[Avodah] Women covering hair - Megillah

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 04:54:28PM +0000, rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com wrote:
: Toby:
:> But the posek (ROY?) who was quoted recently as permitting women to
:> read the megilla for men (in the extremely remote case that no man could
:> do it)

: True but that is AIUI ROY was factoring in -IOW chosheish - for BEHAG etc.
: So he would not permit it lechatchila

ROY being ROY, he's not so much being chosheish for the Bahag and a
bunch of Ashkenazi rishonim, as much as the mechabeir giving it as a
yeish omerim.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha