the end I was making several notes per page. I was also more plaintive in my commentary early on, hoping for representation and questioning the words shyly, but by the end I was cracking wise and playfully mocking the old Sages. :P Many of the modern rabbis encouraged me to understand historical context and what their words meant within their own time, and I did, but Judaism has always been pretty clear that people are fallible, too. Just look at what happened to Moses, our most famous prophet.
Anywho. It was a bit of an exhausting project, but this is probably a book that I should re-read and re-interpret. Who knows if I'll even be able to read my own handwriting anyway. :P I'm so grateful that Rabbi Elyse Goldstein and Jewish Lights compiled this compelling and inspiring Jewish lady scholarship. :D
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