tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post8028639719747278908..comments2024-03-27T16:27:03.093+02:00Comments on Shiloh Musings: Orthodox Judaism, Another "Religion," Too?Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-1898572940491628482011-10-06T06:14:51.592+02:002011-10-06T06:14:51.592+02:00MJ, words have power. Hurwitz is in a position th...MJ, words have power. Hurwitz is in a position that she should know it. I guess you don't.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-56688918002689217242011-10-06T01:13:49.953+02:002011-10-06T01:13:49.953+02:00Why in the world are you reading so much into the ...Why in the world are you reading so much into the word "still"?<br /><br />Do you know how many times I've heard my mom say "I'm still your mother blah blah blah." <br /><br />Does that mean she thinks someday she won't be my mother?<br /><br />Give me a break. If there is another religion being practiced here its called crazy messianic holier than thou zionism.MJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-35926141117570671932011-10-05T23:13:47.624+02:002011-10-05T23:13:47.624+02:00Mr. Cohen, I don't see a site, just an email g...Mr. Cohen, I don't see a site, just an email group.<br /><br />Karen, basic halachik principles don't change. Women being counted in a minyon just won't happen in normative Torah Judaism. To be full members of a minyan we have to have the same requirements as men to attend. <br /><br />There have always been female Torah scholars. The title isn't important.<br /><br />Prag, exactly. I don't need more rules. It's a lot easier for me to doven than it would be if I was required to find a minyan.<br /><br />Risa, considering that we're mothers, grandmothers, study Torah etc. I'd say we have it all.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-79697327666751679882011-10-05T22:25:31.439+02:002011-10-05T22:25:31.439+02:00Rabbanit Malka Bina spoke at our shul and told the...Rabbanit Malka Bina spoke at our shul and told the following story: Her husband teaching her gemarra and they asked R' Shlomo Zalman Auerbach about it. He sat the two of them down and told them that he they could continue <b> <i> but </i></b> if they told anyone about this psak, he would deny he ever said it! <br />So I have to agree with Karen here that we have to know what will be accepted and what to call it.Risa Tzoharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05012097234847651866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-52670453093038172552011-10-05T16:06:00.887+02:002011-10-05T16:06:00.887+02:00You will like my Torah web site, which takes a spe...You will like my Torah web site, which takes a speaks out strongly against fake Jewishness by patrilineal descent and fake Jewishness by fake conversions by fake Rabbis:<br /><br />http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DerechEmet/<br /><br />Blog Moderator, the sooner you link this blog to my web site, the sooner I link my web site to this blog. My web site has around 800 Jewish members.Mr. Cohenhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/DerechEmet/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-78278924450981349042011-10-05T15:13:39.311+02:002011-10-05T15:13:39.311+02:00What I don't get is the need to count for miny...What I don't get is the need to count for minyan. It comes with a certain amount of disadvantages.<br /><br />I think it has little to do with religion and more with a general feeling of entitlement (I should get to count for a minyan, I should be able to pu on tefillin) etc...Pragmaticianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08724757238921859366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-73251853732964376442011-10-05T11:03:30.725+02:002011-10-05T11:03:30.725+02:00Batya, halacha does change, but very slowly, as it...Batya, halacha does change, but very slowly, as it should. When I wanted to say kaddish 25 years ago I couldn't find anywhere to do it. Now it isn't universally accepted but it's definitely done much more often. I heard Rabbi Riskin say, very carefully, that a woman could theoretically sit on a bet din as long as she were accepted by that particular community. That doesn't mean he will do it anytime soon, the women in Efrat who are qualified know it's not time yet -- and he knows that too. Sara is allowed to hope that halacha might count her in a minyan one day. As long as she is waiting, rather than saying, I count in a minyan NOW, she still fits within the halachic process. I'm not sure that starting with using "rabba" is a good idea yet, either, but women have been poskining halacha for a long time -- doesn't your rabbi say, 'ask my wife' about certain things? And look what Nishmat is doing. Chana Henkin is my hero for knowing what can be accepted and when and knowing what to call it.Karennoreply@blogger.com