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  • The anonymous view found in Torat Kohanim, Nedavah, Perek 2 Parashah 2, forbidding women to place their hands on their sacrifices, is attributed to R. Judah bar Ilai in BT Eruvin 96b.

    Legal-Religious Status of the Jewish Female. leBeit Yoreh 2009

  • According to Torat Kohanim, Aharei, Parashah 4, Perek 9: 7, women, slaves, and non-priests were allowed to perform all aspects of sacrifice ritual at the altars outside of Jerusalem (bamot) prior to the unification of the sacrificial rite — a past privilege, apparently not to be repeated in the Temple in Jerusalem.

    Legal-Religious Status of the Jewish Female. leBeit Yoreh 2009

  • _Parashah Yitro_ (Ex. XVIII, 1-XX, 26) to the Sabbath of _Parashah

    Pirke Avot Sayings of the Jewish Fathers Joseph I. Gorfinkle

  • Parashah 28, according to which, not only the Prophets but the Rabbis of every generation, were present at the giving of the Law.

    The Koran (Al-Qur'an) 1854

  • Parashah Roundup: Aseres Yemei Teshuvah through Simchas Torah by Steve Brizel

    Hirhurim - Musings 2009

  • At present (and this custom seems to go back to the first century B. C.) the Jews have the Pentateuch so divided that they read it through every year, the first Parashah (division) being appointed for the sabbath after the feast of Tabernacles, and the last chapters for the last day of the feast in the next year, this being the day of "rejoicing in the

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

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