Understanding Women's Role in Traditional Judaism

The role of women in traditional Judaism has been grossly misrepresented and misunderstood. The position of women is not nearly as lowly as many people see it; the position of women in Halakha (Jewish law) dating back from a biblical standpoint is in many ways better than women in in today’s world. Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan are world leaders and they are Jews. (Women in Judaism)

The Jews see God as both masculine and feminine gender, meaning he has no genitalia

(Dubov). Attributing this to women; the Jews believe that God created man in Gen. 1:27 with dual gender and was later separated into male and female. Since men and women were once

One; why could they not be seen as equal? Traditional Judaism also believes that women have more intellect and are

Women are very significant in making a Godlily household. A Jewish woman creating a Jewish home, and teaching her children in Torah and mitzvot, is deserving of King Solomon’s praise, “A woman of worth who can find … a God-fearing woman, she is to be praised” (Dubov). Women have been a source of day to day goodwill in Jewish homes.

In a world where fashion and vogue hold sway over eternal values and principles, worthy mothers and daughters are less concerned with what other people’s opinion might be concerning the way they handle themselves and their homes in accord with the laws of the Torah. If these seems “old-fashioned” to their neighbors and his “modern” ideas of “new morality”, then they

Jews would take pride in their old-fashioned ways of life (Dubov).

In conclusion to my well-organized argument and support in the role of women in the

Jewish community; women as a sacred entity have contributed a lot to the Jewish religion and community. The Jewish being devoted to their faith and mitzvahs, it is on the mothers to solely contribute to the daily way of life of the household. So therefore, women are important in the

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