In this podcast we will look at the complicated topic of Kol Isha or the voice of a woman as representing a source of sexual temptation. As we will see, the traditional approach today which is to prevent women from … Read the rest

Uncovered: Hair Covering Part 2

Apr 24th, 2018 36m 12s

In this podcast we will look at the Talmudic statement that “the hair of a woman is nakedness” in order to understand it’s implications for the ongoing halakhic conversation around hair covering. We will see how the ideas developed in … Read th

Uncovered: Hair Covering Part 1

Feb 12th, 2018 24m 30s

Why do some married religious women cover their hair? Why only marrieds? Is this a law or a custom? In this episode of Uncovered, Rabbanit Nechama Goldman-Barash navigates the Halakhic history of laws that have traditionally shaped women’s dres

Uncovered: The Pants Debate — A Religious Complexity

Jan 9th, 2018 40m 44s

In this, the first episode of Uncovered: Sources of Nakedness in Halakha, Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash looks at a debate that often centers around female religious identity – where do the norms and boundaries for female dress code come … Rea

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