Joy Ladin: Chayei Sarah Camels and consummation
Joy Ladin writes that Rebecca demonstrates profound independence, even to the point of overriding cultural norms, a quality that was unusual for women of that historic period, but also an essential quality for a matriarch. Yet, like many significant characters in the narrative, she is only mentioned a few times. Yet it is this terseness in the narrative that gives the individual a radical freedom for transformation.
