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Keyword: Rabbinic decisors

The Marital Knot: Agunot in the Ashkenazi Realm, 1648-1850

Cover Image of The Marital Knot: Agunot in the Ashkenazi Realm

This book tells the family stories of men and women who lived hundreds of years ago. Focusing on agunot, literally “chained women,” who were often considered a marginal group, it […]

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