How to Cover: A Head-Covering Blog

A look at Jewish head-covering from a not-quite-Orthodox perspective. Style, halakha, home-made coverings, and personal reflections, all included.

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Showing posts with label talmud and covering. Show all posts

Monday, January 25, 2016

Head Covering Source, Talmud Bavli, Nedarim 30b

Translation significantly done by Sarah Mulhern, some additions by me. Text: משחורי הראש - אסור בקרחין ובעלי שיבות, ומותר בנשים ובקטני...

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Devotional Head Covering, Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 118b

Translation courtesy of Sarah Mulhern, a talented friend and rabbinical student at Hebrew College. Text: אמר רב נחמן: תיתי לי דקיימית ש...

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Women's Head Covering In the Talmud, Part 3

Coming back to the Talmud, here's another piece, this one an aggada, that discusses women's head covering. It's an interesting ...

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Thoughts About the קלתא (Kalta)

When I wrote about Ketubot 72 , I simply translated a the word קלתא as basket. A reminder: the context is: A (married) woman may go out wi...

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Women's Headcovering in the Talmud, Part 2

Finally, returning to our friend the Talmud. Ketubot 72a-b. It's been a long time since I've done text here, but that only makes i...

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Maya Resnikoff: Maya is a Conservative Rabbi in what will one day be a two-rabbi household. She has an on-going fascination with head-covering.

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