“Ženu statečnou kdo nalezne. Neb daleko nad perly cena její.“

• Authors: Dana Veselská

Title variants

EN

“A Wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies”

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

In her essay, the author deals with the traditional position of woman in Jewish society. Although woman’s life role may seem very restricted and insignificant, according to the tradition, Jewish woman is considered to be the pillar of the family and the key element in passing on the Jewish tradition to future generations. Women’s participation in religious life is limited, yet their main attention is almost exclusively directed towards family and child raising. their absence from religious rituals is perceived as a positive element which enables women to fully concentrate on their most important role of a mother. Jewish families are traditionally large. Among Jewish woman’s main tasks is the observance of family purification rules, preparation of kosher food, arrangements for family celebrations of Sabbath and festivals and child raising. Attention is also paid to the basic principles of matrimonial cohabitation, to the educational opportunities of Jewish women in the past, their charitable and associational activities and the most frequent ways of earning their living.

Keywords

EN

Jewish women; woman’s main tasks; Jewish tradition

Discipline

• ETHNOLOGY: ETHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Czech Ethnological Society
• Journal: Národopisný věstník
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 24_(66)
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 45-54
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Dana Veselská

• Česká národopisná společnost, z. s., Národní třída 3, 117 20 Praha 1, Czech Republic