[Avodah] May Kohanim visit the Rebbe's Ohel by means of a

[Richard Wolpoe]

On 10/21/07, Chana Luntz <chana at kolsassoon.org.uk> wrote:
>
> RRW writes:
>
> > Rav Sachter's article seems to imply to me that one may NOT
> > exploit certain heteirim when those heiteirim lack a
> > tradition for doing so. That avoiding exploiting a certain
> > heter is proof that one SHOULD not exploit that heter.
>
> Actually, to be fair to RHS, I think this may be slightly overstating
> his case.  Rather RHS really seems to be arguing that where there is a
> masorah not to use a certain heter, one should not use it, rather than
> that their needs to necessarily be a tradition to use the heter (a
> subtle difference but significant difference).  The real target of RHS's
> article is the giving of aliyot to women.
> Regards
>
> Chana
>

See YD 1:1 BY and Schach
Not exploiting a textual heter is by no means a slam dunk in either
direction.
The levuch posits the reaons women were excluded for Shechita was due to
faintin?

Based upon this levuch would you exclue NOWADAYS a fmale doctor or nurse who
is  completely desentized to  seeing BLOOD?

I would answer, Assuming this Levush to be correct, then this minhag has an
inherent loop-hole that was only NOT exploited due to societal and NOT
halachic considerations.

To me it is analogous to reading on Friday night to an electric lamp as
opposed to the oil lamp of the Talmud.


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