[Avodah] FORBIDDING WOMEN DRIVERS: A HALACHIC ANALYSIS

[Prof. Levine via Avodah]

 From http://tinyurl.com/nqnquzc

The media has widely reported that a Belz Yeshiva 
in England has forbidden women from driving their 
children to Yeshiva. It was further reported that 
if the mothers do not comply, the children will be thrown out of Yeshiva.

In a letter sent to parents last week, seen by 
the Jewish Chronicle, they say there has been an 
increase in the number of mothers driving their 
children to school and add that this has led to 
“great resentment among parents of pupils of our [Hasidic] institutions”.
The letter says the ban, to come into force in 
the summer, is based on the recommendations of 
Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach, the Belzer spiritual leader in Israel.
It says that if a mother has no other choice but 
to drive her child to school – for medical 
reasons, for example – she should “submit a 
request to the special committee to this effect 
and the committee shall consider her request.”

The question is what does halacha have to say about this?

See the above URL for more. YL

llevine at stevens.edu 
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