Autonomy – Rabbanit Sarah Segal-Katz

Op-Ed: the Months in Which Registration for the Chief Rabbinate Exams Have Been Blocked for All

Ahead of the activity week of Israeli Rabbinate, dedicated this year to the theme “Torah, Leadership, and Choice,” Rabbanit Sarah wrote about the frustrating reality of the past six months: it has simply been impossible—for both men and women—to register for the Halachic examinations of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. This situation began not long […]

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Mikveh Responsibility and Renewal: A Year into the Pandemic

Leaders, scholars, and activists gathered to reflect on mikveh safety during COVID-19, addressing challenges of sanitation, halakha, and communal responsibility.

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A Propitious Time: On Desire in Marriage

Desire and passion play an integral role in our lives. For religious couples, these concepts must be viewed in the context of halakhic obligations—the obligation to fulfill desire, on the one hand, and the obligation to restrain it, on the other. Various halakhic discussions address the desire for a physical relationship that is at once fulfilling and accords with the demands of halakhah.

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Does a Bride need to Bring Confirmation of her Immersion in the Mikveh?

Until recent years, brides were required to present proof of baptism in a Mikveh as part of the marriage registration process at the rabbinate. Until this requirement was removed. What is the background and reasons for this significant change?

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In first Person, in a Different Voice? Women Teaching Halakha

When a woman turns to a female halakhic teacher (morat halakha) or advisor (yoetzet halakha), the responder fulfills two “roles” that were, in the past, separate from one another: she serves as both a halakhic authority and a woman. The combination of these roles in one figure brings to our world a new reality that did not exist in the distant past. In this article we will discuss the unique contributions, challenges and opportunities of women who respond to questions in the realm of niddah.

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A Mikve of Your Own

The decision of what Mikve means to each woman, is no less important than the actual tevilla itself.

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Personal Responsibility is a Good Thing: In Praise of Autonomy in Matters of Intimacy

People have always turned to experts to answer their questions and relieve their pain. What is the role of autonomy in intimate matters, and where do we draw the line between healthy consultation and over-consultation?

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From “Family Planning” to “Contraception”: Social and Halakhic Discourse in Family Formation

The choice of how to refer to the use of contraceptives affects how we approach the topic. Behind the call for changing the discourse is a desire to choose contraceptives in a thoughtful, autonomous manner, based on knowledge.

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The Rebbetz-men: On the Husbands – Spouses of Female Halakhic Authorities

An article about the place of spouses of female halakhic Rabbis and the domestic implications of this historic shift. Adam Katz speaks about life with Rabbanit Sarah Segal-Katz in her role as a halakhic teacher. He notes that questions arrive at all hours and that couples tell her - rabbinical authority is authority, regardless of whether a rabbi or rabbanit responds.

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Ethics of Rabbinical Authority in Daylight and in Darkness

On the desire to eradicate the Rabbinical authority to harm the ethical responsibility that must be engaged when taking on a Rabbinical position.

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Non-Spoken-About Spiritual Conversion – From Bachelorhood to Marriage

One thinks that a vacuum is formed. They say that you’ll live with the understanding that bachelorhood is a corridor to the next stage, to marriage. Then you find yourself there for a long time.

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Home Birth

Since our first conversation we weaved a dream: to give our future children and ourselves natural births, at home.

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Advot’s Second Conference – Continuing the Conversation on the Mikveh

Advot began with a call to talk about the mikveh. Through panels and public work, women’s voices shaped change for bathers & attendants. Watch the 2013 2nd conf. panel.