Jacqueline Nicholls
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Spinster!

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“R. Eliezer: a woman’s wisdom is in her spinning…. The words of Torah should be burnt rather than be given over to women”  Yerushalmi Sotah 2:4

this was R. Eliezer's response to a woman who asked him a question about Torah. It shows not just the attitude that the world of Torah and knowledge should be exclusively male only, but also reveals a suspicion and lack of respect for women's work, their crafts and skills.

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