Toanot Rabniyot

Toanot Rabbaniyot,[1] or Toanot (Hebrew: טוענות רבניות, "Women Rabbinical Advocates"),[2] refer to women who serve as legal advocates and representatives within the traditional Jewish courts of law. Toanot typically argue cases on behalf of female claimants in the areas of divorce law. The tendency for women to receive unfair divorce settlements in Israeli rabbinical courts prompted the introduction of the Women Rabbinical Advocates.[3][4] The innovation of Toanot has allowed women to practice Halachic expertise in a role that does not require rabbinical ordination.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ Israel-Cohen, Y. (2012). Chapter Three: Methodology. In Between Feminism and Orthodox Judaism (pp. 27-46). Brill.
  2. ^ The role is sometimes referred to as Toanot Beth Din.
  3. ^ "טוענת רבנית - מגע יד אישה".
  4. ^ Bak, N., & Goldman, Y. (2000). Resting Our Case: Toanot Beit Din.
  5. ^ Dunaevsky, M. I. (2012). the Twenty-First Century. The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism, 514.
  6. ^ Greenberg, B. (1998). Orthodox Feminists: What Do Our Numbers Mean?. Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies, 16(4), 71-74.
  7. ^ Israel-Cohen, Y. (2012). Jewish Modern Orthodox women, active resistance and synagogue ritual. Contemporary Jewry, 32(1), 3-25.