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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... passed by quickly . Slavery lends neither excitement nor variety to the human experience . Slaves rose at dawn and worked in the blistering sun until dark . The pervading atmosphere was one of fear and despair . The smell of sweat and ...
... passed by quickly . Slavery lends neither excitement nor variety to the human experience . Slaves rose at dawn and worked in the blistering sun until dark . The pervading atmosphere was one of fear and despair . The smell of sweat and ...
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... passed . Gamliel saw him and smiled , pleased to see a member of his tribe and rejoicing in the attention that was being focused upon him . Zelaphchad had little use for Gamliel's politics but he respected the man for his knowledge and ...
... passed . Gamliel saw him and smiled , pleased to see a member of his tribe and rejoicing in the attention that was being focused upon him . Zelaphchad had little use for Gamliel's politics but he respected the man for his knowledge and ...
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... passed and the river was no longer swollen with raging torrents . Within a short period of time he saw the heavily armed soldiers who always marched before the king . They were followed by a phalanx of horsemen who rode behind the ...
... passed and the river was no longer swollen with raging torrents . Within a short period of time he saw the heavily armed soldiers who always marched before the king . They were followed by a phalanx of horsemen who rode behind the ...
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... Passing the area , Zelaphchad followed the sound of a large group of men arguing near the center . When he joined the crowd , he saw that a tribal elder was about to speak . The people quieted to hear his words . " You have led us into ...
... Passing the area , Zelaphchad followed the sound of a large group of men arguing near the center . When he joined the crowd , he saw that a tribal elder was about to speak . The people quieted to hear his words . " You have led us into ...
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... passed over the carts and blew off the covering cloths . " A storm is arising , " cried Zelaphchad . " Lash down everything that can blow away and get under the wagons again . It was a difficult assignment in the face of a howling wind ...
... passed over the carts and blew off the covering cloths . " A storm is arising , " cried Zelaphchad . " Lash down everything that can blow away and get under the wagons again . It was a difficult assignment in the face of a howling wind ...
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.