[Avodah] Women covering hair

[Yitzhak Grossman]

On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:16:43 EDT
T613K at aol.com wrote:

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> 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) was  
> also quoted as saying IIRC that the woman who leins for men should read the  
> megilla without the trop.

Actually, Hacham Ovadyah, who is indeed the posek in question, has
ruled *exactly the opposite*, that she should read the Megillah (for
men) *with* the cantillations!

Hazon Ovadyah Purim pp. 60-61
Hat tip: our friendly JTS blogger Menachem Mendel:
http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/03/03/more-on-rav-ovadiah-and-women-reading-megillah/

Yitzhak
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