Daughters of the King: Women and the Synagogue (A Survey of History, Halakhah, and Contemporary Realities)

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Copyright © 1992 by Susan Grossman and Rivka Haut First Edition All rights reserved First paperback edition, 1993 Manufactured in the United States ofAmerica The English renderings ofpassagesfrom the Hebrew Bible conform generally to TANAKH: The Holy Scriptures (JPS, 1985). In some cases, however, an alternative translation has been used by the author. Library ofCongress cataloging-in-Publication Data Daughters ofthe King : women and the synagogue: a survey ofhistory, halakhah, and contemporary realities I edited by Susan Grossman and Rivka Haut. - 1st ed. p. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8276-04414 1. Women in synagogues. 2. Women, Jewish-Religious life. 3. Women-Legal status, laws, etc. (Jewish law). 4. Prayer-Judaism. 5. Women, Jewish-Biography. I. Grossman, Susan, 1955- . II. HaUl, Rivka, 1942BM726 .DJ7 1992 296.6'5'082-dc20 91-31430 CIP Design: Adrianne OnderdiJnk Dudden Front cover: Detail of Torah curtain; Prague, 1685/6. From "The Precious Legacy: Judaic Treasures from the Czechoslovak State Collections," organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES); courtesy of the State Jewish Museum, Prague, Czechoslovakia. Photograph by Mark Gulezian I QuickSilver Photographers. :j'~ C""~ :y1'7t1"l And let her works praise her in thegates Proverbs 31 :J1 This volume is dedicated in loving memory of GOLDIE S. COHEN (1902-1990) < and BETTY A. COHEN (1928-1992) by theirfamily: Dr. Abram Cohen; Josephine Cohen, Dr. D. Walter Cohen: Jane E. Millner, Martin S. Millner, Amy S. Cohen, Dr. Joanne L. Cohen,' and Rachel E. Millner, Lauren R. Millner, Michael S. Millner. To the memory ofourgrandmothers Shaindel and Chaikie, Rose, and Shirley and to the honor ofour mothers Esta and Adaline ...