Shema Bekolah: Hear Her Voice is a project to publicize the work of outstanding female Torah Scholars and to increase the number of divrei Torah written by women. Several times a year JOFA mails a new publication to all JOFA members and publishes the articles on this website.

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 Selichot

The Spirituality of Intimacy By Erin Leib Smokler

"Communal Return Through Personal Introspection"
by Dina Najman

Rosh Hashanah                                                                                                                  
"Rosh Hashanah: Day of Judgement, Day of (Re-)Creation"                                                                                                by Miriam Udel-Lambert

"Crying: An Expression of Prayer"
by Sara Hurwitz

"The Song of the Shofar: The Lessons of the Sons of Korah"
by Malka Hubscher

Yom Kippur

"Shedding Sin: The Scapegoat Ritual on Yom Kippur"
by Rachel Friedman

Sukkot

"On Permanence and Impermanence: Reflections on the Sukkah"
by Erin Leib Smokler

"The Sukkah -- A Temporary Fortress"
by Mia Diamond Padva

Hanukah

"Dreaming in the Dark: Miketz and the Menorah"
by Erin Leib Smokler

"A Great Miracle Happened (T)Here"
by Dr. Shani Berrin Tzoref

"What is Hanukah?"
by Lisa Schlaff

"Shining Outward: The Lights of Hanukah."
by Julie Lieber"

"Hanukkah:The People's Holiday"
by Chana Lockshin Bob

"On Women's Obligation to Light Candles"
by Rachel Dulitz

"A Time to Rise in Holiness" by Noa Jesselsohn

Pesach

"The Geulah of Gerut: Pesah as Transportation" by Erin Leib Smokler

"The Miracle of Haggadah"
by Rachel Keren

"The Eternal Flame"
by Deena Grant

"Towards Personal Redemption"
by Jennie Rosenfeld

"In A Good Time"
by Ilana Goldstein Saks

"Silver and Atonement: The Half-Shekel"
by Karen Koenig Schochet

"Pesach: The Holiday of Love"
by Karen Miller Jackson