Women and Halakha Shiur

1. Lecture notes and Source material may overlap several shiurim

2. (a) “Women and Minyan,” Aryeh A. Frimer, Tradition, 23:4, 54-77 (Summer 1988).  (b) "Ma’amad haIsha baHalakha: Nashim uMinyan [The Status of Women in Jewish Law - Women and Minyan]”, Aryeh A. Frimer, Or HaMizrach, 34, 69-86 (5745/1985). (In Hebrew).

3. “Women’s Megillah Reading,” Aryeh A. Frimer, In “Traditions and Celebrations for the Bat Mitzvah,” Ora Wiskind Elper, Editor; Urim Publications: Jerusalem, 2003; pp. 281-304.

4. “Women's Prayer Services: Theory and Practice. Part 1 - Theory,” Aryeh A. Frimer and Dov I. Frimer, Tradition, 32:2, pp. 5-118 (Winter 1998).

5. “Nashim beTafkidim Tsibburiyyim biTekufa haModernit [Women in Community Leadership Roles in the Modern Period],” Aryeh A. Frimer, In “Afikei Yehudah - Rabbi Yehuda Gershuni zt’l Memorial Volume,” R. Itamar Warhaftig, ed., Ariel Press: Jerusalem, 5765 (2005), pp. 330-354 (In Hebrew).

6. “Women in Community Leadership Roles – Shul Presidents” – Edited Transcript of Lecture (in English) with Addenda (Summaries of Conversations with Rav Aharon Lichtenstein and Rav Nahum Rabinovitch), Aryeh A. Frimer,

7. “Guarding the Treasure: A Review of Tamar Ross, Expanding the Palace of the King –Orthodoxy and Feminism, Brandeis University Press, Waltham 2004,” A.A. Frimer, BDD - Journal of Torah and Scholarship, 18, English section, pp. 67-106 (April 2007).  

8. “ The View of Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik zt”l on the Ordination of Women ,” by Aryeh A. Frimer, "Text and Texture" (Rabbinical Council of America), June 26, 2010;

9. “ Women in Community Leadership Roles – Shul Presidents ,” "Text and Texture" (Rabbinical Council of America), June 2, 2010

10 " Lo Zo haDerekh : A Review of Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber's Darka shel Halakha ," Aryeh A. Frimer, The Seforim Blog, June 12, 2008

11" Partnership Minyanim ," Aryeh A. Frimer and Dov I. Frimer, "Text and Texture" of the Rabbinical Council of America (May 23, 2010)

12“ Kadsheinu beMitsvoteka – The Function of the Mitsva, ” Aryeh A. Frimer, The Seforim Blog, September 23, 2009

13. Audio of panel discussion can be downloaded free of charge at: http://tinyurl.com/4quk8nt. Video available for purchase at: http://www.torahinmotion.org/

14. “The View of Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik zt”l on the Ordination of Women,” by Aryeh A. Frimer, "Text and Texture" of the Rabbinical Council of America (June 26, 2010); available online at http://text.rcarabbis.org/?p=958 .

15. “Indeed! Keep the Conversation on Orthodox Feminism Honest!” Aryeh A. Frimer, Hirhurim – Torah Musings (Aug. 21, 2011), online at http://torahmusings.com/2011/08/keep-the-conversation-honest/ .

16. “Feminism and Changes in Jewish Liturgy: A Review of Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber’s On Changes in Jewish Liturgy: Options and Limitations,” Aryeh A. Frimer, Hakirah, The Flatbush Journal of Jewish Law and Thought, XII (Fall 2011) 65-87 - available online at http://www.hakirah.org/Vol%2012%20FrimerA.pdf .

17. “She-lo Asani Isha Revisited, Once Again!” Aryeh A. Frimer, Hirhurim – Torah Musings (January 10, 2012), online at http://torahmusings.com/2012/01/she-lo-asani-isha-revisited-once-again/

18. “Women, Kri’at haTorah and Aliyyot” Aryeh A. Frimer and Dov I. Frimer, Tradition, 46:4 (Winter, 2013), 67-238, available at http://www.rcarabbis.org/pdf/frimer_article.pdf .

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