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<DIV>WADR to the prior posts and posters on this thread, one can find many
definitions of roles that seem exclusionary that are based on function, as
opposed to gender. The most simple and obvious cases would be that aYisrael
cannot serve as a Levi and a Levi cannot serve as a Kohen. While a Zar can do
certain acts that are not Avodah, once one enters the realm of Kehunah, there is
an Issur Zarus Afilu Bdieved. A Talmid Chacham, even a Mamzer is entitled
to more respect than a Kohen who is an Am HaAretz. The Mishnah in
Kelim lists ten separate levels of Kedushah. There are many Psulei Edus for men
in addition to women, who are granted a separate and special kulah in cases of
Agunos. Like it or not, separate but equal roles between the genders and even
intra-gender roles is one of the major fundamental precepts that divides
Halacha and, indeed. all of Orthodoxy, from the heterodox world.</DIV>
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<DIV>The assumption that since the outside world has abolished or views the
abolition of any gender differentiatons as desirable obviously requires a higher
level of education, Torah and secular, for any woman who chooses to or needs to
work anywhere, especially outside of her home, and even more
so in the secular world, but one can argue that that factor requires both
adherence to Tznius at home and outside the home and that imititation of a
man's spiritual roles will not necessarily or even potentially enhance a
woman's spiritual growth. </DIV>
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<DIV>Steve Brizel</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:Zeliglaw@aol.com">Zeliglaw@aol.com</A></DIV>
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