[Avodah] women and tefillin

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 01:17:45PM +0000, Elazar M. Teitz wrote:
: RMicha Berger wrote, "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)"

: How many women wera tzitzis on a four-cornered women's garment?
: Tzitzis is more than a tallis and a tallis katan.

When? In the days of Tanakh or Chazal? I don't know. However, I feel safe
in my assumption that women didn't do so for centuries, which would be
sufficient to establish keli gever, no?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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