Revolutions in Halakhah
Yoram Kirsch
2002
The Beginning of the Revolution
The process that ultimately enabled women to serve as pleaders in the rabbinical courts began thanks to the initiative of one woman, Ruth Margarit Neiger of Raananah, who worked as a volunteer counseling women undergoing divorce proceedings. Neiger, an Orthodox woman, married with four children, had an academic…
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