[Avodah] Women and tefillin [and Tzitzis]

[Prof. Levine]

At 08:51 AM 7/12/2011, REMT wrote:

>      The comment was made
>
> >Of course, women can't pick and choose. If they decide to m'kayem the
>mitzvos she-ha-z'man g'rama, they must fulfill all of them (perhaps with
>some necessary exceptions). <
>
>      Indeed? Many women fulfill the mitzva of arba'a minim.  How 
> many of them fulfill the mitzvos of tzitzis and t'fillin?

R. Micha wrote:

>In both of REMT's cases, there is actually strong reason for a woman
>/not/ to fulfill those particular mitzvos:
>
>Tzitzis are clothing, and once it wasn't in style for women to wear
>tzitzis, for them to do so would violate "beged ish" ("Lo yihyeh keli
>gever al ishah..." Dev 22:5)


Have a look at https://tzitzitforwomen.com/tzitzitforwomen.html  and, 
in particular, at https://tzitzitforwomen.com/Our_Purpose_and_Perspective.html

At https://tzitzitforwomen.com/What_the_Scriptures_say.html  you will 
find 
<https://tzitzitforwomen.com/uploads/Insights_from_Rabbi_Hirsch.pdf>2. 
Insights gleaned from Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch.

There are even pictures of women wearing tzitzis at 
https://tzitzitforwomen.com/Creative_Applications.php

Caveat. I know nothing about who Michael Daniel is and I am a bit 
wary of him given that in the above essay about insights from RSRH he writes

While Rabbi Samson is referring to 'natural-born' Israel here, his 
words speak true in the deepest
'Revelation' sense of what will occur for those who hold true to the 
vine (Messiah) and His
Torah ways in particular in the 'last days.' Even now, the 'great 
lie' spoken of by Rabbi Shaul, I
believe is the lie that Torah is not for the believer. It is for 
everyone who loves God and is a son
of God through Messiah Yeshua. It is the road of the righteous.

Are these the words of a Jew for J?  I do not know.

See also http://www.tallit-for-women.com/

Yitzchok Levine 
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