This rabbinical opinion by Rabbi
Moses Jehuda Hoffmann
on the question of women’s right to vote was written in May
1923 at the request of Hamburg’sGerman-Israelite Synagogue
Association[Deutsch-Israelitischer Synagogenverband].
Rabbinical opinions are written in order to decide arguments regarding matters
of religious law. Their structure is based on a series of arguments, and in
their reasoning they discuss the process of deduction. The textual basis this
process requires consists of the Torah, the Talmud,
and commentary written by recognized Jewish authorities. Statements taken from
the Torah naturally carry the
most authenticity and authority. Hoffmann’s opinion applied this method by referring to Moses Maimonides.
Moses Hoffmann: Rabbinical Opinion on the Eligibility of Women for Office in the Community, Wrocław, May 24, 1923 [copy] (translated by Insa Kummer), edited in: Key Documents of German-Jewish History,
<https://keydocuments.net/source/jgo:source-35> [January 06, 2025].