The role of women in Judaism has become a subject of
intense interest - and distortion - in recent years. Many people pontificate
about what the Talmud and the Rabbis say on the subject, and back their often
misguided claims with quotes that are either misinterpreted or wrenched from
their context.
Indeed, what does the Talmud say? And what is the true meaning of its
sometimes allegorical, always succinct comments? These are the questions that
Rabbi Doctor Aaron Glatt undertakes to answer in this anthology. He collects
a full range of the Talmud's halachic and aggadic statements about women in the
Sedarim (Orders) of Zeraim and Moed, but that is not all.
This volume contains not only simply translations, but also full detailed
explanations of the passages, drawn from centuries of Talmudic and Rabbinic
literature. Often, the author leavens his anthologized commentary with his own
original and enlightening observations. The sum total is a book that will
educate and fascinate. Most importantly, it presents Judaism's true perspective
on the lofty and respected role of women in Judaism.
About the Author: Rabbi Aaron Glatt, M.D. is Associate Dean and full
Professor of Medicine at New York Medical College, and Chief of Infectious
Diseases at St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers (Brooklyn/ Queens Division). A
graduate of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (NY), he has
published hundreds of medical articles, book chapters, and research papers, and
is an internationally renowned lecturer on medicine and medical ethics. He
received rabbinic ordination from HaRav Avrohom Wosner, shlita, and is a
Talmudic scholar of note. For two cycles he has taught Daf Yomi, and he
regularly gives Gemara, Chumash, and Halachah shiurim. He serves as assistant
rabbi at Cong. Anshei Chesed (South Shore) and as a Magid Shiur at the Young
Israel of Woodmere. His decades of teaching and personal study are the
foundation of this welcome and needed book.
