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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... knowledge and determination to possess and settle their ancestral land . The struggle of the daughters of Zelaphchad to acquire a Torah education , as well as the right to be recognized as the spiritual successors of their parents ...
... knowledge and determination to possess and settle their ancestral land . The struggle of the daughters of Zelaphchad to acquire a Torah education , as well as the right to be recognized as the spiritual successors of their parents ...
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... knowledge to seek to improve their religious background , to possess the Land of Israel and to express their feelings on matters of significance to them . There were many factors that prompted me to write this book in dramatic form ...
... knowledge to seek to improve their religious background , to possess the Land of Israel and to express their feelings on matters of significance to them . There were many factors that prompted me to write this book in dramatic form ...
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... knowledge that their programs were crushing the spirit of what was once a proud and autonomous people . Zelaphchad was only sixteen years of age when he joined the ranks of the slaves . A tall , muscular man , with inordinate strength ...
... knowledge that their programs were crushing the spirit of what was once a proud and autonomous people . Zelaphchad was only sixteen years of age when he joined the ranks of the slaves . A tall , muscular man , with inordinate strength ...
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... knowledge with his family . His teachings served to reinforce Zelaphchad's religious beliefs . One night , shortly after Hogla was born , Zelaphchad came home extremely agitated . He gathered his brothers and their wives in the main ...
... knowledge with his family . His teachings served to reinforce Zelaphchad's religious beliefs . One night , shortly after Hogla was born , Zelaphchad came home extremely agitated . He gathered his brothers and their wives in the main ...
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... knowledge and dedication . Gamliel worked hard on tribal matters , settling disputes and helping people in trouble . When the procession passed out of view , Zelaphchad resumed his tasks . Returning home after work , he heard what had ...
... knowledge and dedication . Gamliel worked hard on tribal matters , settling disputes and helping people in trouble . When the procession passed out of view , Zelaphchad resumed his tasks . Returning home after work , he heard what had ...
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
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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.