tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872253469852980151.post5111436103960535543..comments2023-01-17T03:35:09.329-05:00Comments on challah back girl: Dear Feminist RabbisUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872253469852980151.post-16101799881455662122014-02-12T15:31:41.258-05:002014-02-12T15:31:41.258-05:00Thank you, Sharon! xoxoThank you, Sharon! xoxoKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616428272073109103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872253469852980151.post-85087969734191000302014-02-12T00:08:52.127-05:002014-02-12T00:08:52.127-05:00You go girl! I always love what you have to say!
x...You go girl! I always love what you have to say!<br />xo<br />SharonFashion-ishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16633411311924944798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872253469852980151.post-90244832750065331772014-02-03T17:23:52.590-05:002014-02-03T17:23:52.590-05:00Update: I just spoke to my Rabbi to ensure that my...Update: I just spoke to my Rabbi to ensure that my facts were straight. He was unclear on where the Shulchan Aruch allows women to lay tefillin, but said that regardless, Ashkenazi follow the ruling of the Rama in this matter. Whatever the Shulchan Aruch may say, since the time of its writing, women wearing tefillin has not been a known practice. As you said, the motives to start now are suspicious at best. The Rabbi also said that Rashi's daughters wearing tefillin is generally regarded as a myth. I came across this post which I think addresses the issue nicely: http://esseragaroth.blogspot.com/2011/10/rashis-daughters.htmlKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616428272073109103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872253469852980151.post-4505506707095490502014-02-03T14:08:47.695-05:002014-02-03T14:08:47.695-05:00Thank you, Lea. And thank you for pointing that ou...Thank you, Lea. And thank you for pointing that out. I trust both sources but I agree with you that it was in a much different context. If today's women equate acting Jewishly with imitating what men do, that is a problem. Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616428272073109103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872253469852980151.post-66978071710280026442014-02-03T12:51:47.959-05:002014-02-03T12:51:47.959-05:00Fabulously put. As always, you manage to clearly a...Fabulously put. As always, you manage to clearly and logically place into words that which is incoherently rattling around my skull. <br /><br />While the Shulchan Aruch does say a woman can put on tefillin, and yes, Rashi's daughters wore tefillin, in this day and age we must wonder: What is the modern woman's motivation to wear tefillin? Does she want to wear it in public? If so, are her reasons spiritual or political? <br /><br />Like you, I believe tefillin to be a moot point. If donning it regularly would be a benefit for women, we would have been commanded to wear them. But we weren't commanded to. It just isn't necessary for women, because we just plain don't need to. Princess Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17217157534383672867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872253469852980151.post-24261624242658540402014-02-02T21:09:45.277-05:002014-02-02T21:09:45.277-05:00Thank you, Chava! xoThank you, Chava! xoKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616428272073109103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872253469852980151.post-40314499846362789882014-02-02T16:28:05.199-05:002014-02-02T16:28:05.199-05:00Bravo! Well written. Great points. Thank you! Bravo! Well written. Great points. Thank you! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15453658511717209673noreply@blogger.com