e-TiM: Online Program
A Different Voice? Women and Shofar in a Time of Pandemic Sunday, Sept. 6, 11:00 am

 

In this shiur we will look at the halachic status of women's hearing shofar and how it has been addressed by communities over time, at the ins and outs of men blowing for women and of women blowing for themselves, with an eye to practical implications of Covid-19 for women and shofar this year.  

Date

September 6, 2020

Time

7:00 AM EDT

Topics

Women & Judaism

Class Audio

A Different Voice? Women and Shofar in a Time of Pandemic

September 7, 2020

Yoetzet Halacha Laurie Novick

Program: A Different Voice? Women and Shofar in a Time of Pandemic

Meet the speaker

Yoetzet Halacha Laurie Novick

Laurie Novick is Director and Head Writer of Deracheha:  womenandmitzvot.org,  a project of Yeshivat Har Etzion in partnership with the Stella K. Abraham Beit Midrash for Women (Migdal Oz) and the Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash. Laurie has worked as a Yoetzet Halacha for nineteen years, chiefly as a Senior Responder for yoatzot.org. Laurie is also certified as a Fertility Counselor and as a Sharsheret Breast Cancer Educator, guiding women on the intersection of health and halacha. Laurie also taught at Nishmat for many years and…

Yoetzet Halacha Laurie Novick bio & resources