[Avodah] teaching women torah

Eli Turkel eliturkel at gmail.com
Wed Feb 28 13:00:44 PST 2007


Just came from a shiur on teaching women torah.
The Rambam says "tzivu chachamim"  not to teach one's daughter Torah.

They did a search (Bar Ilan reponsa project) on the phrase
"tzivu chachamim" in the Rambam. It appears 28 times and in all of them
it means good avice.  In fact 9 appear in hilchot deot.
Some interesting examples
"tzivu chachamim" not to marry more than 4 wives
"tzivu chachamim" than a man should honor his wife
"tzivu chachamim" that a father should give something to his daughter to marry
(doesnt mention how much jewelry)
"tzivu chachamim" to visit the sick of the Gentiles
etc
-- 
Eli Turkel



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