BAT-MITZVAH: Kovetz Ma'amarim [Hebrew]
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BAT-MITZVAH: Kovetz Ma'amarim [Hebrew]
Edited by Sara Friedland Ben Arza
Hardcover, 535 pages
Urim Publications, 2002
Urim Publications, 2002
ISBN: 965-7108-37-3
Since the Bat-Mitzvah celebration is not founded in tradition, much confusion surrounds it. In this volume, Rabbis and Rabbaniyot, male and female educators, come together to deal with the milestone of the Bat-Mitzvah from a halakhic, philosophical and educational perspective. Elements that are paid special attention are the staging of the event, halakhic questions, learning material for the girl who is entering Bat-Mitzvah, ideas for drashot, and a survey of preparatory programs for the upcoming celebration, and more.
Contributors:
Rachel Adelman
Aron Ahrend
S.Y. Agnon
Rabbi Yaakov Ariel
Rabbi Aviner
Dvorah Bar
Rabbi David Bigman
Rabbanit Malke Bina
Rabbi Yuval Cherlow
Gabriel H. Cohen
Yardena Cope-Yossef
Sara Eliash
Rabbi Mordechai Elon
Rabbanit Esther Farbstein
Ilana Fodimen
Sara Friedland Ben Arza
Hannah Ross Friedman
Tirza Garber
Tamar Gingihashvili
Rabbi Baruch Gigi
Rabbi Yehuda Gilad
Ofer Beit Halahmi
Baruch Kahana
Felice Kahn Zisken
Rabbi Benjamin Kalmanson
Rav Kalonymus Kalmish Shapira
Rav Kalonymus ben Kalonymus
Einel Kapach
Leah Kaplan
Chana Kehat
Rav Kook
Rabbanit Oshra Koren
Rabbi Benny Lau
Yael Levine
Bryna Levy
Rabbi Dov Lior
Rabbi Yechezkel Lichteinshten
Rabbi Aharon Lichtenshtein
Rabbanit Rivka Lubitch
Rabbi Ronen Lubitch
Inbar Maimouni
Itai Mor-Yosef
Rabbanit Malka Puterkovsky
Elyssa Moss Rabinowitz
Rabbi Shabtai A. Rappoport
Efrat Razel
Rabbi Moshe Raziel
Daniel Shalit
Shulamit Shemesh
Esther Stern
Rabbi Arie Strikovsky
Rabbi Shmuel Tal
Rabbi Daniel Tuito
Golda Warhaftig
Michal Wosner
Tamar Yehuda-Gesundheit
In MaTaN - Machon Torani Lenashim Beyerushalayim (Women's Institute of Torah Study) - women study intensively in their desire to grow and develop in their comprehension of the Torah. A balance is struck between the best of academic research and the profound and personally creative approach of traditional-yeshiva learning.
MaTaN was created with the vision of providing all women with the opportunity to study the Jewish sources on the highest level. Its founders wanted to serve the community of women by offering them specially designed programs of intensive classroom studies combined with Beit Midrash learning. Today over 1,000 women study Torah at MaTaN. Its innovative programs include intensive Beit Midrash learning for full time scholars, a broad range of continuing education courses in six Israeli cities and college preparatory programs for young immigrants. An electric excitement is generated as women from all walks of life, of all ages and of varied backgrounds learn together.
Praise for Bat-Mitzvah:
"The anthology, written mostly by women, explores halachic and philosophical issues, offers practical suggestions to make the celebration meaningful, and includes nostalgic reminisces of women's experiences of this life marker."
- Barbara Sofer, Jerusalem Post
"Bat-Mitzvah Collected Writings and Reflections is a compilation of Hebrew articles aimed at national religious parents and educators. There is a brief English abstract. The articles range from Halachic responsa to analyses of the roles of women in the Bible to academic studies and personal reflections by five women about how they marked their special day."
- Shira Schoenberg, Jerusalem Post
"This book is divided into three sections: The first section - This Is The Day - focuses on the Bat Mitzvah celebration, and offers advice on appropriate ways to prepare for it. Within this context, Rabbis were posed halakhic questions as to the permissibility of marking the Bat Mitzvah ceremony with special women's prayer groups, where girls will be called up to read from the Torah. Most of the Rabbis who were approached for halakhic guidance - including Rabbis Yaakov Ariel, Shlomo Aviner, Lichtenstein, and even Yehuda Elad - responded positively, under the condition that the event would be implemented in accordance with Halakhic guidelines, and would meet with public approval.
The second section - Hear O Daughter - contains learning material to review with the girl prior to her Bat Mitzvah. The third section - Educate the Young Woman - provides educational programs suitable for the Bat Mitzvah.
Finally, the concluding section - I Remember the Days - recounts women's personal memories of the Bat Mitzvah ceremony". [Bat Mitzvah: Collected Writings and Reflections is] an essential book for every Jewish household."
- Zu Iri