[Avodah] women and tefillin

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 11:11:51AM -0400, Hankman wrote:
: Why? Tsitsis that are not exposed have nothing to do with your appearance 
: either (but pulling out white hairs does).

:    ... I would go with RMYG on this. I find it difficult to imagine that 
: a cross-dresser who restricts himself to feminine lingerie under his 
: usual clothes is not oveir simlas isha.

I wasn't saying "appearance" to exclude things that are covered, but
to exclude activities that don't involve clothing, personal accessories
and grooming. I simply couldn't think of another short way of conveying
the topic.

You suggest in an earlier post:
: Then according to this logic this should also apply to ANY mitzvoh that
: women have not been mekabel berov tefutsos Yisrael...

I think I was more clear in the example I gave in my reply (snipped from
your consequent reply):
> Unlike, say, being the only woman in your community to light neir Chanukah.

Neir Chanukah isn't keli gever, even if women in your mileau generally
don't light them. Because the topic isn't one of personal accessories
or grooming. One can't generalize from tzitzis or tefillin to mitzvos
asei shehazman gerama that women were not mequbalos in general.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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