Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Halakhah for Kiddushin 69:9

דבי רבי אליעזר תנא אמר קרא (שמות כא, א) אשר תשים לפניהם השוה הכתוב אשה לאיש לכל דינים שבתורה דבי חזקיה תנא אמר קרא (שמות כא, כט) והמית איש או אשה השוה הכתוב אשה לאיש לכל מיתות שבתורה

thus the Writ equalised woman and man in respect of all penalties [decreed] in the Torah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Negative precepts involve flagellation.');"><sup>17</sup></span> The School of R'Eliezer taught: Scripture saith, [Now these are the judgments] which thou shalt set before them:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXI, 1.');"><sup>18</sup></span> The Writ equalised woman and man in respect of all civil laws in Scripture.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is not adduced as a source of the Mishnah, since it deals with a different subject, but as a parallel to the last statement.');"><sup>19</sup></span>

Peninei Halakhah, Women's Prayer

As a rule, there is equality between the sexes. Men and women are all created in the divine image, and the uniqueness of the Jewish people inheres in Jewish women and men alike. The Torah was given to all Israel, men and women alike (see below, 7:1). The Sages derive from the verse “These are the laws that you must set before them” (Shemot 21:1) that “The Torah equated woman to man concerning all the laws in the Torah” (Kiddushin 35a).
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