Halakhic Foundation
The halakhic foundation for a partnership minyan draws on a variety of sources from the Talmud to modern-day poskim. You can get started learning about how and why a partnership minyan functions with these resources:
- The Jewish Feminist Orthodox Alliance discusses partnership minyanim and lists many throughout the world
- Women in the Modern Orthodox Shul is written by our Halakhic advisor, Rabbi Martin Lockshin
- Mendel Shapiro, Qeri’at ha-Torah by Women: A Halakhic Analysis
- Daniel Sperber, Congregational Dignity and Human Dignity: Women and Public Torah Reading
- The Kabbalat Shabbat Memorandum – a Response to Partnership Minyan naysayers by R’ Daniel Sperber
Kol Sasson was formed under guidance from our Halakhic Adviser Emeritus, Rabbi Dr. Marty Lockshin.
Tue, January 21 2025
21 Tevet 5785
This week's Torah portion is Parshat Vaera
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Dr. Miriam Udell is Director of the Tam Institute of Jewish Studies at Emory University, where she teaches Yiddish Language and Literature. Dr. Udel is the author of Never Better!: The Modern Jewish Picaresque (University of Michigan Press), winner of the 2017 National Jewish Book Award in Modern Jewish Thought and Experience. She is the editor and translator of Honey on the Page: A Treasury of Yiddish Children’s Literature (NYU Press, 2020), winner of the Judaica Reference Award from the Association of Jewish Libraries. The weekend program includes: 8PM Friday Night Oneg at the Jacobs Home: “Tevye’s granddaughters” Shabbat Morning: “Understanding Ashkenazi modernity through Yiddish children’s literature”, followed by communal lunch 8PM Saturday Night Melave Malka at the Shapiro Home: “Charity or Revolution: the Whole Megile” -
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