When the Jews served the golden calf during their sojourn in the wilderness, says the Midrash, the woman refused to join them. Feminine Faith traces the roots of the feminine within the supernal realms, and explores its relationship to woman and how it translated into their aversion for unholy and ungodly worship. Why are woman more sensitive than men to G-ds role in earthly events and His mastery over creation? In this discourse, Rabbi Shmuel Schneersohn, fourth leader of Chabad Lubavitch (1834-1882), explores G-ds unity and immanence in the world, and the innate sensitivity that woman posses to spirituality.

Reviews

Ambiguity may be exciting, with its implied promise of endless possibilities, but not when it concerns gender.

Today`s youth would do well to be more confident of their identities as boy or girl. Such confidence can hardly be achieved without a clear ,definite and appealing definition of ones gender.

Studying this discourse in its original Hebrew has helped young women celebrate their uniqueness as Jewish and female. The English translation makes it even more accessible and that is a good thing.

--Rabbi Manis Friedman, Dean Beis Chana International Women`s Institute