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Excerpts from "Torah & Women" - A Guide to Teaching an Appreciation of a Woman's Role According to the Torah

"The Concealment of the DivineIn emulating the ways of G-d (Who contracted Himself and hid His presence in order to leave room for creation) we learn the importance of tzniut, self-sacrifice, and enabling the growth of someone other than ourselves. Highlighting this concept to the student will help clarify why the processes of pregnancy and birth are much closer to the Divine than being in the spotlight by leading prayer services or officiating as rabbis."

"Women's Faith in Redemption: The Torah emphasizes how women had a greater level of emuna than men during the exile in Egypt as well as in the years of wandering in the desert. (Bamidbar 26:64, Rashi Ibid.) The merits of the Jewish midwives in Egypt teach us that women's experience of pregnancy and birth enables them to have greater emuna."

"Pregnancy between Exile and Redemption: Pregnancy, birth and motherhood teach women to be constantly flexible and to adapt to the changes of life. Thus, when the Jewish people are in a stage of transformation as the transition between exile and redemption, it is women who pave the way to new and better ways of life towards Geula Sheleima. (Sota 11b)"

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