Abstract
The Order of Moed in the Mishnah and Babylonian Talmud outlines the way Jews celebrate
their festivals. It is well known among feminists that Jewish life is not the same for men and
women, and that women experience Jewish festivals di5erently. The purpose of the feminist
commentary on Seder Moed is to outline these di5erences, as they are re6ected in the
mishnaic and talmudic texts, which have become canonical for Jews and serve as a blueprint
for the way they live their lives. In this introductory volume the questions of women's
participation in Jewish festivals are handled on a more general and theoretic level than in the
upcoming volumes which will be devoted to individual tractates. Various world-renown
scholars discuss the role of women in the tractates of Seder Moed from a variety of aspects –
legal, literary, theological and historical.
| Original language | American English |
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| Title of host publication | A Feminist Commentary on the Babylonian Talmud: Introduction |
| Editors | T.. Ilan |
| Place of Publication | Tübingen |
| Publisher | Mohr Siebeck |
| Pages | 285-302 |
| State | Published - 2007 |