| Index by Author | 13 |
| Foreword: The Different Voice of Jewish Women | 15 |
| Acknowledgments | 23 |
| Introduction | 25 |
| What You Need to Know to Use This Book | 36 |
| Rabbinic Commentators and Midrashic Collections Noted in This Book | 41 |
| Bereshit/Genesis | |
| Bereshit (1:1-6:8): The Untold Story of Eve | 47 |
| Noach (6:9-11:32): Mrs. Noah | 53 |
| Lech Lecha (12:1-17:27): What's in a Name? | 57 |
| Vayera (18:1-22:24): Positive Pillars | 63 |
| Chaye Sarah (23:1-25:18): Woman's Life, Woman's Truth | 70 |
| Toldot (25:19-28:9): Rebecca's Birth Stories | 75 |
| Vayetze (28:10-32:3): Wrestling on the Other Side of the River | 79 |
| Vayishlach (32:4-36:43): No Means No | 85 |
| Vayeshev (37:1-40:23): Power, Sex, and Deception | 89 |
| Miketz (41:1-44:17): In Search of Dreamers | 99 |
| Vayigash (44:18-47:27): Daddy's Girl | 106 |
| Vayechi (47:28-50:26): Serach Bat Asher--the Woman Who Enabled the Exodus | 112 |
| Shmot/Exodus | |
| Shmot (1:1-6:1): Rediscovering Tziporah | 121 |
| Va-era (6:2-9:35): The Many Names of God | 127 |
| Bo (10:1-13:16): Power and Liberation | 133 |
| Beshalach (13:17-17:16): Miriam's Song, Miriam's Silence | 138 |
| Yitro (18:1-20:26): We All Stood at Sinai | 143 |
| Mishpatim (21:1-24:18): What Must We Do? | 148 |
| Terumah (25:1-27:19): Community as Sacred Space | 154 |
| Tetzaveh (27:20-30:10): Finding Our Home in the Temple and the Temple in Our Homes | 160 |
| Ki Tissa (30:11-34:35): The Women Didn't Build the Golden Calf--or Did They? | 164 |
| Vayakhel (35:1-38:20): Of Women and Mirrors | 172 |
| Pekudei (38:21-40:38): The Birthing of the Mishkan (Tabernacle) | 179 |
| Vayikra/Leviticus | |
| Vayikra (1:1-5:26): The Book of Relationship | 185 |
| Tzav (6:1-8:36): Message and Messenger | 191 |
| Shemini (9:1-11:47): Kashrut, Food, and Women | 196 |
| Tazria (12:1-13:59): Our Children/God's Children | 202 |
| Metzorah (14:1-15:33): Reclaiming the Torah of Our Lives | 211 |
| Acharei Mot (16:1-18:30): After a Death ... Then What? | 218 |
| Kedoshim (19:1-20:27): Who Shall Be Holy? | 225 |
| Emor (21:1-24:23): Elitism in the Levitical Priesthood | 231 |
| Behar (25:1-26:2): Proclaiming Liberty throughout the Land | 238 |
| Bechukotai (26:3-27:34): Mir Zaynen Do--We Are Here | 246 |
| Bamidbar/Numbers | |
| Bamidbar (1:1-4:20): Beyond Pidyon Ha-ben: Blessings for Giving Life | 255 |
| Naso (4:21-7:89): Inscribing Jealousy on the Bodies of Women | 261 |
| Beha'alotecha (8:1-12:16): The Silencing of Miriam | 270 |
| Shelach-Lecha (13:1-15:41): The Grasshoppers and the Giants | 279 |
| Korach (16:1-18:32): Authority, Status, Power | 286 |
| Chukkat (19:1-22:1): Blood and Water, Death and Life | 294 |
| Balak (22:2-25:9): The End of Abuse | 301 |
| Pinchas (25:10-30:1): Daughters and Inheritance Law | 307 |
| Matot (30:2-32:42): Women Speak Louder Than Words | 315 |
| Masa'ei (33:1-36:13): Boundaries and Limits | 321 |
| Devarim/Deuteronomy | |
| Devarim (1:1-3:22): Essence and Transcendence | 331 |
| Va'etchanan (3:23-7:11): "A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey": Sexualizing the Land | 338 |
| Ekev (7:12-11:25): Circumcision, Womb, and Spiritual Intimacy | 345 |
| Re'eh (11:26-16:17): A Time to Tear Down, a Time to Build Up | 351 |
| Shoftim (16:18-21:9): Principles for Feminist Approaches to Torah | 358 |
| Ki Tetzey (21:10-25:19): The Accused Woman | 364 |
| Ki Tavo (26:1-29:8): The Basket Ceremony of Gratitude and Hope | 371 |
| Nitzavim (29:9-30:20): Women and the Covenant | 377 |
| Vayelech (31:1-30): Guardians of the Tradition | 384 |
| Ha'azinu (32:1-52): Understanding the Anger | 390 |
| V'zot Habrachah (33:1-34:12): The Loss of Moses | 397 |
| Epilogue: Looking Backward and Ahead | 405 |
| Notes | 410 |
| Glossary | 428 |
| Bibliography and Suggested Further Reading | 434 |
| About the Contributors | 440 |
| About Jewish Lights | 481 |
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