Law, Hierarchy, and Gender: Reflections on the Exemption of Women from Time-Bound Commandments

Why do the tannaim exempt women from time-bound commandments (m. Qiddushin 1:7)? In this paper it is argued that the unequal levels of obligation for men and women in rabbinic Judaism creates a hierarchy of mitzvot between them that mimics and virtually replaces the earlier biblical hierarchy of mit...

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Main Author: Rhein, Valérie (Author)
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Published: Universität Bern, Institut für Judaistik [2020]
In: Judaica: neue digitale Folge
Year: 2020, Volume: 1, Pages: 1-37
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