[Avodah] Tzeni'us and gender roles

[Yitzhak Grossman]

On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:09:21 EDT
T613K at aol.com wrote:

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> That is exactly what my father said about women being  witnesses, that the 
> halacha protects their dignity.  He added that their  ne'emanus is not in 
> question, as a woman's word is trusted in matters of  critical  halachic 
> importance like taharas hamishpacha and kashrus.

"she'ain ha'nashim be'toras edus, she'ha'edus zarich kivun ve'yishuv
ha'da'as harbeh" (Hinuch #37).

Yitzhak
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