The Beautiful Captive Woman: Pshat Vs Drash

Introduction

In this podcast, a live lecture at Pardes Jerusalem as part of the Summer Evening Lecture series, Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash speaks on The Beautiful Captive Woman: Pshat Vs Drash.

The Pardes Summer Evening Lecture Series is sponsored in memory of Brondell Pomrenze by Huti and Jay Pomrenze.

Nechama Goldman Barash

Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash is Senior Faculty at Pardes, where she teaches contemporary halakha and Talmud and also holds the positions of Education Director of the Pardes Learning Seminar and Sexual Misconduct Officer. Nechama studied in Matan’s Advanced Talmud Institute and Hilkhata. She holds a Masters in Talmud from Bar-Ilan University, and is a certified Yoetzet Halakha from Nishmat.

In addition to her work at Pardes, Nechama is Senior Faculty at Midreshet Torah V’Avodah, Lecturer at Matan Jerusalem, and Director of Kitvuni at Matan. She has published Uncovered: Women’s Roles, Mitzvot and Sexuality in Jewish Law, which explores questions of women and halakha in contemporary Jewish life. Nechama lives in Gush Etzion with her family and enjoys ice cream, meditation and yoga.