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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>From: Lisa Liel <lisa@starways.net><BR>On 8/5/2011 6:08 AM,
Prof. Levine wrote:<BR>> From
http://revach.net/article.php?id=602<BR>><BR>> If there is no boy, points
out Rav Elyashiv, do not give it to a
girl.<BR><BR>Why?<BR><BR>Lisa<BR><BR><BR></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Does anyone know the source of the belief (folk belief?) that if a girl
drinks the wine from havdalah, she will grow a moustache?</DIV>
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<DIV>And in general there seems to be a widespread custom for women to avoid
making havdalah -- where there is no such hakpada against women making kiddush
for themselves. My mother amu'sh for example, and numerous other
women I know who live alone, will go to a neighbor for havdalah or have one of
her grandsons come in and make havdalah for her, but won't make havdalah for
herself -- although she has no hesitation about making kiddush for
herself. My Lub next door neighbor comes to my house for havdalah when her
husband is out of town, and again, she has no problem making kiddush for
herself. It's something I've seen all my life but I don't know the
reason.</DIV>
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<DIV>And of course I have /never/ seen anyone give a girl wine from havdalah,
Nine Days or any other time. The only "reason" I've ever heard was that
she would grow a moustache. I take the moustache to be a symbol of
some kind of masculinity of body, mind or spirit that is inherent in
havdalah. But what is the source?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT><BR><FONT color=#0000ff><STRONG>--Toby
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