Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 45645
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Simhah ben Samuel , , Scholar and Sarah Ifft Decker
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  • Title: Simcha ben Samuel of Vitry, Mahzor Vitry, #498
  • Source: Jewish Women in the Medieval World: 500-1500 CE. Sarah Ifft Decker.  Edited by Sarah Ifft Decker, translator of Document 19.  Routledge, 2022.  Pages 136 - 136.
  • Description: Simcha (or Simhah) ben Samuel, a student of Rashi, writes in this excerpt about entering the synagogue for worship. He observes that there are women who will not go when they are menstruating. He sees their actions as praiseworthy but notes that synagogues are not like the Temple. Men who enter synagogues are also impure. Everyone may enter synagogues to worship.
  • Article Type: Translation
  • Subject (See Also): Jews Menstruation Ritual Purity Synagogues
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  • Geographic Area: France
  • Century: 11
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  • Author's Affiliation: Rhodes College
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  • Year of Publication: 2022.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 9780367612726 (print); 9781003104964 (online)