Abstract
This chapter concerns the role of women in Hasidism and in Habad, which is considered pivotal in terms of the relation of Hasidism to modernity. It discusses how Hasidism is openly premodern with its rigorous modesty rules and other strictures that limit female public participation in religious life. It also outlines modernistic elements that recognize and empower womanhood. The chapter focuses on Ada Rapoport-Albert's famous article in 1988 entitled On Women in Hasidism: S. A. Horodecky and the Maid of Ludmir Tradition, which debunked the significance of the Maid of Ludmir as a female rebbe and Horodecky's belief that 'the woman was given complete equality in the hasidic movement'. It presents the idea of a dialectic of spirituality in Hasidism.
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