5780 — Shelach: Tzitzit–A Model for a Rabbinic Sexual Ethic

Posted by Rahel Berkovits on June 7, 2020
Topics: Torah, Pardes from Jerusalem, Bamidbar (Numbers), Shelach

The mitzvah of tzitzit commands the Jewish people not to lust after our hearts and eyes and to be holy. Through a Rabbinic story concerning a man, whose tzitzit smack some sense into him as he is about to bed a prostitute, Rav Rahel Berkovits examines what one can learn about the Rabbis’ view of holiness within the sexual encounter.

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Rav Rahel Berkovits – Faculty Host for Pardes from Jerusalem
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About Rahel Berkovits

Rahel Berkovits is a senior faculty member at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, where she has been teaching Mishnah, Talmud and halakha for over twenty years. Rahel lectures widely in both Israel and abroad especially on topics concerning women and Jewish law and a Jewish sexual ethic. She is the Halakhic Editor and a writer for Hilkhot Nashim the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance’s Halakhic Source-guide Series, recently published by Koren Publishing. Rahel is a founding member of Congregation Shirah Hadasha, a halakhic partnership Synagogue, and serves on their halakha committee. In June 2015, Rahel received Rabbinic Ordination from Rabbis Herzl Hefter and Daniel Sperber. Click here to read more. You can find books written by Rahel by clicking here

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