Prohibition of Relations Between Women
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Question
Is there a prohibition on relations between women, and if so, is it a Torah prohibition or rabbinic? (If possible, please provide sources)
Answer
Shalom Rav
This is a prohibition from the Torah.
The source is in the words of the Sifra (Acharei Mot, Chapter 8): "As the deeds of the land of Egypt and as the deeds of the land of Canaan, you shall not do, etc.; and what did they do? A man would marry a man, a woman a woman, a man would marry a woman and her daughter, and a woman would marry two men, therefore it is said: 'And in their statutes, you shall not walk.'" It is also explained in the Rambam as a Torah prohibition.
Source
Leviticus (18:3), Shabbat 65a. Yevamot 76a. Rambam (Issurei Biah, Chapter 21, Halacha 8) Shulchan Aruch, Even HaEzer, Siman 20, Seif 2.