[Avodah] a womans places is in the home

[Eli Turkel]

I << So, could someone please point out to me the first time that
"Kol kevuda
 was used to mean that women stay home?
; AFAIK, the meaning is that a King's daughter's beauty is internal, her soul
(rather than the outer layer of riches etc.)  This compliments the Eishet
Chayil saying: "Sheker HaChen... Isha Yir'at HaShem Hi TitHallal
;
Any sources?

How about Gittin 12a?  The Gemara there clearly understands it to imply
that a woman's place is in the home, so this is not, as you seem to
think, some sort of recent derash. >>


lost the relevance.
The gemara is saying that one can't expect a woman to go to a strange city
and find a job. Certainly until recently women did not travel by themselves=
 and work in strange places.
What has that to do with staying home all day and not going out.

RAL has a study on women lighting chanukah candles. The Chatam Sofer
defends women not lighting because it was done at the edge of the yard and
women didnt go outside. RAL rejects that on the grounds that it is
inconceivable that women never went even to the doorway of the local
yard (chatzer).

Eli Turkel