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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">DEar Chana,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"> See the sources below who
say explicitly what I cited, namely that an eved does not have the same
level of kedushat Yisrael as a woman.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <SPAN
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Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel</STRONG>, Resp. Mishpetei Uziel, old ed.: III, H.M. sec.
3; new ed.: IV, Inyanim Kelaliyyim, sec.4. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<STRONG>R. Joseph B. Soloveitchik</STRONG>, cited in: R. Zvi Schachter, Erets
haTsvi, sec. 12, no. 12, pp. 96-97; in R. Menachem Genack, Gan Shoshanim, sec.
4, p. 10; and in Reshimot Shiurim, Shavuot-Nedarim II, R. Zvi Joseph Reichman,
ed. [New York, 5756], Shavuot 30a, p. 7, end of note 12, p. 8, s.v “Shoneh
ha-ishah,” and pp. 9-10, s.v. “Mistaber eifo,” and note 14.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Miriam; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: HE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-no-proof: yes">
<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Miriam; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: HE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-no-proof: yes">For
similar but somewhat different formulations, see <STRONG>R. Elhanan Bunim
Wasserman</STRONG>, <I>Kovets Shiurim</I>, <I>Kiddushin</I>, secs. 142-144;
<STRONG>R. Menashe Klein</STRONG><EM>, Mishne Halakhot</EM>, <I>Mahadura
Tinyana</I>, III, sec. 83; <STRONG>R. Isaac Tuvia Weiss</STRONG>, cited in
<I>Birkhot haMitsvah keTikunan</I>, p. 476. </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
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<SPAN
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clarified by R. Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel and R. Joseph B. Soloveitchik,<SPAN
style="POSITION: relative; TOP: -3pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt"> </SPAN>the
<I>mitsvot </I>were issued to the nation of Israel as a whole, men and women
alike. Accordingly, both men and women possess an equal degree of “<I>kedushat
Yisrael</I>,” Jewish sanctity.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But
despite sharing the general obligations of <I>Kelal Yisrael </I>(corporate
Israel), women were granted a particular and individual exemption from the
performance of time-determined commandments. </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
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An eved is not a full member in corporate Israel and has therefore only received
partial mitsvot. </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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For further discussion, See: <SPAN
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Prayer Services: Theory and Practice. Part 1 - Theory,” Aryeh A. Frimer and
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Frimer,<I> Tradition</I>, <B>32:2</B>, pp. 5-118 (Winter 1998). PDF File
available online at: <A
href="http://www.jofa.org/pdf/Batch%201/0021.pdf">http://www.jofa.org/pdf/Batch%201/0021.pdf</A>;
HTML file available at: <A
href="http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/english/tfila/frimmer1.htm#start">http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/english/tfila/frimmer1.htm#start</A>;
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href="http://mj.bu.edu/rsrc/MailJewish/MjReaderContributions/WmnSrvRev15-1.doc">http://mj.bu.edu/rsrc/MailJewish/MjReaderContributions/WmnSrvRev15-1.doc</A>.</SPAN><SPAN
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<STRONG>- </STRONG></SPAN><STRONG><FONT size=4>text at note 26
ff</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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kol Tuv</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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Aryeh</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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