[Avodah] Chief Rabbi Metzger: Women can lead Seder

kennethgmiller at juno.com kennethgmiller at juno.com
Mon Apr 2 14:21:00 PDT 2012


R' Harry Maryles wrote:

> I don't understand the Chidush. Even though it is a Mitzvas Aseh
> SheHaZ'man Gramma -- Sippur Yitzias Mitzraim is a Chiuv D'Oraisa
> for women too Al Pi the Chinuch (Mitzvah 21). Why shouldn't they
> read the Haggadah?

You arecorrect. The question was not about Hilchos Pesach, but about Hilchos Tzniyus. I went back to the article that was linked to, and I found this:

> Metzger added that even if the husband is at home on the night of
> the Seder, the family should rotate reading sections of the
> Haggadah and the wives and daughters should read as well. He says
> that it is forbidden that the women only hear the Haggadah, they
> must also be part of telling the story of the Exodus from Egypt.
>
> “People think that in deference to modesty, they should forbid
> women from reading aloud. Many religious people do not know it,
> but there is actually a law [against this],” Metzger told Israel
> Hayom on Saturday night.

Akiva Miller


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