Shira Hadasha

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Kehilat Shira Hadasha
קהלת שירה חדשה
Religion
AffiliationOrthodox Judaism
RitePartnership minyan
StatusActive
Location
Location12 Emek Refaim
German Colony, Jerusalem
CountryIsrael
Architecture
Date established2002; 22 years ago (2002)
Website
shirahadasha.org

Shira Hadasha (Hebrew: שירה חדשה, lit. 'New Song') is a Jewish congregation in the German Colony neighbourhood of Jerusalem, which emphasizes a more expansive role for women in the synagogue.[1] It founded in 2002 by a group of local residents, including Tova Hartman.[2][3] Shira Hadasha's prayer service format has been adopted by a number of congregations in Israel, the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia.

Practices

Shira Hadasha was the first[

Halakhic opinions of Rabbis Mendel Shapiro and Daniel Sperber on the role of women in the synagogue.[4]

The congregation combines a

Kabbalat Shabbat, reciting Pesukei DeZimra, removing and replacing the Torah in the Ark, and reading the Torah on Saturday mornings. A mechitza separating men and women runs down the middle of the room. Parts of the service requiring a minyan do not begin until both 10 men and 10 women are present.[5]

Criticism

A number of Orthodox rabbis have publicly disagreed with Shira Hadasha's mode of worship.[6] Rabbi Yaakov Ariel, chief rabbi of Ramat Gan and a prominent religious Zionist rabbi, has ruled that "people should not pray in this synagogue". Rabbi Dov Lior of Kiryat Arba has stated that "anyone who is truly God-fearing will not join in such a minyan since this is how the breaking of Jewish tradition begins. Today they do this, and in the future the result will be women and men praying completely together."[7]

Rabbi

Aryeh Frimer and Dov Frimer, who wrote that "these practices are a radical break from the ritual of millennia and have not received the approval of any major posek".[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kehillat Shira Hadasha, Jerusalem". 2004. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009.
  2. ^ Sofer, Barbera (1 February 2007). "The Human Spirit: Who's afraid of Shira Hadasha?". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  3. ^ Ravitz, Jessica (2009). "An Orthodox Feminist Revolutionary". Moment. Archived from the original on 24 January 2009.
  4. ^ Rothstein, Gidon (Summer 2005). "Women's Aliyyot in Contemporary Synagogues". Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought. 39 (2). Archived from the original on 2006-06-15.
  5. ^ "Inclusive Halakhic Minyanim". Shira Hadasha. Archived from the original on 8 April 2009.
  6. ^ Haber, Alan (27 February 2008). "Egalitarian minyanim? Not authentic. Not Orthodox". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  7. ^ Sela, Neta (14 August 2006). "Battle over women's right to pray". Ynet News.
  8. ^ Student, Gil (31 January 2013). "Conservative Orthodoxy". Torah Musings. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  9. Frimer, Aryeh A.; Frimer, Dov I. (23 May 2010). "Partnership Minyanim"
    . Text & Texture. Retrieved 11 February 2013.

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