The emir of Al-Andalus (approximately the Iberian peninsula) declared himself a new caliph, breaking off from the caliphate in the east, circa 950 CE. I have read that the next couple hundred years were particularly good -- as European medieval history goes -- for the Jews. Histories of the time talk about the freedoms available to Jewish businessmen and professionals (like doctors). The ones I've found are light on "daily life", particularly for women.
From the perspectice of Jewish practice, what did a typical day look like for a woman living then and there? Did she pray (how?), participate in Jewish education (e.g. as a teacher), study Jewish topics (what?), have any leadership role in the community? What customs or halacha governed interactions with men, or with the non-Jews living there at the time?
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