Seder mitzvot ha-nashim (The Order of Women’s Commandments): On Marital Relations

Benjamin Slonik

1577

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It should be known that after her immersion, every woman should persuade her husband and see to it that he study before he lies with her. And so we find it written regarding Boaz, “And Boaz ate and drank and satisfied his heart” [Ruth 3:7]. This means that he ate and drank and then studied the holy Torah that gladdened his heart—therefore he…

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Benjamin Slonik

1550–1619

Benjamin Aron Slonik was likely born in Grodno or nearby Tykocin. He lived in Kraków, where he studied with Moses Isserles and Solomon Luria, the leading authorities of his days. Slonik served as rabbi in Podhajce and Silesia. He wrote his Seder mitsvot ha-nashim (The Order of Women’s Commandments) in 1577, while he was still a young rabbi.

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