Comments on: The Advantage Women Had in Biblical Times https://ourrabbijesus.com/articles/the-advantage-women-had-in-biblical-times/ His Jewish Life and Teaching Fri, 31 Oct 2025 22:37:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lois Tverberg https://ourrabbijesus.com/articles/the-advantage-women-had-in-biblical-times/#comment-103322 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 17:08:52 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?post_type=articles&p=4044#comment-103322 In reply to Garry D.

Garry, that’s not the point of the article. It’s to point out that foreign women could “convert” but men could not. But to answer your question, in Orthodox Judaism, women are exempted from having to keep any time-bound commandments. These are things like going to the synagogue for morning prayers, etc. The rationale is that caring for family often makes these duties impossible.

]]> By: Garry D https://ourrabbijesus.com/articles/the-advantage-women-had-in-biblical-times/#comment-102982 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 04:39:52 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?post_type=articles&p=4044#comment-102982 Hi Lois,
I’ve been trying to recall the sites and reference materials, but alas…however I had the thought that women were actually gifted by G-D to not have to do the stuff men did. He, G-D, considered their role in family and community of such importance that he had their time and resources freed from the “administrivia” of living that often so occupies men. It is indeed unfortunate that this view has been tainted to where it diminishes rather that honors the capacity of women.

]]> By: Diane Olsen https://ourrabbijesus.com/articles/the-advantage-women-had-in-biblical-times/#comment-102684 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 17:39:24 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?post_type=articles&p=4044#comment-102684 How good and perfect it is that it was the divorced or widowed woman who had the freedom and the right to choose her belief for herself. This is a great redemptive truth that has its roots in the Garden with Eve. I love this writing, and the great spiritual truth it reveals.

]]> By: Sandy https://ourrabbijesus.com/articles/the-advantage-women-had-in-biblical-times/#comment-102284 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 02:50:24 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?post_type=articles&p=4044#comment-102284 Too bad the middle eastern culture doesn’t understand this.

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