Rahel Berkovits is a senior faculty member at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, where she has been teaching Mishnah, Talmud and halakha for over twenty years. Rahel lectures widely in both Israel and abroad especially on topics concerning women and Jewish law and a Jewish sexual ethic.  She is the Halakhic Editor and a writer for Hilkhot Nashim the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance’s Halakhic Source-guide Series, recently published by Koren Publishing. Rahel is a founding member of Congregation Shirah Hadasha, a halakhic partnership Synagogue, and serves on their halakha committee. In June 2015, Rahel received Rabbinic Ordination from Rabbis Herzl Hefter and Daniel Sperber.

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Books/Publications:

• Jewish Women [CD ROM]
• A Daughter’s Recitation of Mourner’s Kaddish
• Hilkhot Nashim: Halakhic Source Guides, Volume 2
• Jewish Women in Time and Torah

Online articles:

• Women’s Obligation in Kiddush of Shabbat, by Berkovits, Rahel.
• “To Satisfy Her Spirit: Women and Shofar,” Berkovits, Rahel. JOFA Journal, 2003.
• “Can Women Touch the Torah,” Berkovits, Rahel. JOFA Journal, 1:2, 1999, 3-4.
• Maimonides and His Views on Women
• Nahat-Ruah-Le-Nashim-Womens-Spiritual-Satisfaction