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I was fascinated to learn that Judaism does not recognize a ban on lesbian erotics and there's mostly a telling silence about the subject in rabbinic literature.

Lawrence H. Fuchs:

"Halakhah has virtually nothing to say on lesbianism, and it is mentioned in the Talmud only twice, without any punitive aspect to it. Although it is considered licentious, lesbianism does not constitute an act of promiscuity, which would disqualify a woman from marriage to a priest. It must have existed. Maimonides expressed his opposition to it but acknowledges that there is no commandment prohibiting it."

— Beyond Patriarchy: Jewish Fathers and Families (2000)

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