The Daughters VictoriousBased on the biblical story, Rabbi Wexler takes us on a fictional journey into the lives of five brave and determined sisters who transformed Judaism and women's rights when they fought for their property and educational rights, the results of which can be seen in Judaism's laws of inheritance. All of this happening 3,000 years before the most advanced Western civilizations acted in a similar manner. |
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... Azriel , Shaphat and Ram — who joined the ranks of the slaves when they came of age . All of the brothers and their parents lived in a family house in the province of Goshen by the shores of the Nile River . Zelaphchad dealt firmly with ...
... Azriel , Shaphat and Ram — who joined the ranks of the slaves when they came of age . All of the brothers and their parents lived in a family house in the province of Goshen by the shores of the Nile River . Zelaphchad dealt firmly with ...
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... Azriel , next in order of birth , married a year after Zelaphchad . Shafat was wed a half year later . Both were blessed with sons which made Zelaphchad feel somewhat envious . Shafat , who married Adina from the tribe of Ephraim ...
... Azriel , next in order of birth , married a year after Zelaphchad . Shafat was wed a half year later . Both were blessed with sons which made Zelaphchad feel somewhat envious . Shafat , who married Adina from the tribe of Ephraim ...
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... Azriel was familiar with earlier revelations experienced by the Hebrew patriarchs and he and other slaves had long been praying for heavenly redemption . Still , it was hard to believe that the prayers were actually being answered ...
... Azriel was familiar with earlier revelations experienced by the Hebrew patriarchs and he and other slaves had long been praying for heavenly redemption . Still , it was hard to believe that the prayers were actually being answered ...
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... Azriel for help in analyzing the turn of events . The latter had been thinking about the problem while walking home with his brothers and was ready when called upon . " We have three approaches to this situation , " he said . " We can ...
... Azriel for help in analyzing the turn of events . The latter had been thinking about the problem while walking home with his brothers and was ready when called upon . " We have three approaches to this situation , " he said . " We can ...
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... Azriel . Achla was glad to see him alive and helped him to bed . There she rubbed his back with ointment to ease some of the pain . The family was finishing dinner when a messenger arrived . He advised Zelaphchad that the tribal leaders ...
... Azriel . Achla was glad to see him alive and helped him to bed . There she rubbed his back with ointment to ease some of the pain . The family was finishing dinner when a messenger arrived . He advised Zelaphchad that the tribal leaders ...
Contents
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CHAPTER FIVE | 115 |
CHAPTER SIX | 138 |
THE DESERT | 167 |
CHAPTER SEVEN | 169 |
THC SECOND TRIAL | 309 |
CHAPTER THIRTEEN | 311 |
CHAPTER FOURTEEN | 335 |
CHAPTER FIFTEEN | 359 |
IN CANAAN | 379 |
CHAPTER SIXTEEN | 381 |
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN | 401 |
GENERAL NOTES | 421 |
CHAPTER EIGHT | 193 |
CHAPTER NINE | 214 |
CHAPTER TEN | 239 |
CHAPTER ELEVEN | 263 |
CHAPTER TWELVE | 286 |
DETAILED NOTES | 426 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 445 |
GLOSSARY | 449 |
Common terms and phrases
Aaron Abba Abraham answer Azriel Barak Batya blessed brothers Caleb Canaanites Carmiel CHAPTER Chefer Chemlon chief judge children of Israel commanders council daughters of Zelaphchad desert Divine Egypt Egyptian Elazar Elchanan Elchanan ben Uriah Elgar Eliav enter Exodus father feel Gamliel Genesis girls Haniel hear heard Hebrew High Court Hogla Honor husband inheritance Jacob Joseph knew Land of Canaan learned Levirate marriage listen look Lord Machla Machla asked Malka manna married matter meeting Meir Mikva Milka morning Moses mother Name assigned never night Noah Numbers person Pharaoh problem question Rabbi Rashi request Sabbath Shafat Shechem sisters slaves spoke sure Tabernacle talk Talmud teach teacher tell tent Tirza told Torah Law Torah studies Tractate Tribal Center tribal court tribe of Judah tribe of Menashe vote waiting walk wife witness woman women words Yedida
Popular passages
Page 203 - By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore ; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed ; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Page 183 - I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation : he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation ; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Page 183 - Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 304 - ... a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates ; a land of oil olive, and honey...
Page 331 - And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren. And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it : and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Page 345 - Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. 8 And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.
Page 183 - Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise; thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee. Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up?
Page 416 - You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day, Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday. A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall not come near you.