[Avodah] Women and Tallis

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 12:52:43AM +0100, Chana Luntz wrote:
: RMB writes:
: > 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.

: Of course it follows the forms established by the halacha.
: 
: The minhag is for (a man) to perform the mitzvah of davenning in an
: enwrapping (probably white with black stripes) thing with four corners on it
: (which for halachic reasons therefore needs tzitzis)...

I would have said the minhag is for a man to make a point of performing
the mitzvah qiyumis with a tallis of that description. If you reduce the
minhag to the tallis, not the tallis as a way to wear tzitzis, then the
minhag for men wouldn't fit the action of a mitzvah either.

There is no mitzvah to wear a tallis -- only the tzitzis on it.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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