[Avodah] Fw: Partnership Minyanim by Aryeh and Dov Frimer

[Ira Tick]

Someone brought to my attention the Levush, who rules that women do not
shecht out of fear of fainting.

It makes more sense to me that the Rema's ruling is echoing the Levush. Many
decisions in halacha, even those canonized in the Codes, are often much more
banal than is assumed by later-day analysis.

I may be biased, but I think that in spite of their genius, the chiddushim
of the Briskers in particular fit into this category of "erudite
glorification" of halacha.

This doesn't mean of course, that serara isn't a problem to contend with,
especially in the area of the rabbinate, but it does caution us to define
our terms carefully and to determine the integrity of our reasoning and of
our sources even more carefully.

Also, regarding Shemaya and Avtalyon, the article mentions Herod explicitly,
but R Chaim's answer notwithstanding, I agree with Zev that there appear to
be several worthy examples (apart from Herod, who in my mind is not). There
are such examples for women too, like Devorah or Shlomtzion.
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