[Avodah] WTG

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 04:03:08PM -0600, Stadlan, Noam wrote:
: The topic of WTG has to be seen in its historical context.  RYBS then and
: many today now still think of it as an expression of "women are just as good
: as men and can do anything a man can do" brand of feminism...

Halakhah is not to be understood in light of historical context to the
exclusion of the stated halachic process the poseiq tells you he
employed. Here it's not quite halakhah, but pragmatic none-the-less, so
I think the same guideline is worth following.

RGS lists 9 issues identified the R's Frimer article, of which only
one was a presumption of motivation. The others were more about the
discontiniuty of norm, the choice of WTG over an actual minyan, and the
authenticity of practice. He distrusted rapid invention in and of itself,
and various reasons why were far more plentiful than anything specific
to this particular innovation.

Again, see <http://tinyurl.com/2k4dcc> and the included link to the
article in Tradition.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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