[Avodah] Women and Tallis

[Micha Berger]

On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 10:26:17PM +0100, Chana Luntz wrote:
: I see the value in your criticism, but I have an even more fundamental
: question.  Why, even within a Brisk "halachic" world view is this not
: something that can be justified within a halachic analysis?
: 
: Chagiga 16b

(Discussion of women peforming semichah, or a partial semichah, on paros
deleted.)

But as in the example of tying the minhagim of the omer and the 3 weeks
to the forms of aveilus, RYGB doesn't actually always require that
the obligation be halachic. Rather, that it follows the forms established
by halakhah.

Which is arguably true for women who put their hands on the cow without
the ability to actually move its head any.

But not of the woman who wears a 4 cornered garment without tassles.

For that matter, I have to retract my comment about pesuqim before
Havdalah or Qabbalas Shabbos, since tefillah /is/ following the form of
a mitzvah.

But we can add our qabbalah-derived hand washing patterns.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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