<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">There is a </span></font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">machlokes</span></font></i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"> amongst the </span></font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">Poskim</span></font></i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"> whether the reading of </span></font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">Parshas Parah</span></font></i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"> is a Torah obligation today. </span></font></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">To be mindful of the opinion that it </span></font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">is</span></font></i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"> Min Hatorah, one should </span></font><span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"> </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">concentrate at the reading to be yotze this Mitzvah. </span></font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">According to all opinions, women are not obligated in this mitzvah. </span></font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 685:7, Moadim U'zmanim 2:168</span></font></i></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><i><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></i></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">I would guess that women are not m'chuyav because they didn't participate in the <i>cheit</i> of the <i>egel hazahav</i>. And disagreements?</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">ri</span></font></div></body></html>