The Tosefta on the Women’s Balcony
At first, when [people] would observe the rejoicing of the water-drawing ceremony, the men would see it from inside and the women from outside. When the court saw that they were coming to [behave with] frivolity, they made three balconies in the courtyard corresponding to three different directions, and the women would sit there and observe the joy of the water-drawing ceremony, and they would not intermingle [with the men].
Translated by Matthew Goldstone.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.
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