Women have played a major role in their religion since the very beginning. So often in society and in other religions, women were oppressed and not consider equal to the equivalent men. In Judaism, it was quite the opposite, which is actually extremely unusual for this time period. Their status and role in their religion and society has become a benchmark for many other religions and society movements throughout the world. Judaism is unlike many other religions in that its view and incorporation of women is far advanced in comparison. Many uneducated and unaware people actually believe that women in Judaism do not play a significant role in their religion and society, but these people are quite incorrect. In Orthodox Judaism women play a different role than men; this is not disputed. But the key is that their role is just as important as that of men; both of their responsibilities contribute greatly to the religion. Interestingly enough, most scholars who specialize in Judaism will say that man was actually created as simultaneously having two genders, and then man was then divided into male and female genders. A common theme throughout Jewish scripture …show more content…
Women continued to play a large role in Judaism and their role actually increased over time as people began to accept their importance and significance. Without women, Judaism truly would not be what it is today and would be without many of its core values simply due to being without women. It is because of this that the role women play in Judaism is so important. People need not solely look at men to see the true accomplishments of Judaism, but look at both men and women. The two are capable of different things, and they are both fully necessary to the religion, its prospering, and its foundation of