“It is written that “one relies upon women,” so it is not foreign to Judaism if this “support” is broadened from the narrow,”

— Regina Jonas

Can a Woman Be a Rabbi According to Halachic Sources?
Context: It is written that “one relies upon women,” so it is not foreign to Judaism if this “support” is broadened from the narrow, permitted range into a larger one of pasken, to which in principle there is no objection.

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rabbi 1902–1944

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