[Avodah] Tzeni'us and gender roles

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

I omitted this from my recent post:

Rashi (Brachos 34a) offers this comment on how and why one should decline the amud:

> Y'sarev (he should refuse/decline): When they tell him, "Go", he should make himself act (yaaseh atzmo) as if he is unwilling (k'lo rotzeh), as if to say (k'lomar), "I am inappropriate (aynee k'dai)."

(I am a bit perplexed by Rashi's saying "as if" twice. Is he endorsing a false humility as the goal? If he had meant a true humility, or if he had meant a temporary false humility as a means towards a more sincere goal, wouldn't he have phrased this more forcefully?)

Akiva Miller

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