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Women's gallery in the 14th-century Córdoba Synagogue.. The Ezrat Nashim (Hebrew: עזרת נשים) or Vaybershul (Yiddish: ווײַבערשול), commonly referred to in English as the women's section or women's gallery, is an area of a synagogue sanctuary reserved exclusively for women.
[2]: 19 In most synagogues, women were given an area named Ezrat Nashim, most likely a balcony; some synagogues had a separate building. [34] Separation from the men was created by the Rabbis in the Mishnah and the Talmud. The reasoning was that a woman and her body would distract men and give them impure thoughts during prayer. [35]
Weiss sought to establish an approach to Orthodox Judaism that emphasizes inclusivity and open-mindedness compared to traditional norms. As a result, he founded new educational institutions aimed at training clergy who could implement this vision: YCT's rabbinical school to train rabbis who would be "open, non-judgmental, knowledgeable, empathetic, and eager to transform Orthodoxy into a ...
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'fore-sayer' or 'front-sayer'; Hebrew: רבנית הדרשנית, romanized: rabbanit ha-darshanit), alternately vorsangerin, foreleiner, zugerin, or zugerke, was a historic role in the synagogue for a learned Jewish woman leading women in prayer from the weibershul (women's gallery or annex) as a precentress, parallel to the main service led ...
Chabad House Palm Beach and Palm Beach Synagogue hosted bat mitzvah celebrations this month for 20 women spanning six decades in age.
Women's ordination. Women rabbis and Torah scholars § Orthodox Judaism; Yeshivot ordaining women: Beit Midrash Har'el (Orthodox) Maharat (Open Orthodox) Jewish identity & Zionism. Midrasha Zionit, international Jewish community of Russian-speaking Jews with Religious Zionist orientation and educational activities
Lille Synagogue, France.An eclectic hybrid with Moorish, Romanesque, classical and Baroque elements, 1892. Synagogue of the Kaifeng Jewish community in China. The ark may be more or less elaborate, even a cabinet not structurally integral to the building or a portable arrangement whereby a Torah is brought into a space temporarily used for worship.