[Avodah] mechitza

[Michael Kopinsky]

On 10/9/07, Zev Sero <zev at sero.name> wrote:
>
> Moshe Y. Gluck wrote:
>
> > Not everyone agrees that the Halachah has changed - one Rav I know is of
> the
> > opinion that while meritorious, there is no Chiyuv for women to hear
> > Parashas Zachor, and he thus refuses to allow the Sefer Torah to be
> taken
> > out on Shabbos afternoon for a second, women's, reading.
>
> I don't understand this.  Even if there's no chiyuv, what's wrong with
> taking out a sefer?  Even on stam a Wednesday, with no mitzvah whatsoever,
> can't one take out a sefer torah just to learn chumash from it?


To learn chumash, yes.  To hold a k'rias hatorah b'tzibbur, many poskim hold
not.

Michael
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