The Sotah ritual requires a woman suspected of adultery to undergo trial by ordeal, the only such example in the Torah. Traditionally seen as demeaning for women, we will show that, on the contrary, this ritual offers a protection for women that they often don’t have in the modern world. And it’s good for men, too.
Originally from Manchester, UK, Mark has lived and worked there and in New York, London, Monaco, Paris, Almaty, Hong Kong, and now Australia. He is currently Treasurer of the Kehilat Nitzan Masorti community in Melbourne.