אישה כשרה, אישה משכלת

קינות על דמויות נשיות ייחודיות

תקציר

Though education for women was hardly the rule in medieval Eastern Jewish societies, there were some exceptions. This article presents a critical edition and discussion of four dirges from the Cairo Genizah bemoaning the death of female teachers and learned women. Another poem lamenting the death of a faithful female slave is also included here, alongside some background on the status of slaves in the Mediterranean Jewish societies of the classical Genizah period.