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A book cover featuring a green rippled paper background with the title "Nashim Mesolelot Lesbian Women and Halacha A Teshuva with Responses". It lists the author's name Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, along with responses from responses from Rabbi Zev Farber, Rabbi David Fried, Rachel Fried, Rabbi Aryeh Klapper, Rabbi Ysoscher Katz, Rabbi Aviva Richman, and Miryam Kabakov.
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Nashim Mesolelot: A Teshuvah with Responses

In this contemporary teshuva, Rabbi Jeffrey Fox addresses the foundational question of intimate physical behavior between two women. The teshuva works through much of the pertinent material from the time of the Gemara through the 21st century. His teshuva provides a path for the halachic acceptance of same-sex love and relationship between women.

In addition, the book publishes a group of responses to the teshuva—some in support and a few opposed—as a model for how Halakha unfolds in contemporary Jewish community. Featuring responses from responses from Rabbi Zev Farber, Rabbi David Fried, Rachel Fried, Rabbi Aryeh Klapper, Rabbi Ysoscher Katz, Rabbi Aviva Richman, and Miryam Kabakov.

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