tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post8470235730416626563..comments2024-03-27T16:27:03.093+02:00Comments on Shiloh Musings: You Can Call Me a "Neanderthal," but I'm Not Looking to Adopt Tefillin, Torah Reading etc. to My LifeBatyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-50640165954192187312014-02-27T07:26:37.274+02:002014-02-27T07:26:37.274+02:00Benjamin, thanksBenjamin, thanksBatyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-35989361982271860752014-02-27T02:16:07.723+02:002014-02-27T02:16:07.723+02:00I'm not really sure that anonymous understood ...I'm not really sure that anonymous understood my point, but Batya, you do bring up some valid points that need to be considered. Thoughtful Provocationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06392032140582115179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-52877194150083769242014-02-24T09:44:16.490+02:002014-02-24T09:44:16.490+02:00van, glad to know I'm in good companyvan, glad to know I'm in good companyBatyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-70862331468417512672014-02-24T08:02:07.230+02:002014-02-24T08:02:07.230+02:00By the way, you're as much the Neanderthal as ...By the way, you're as much the Neanderthal as was Moses and his generation. It's the very same tradition, which goes back, now, almost exactly 3326 years ago.in the vanguardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796434751654291581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-61832569699800250172014-02-24T06:21:12.012+02:002014-02-24T06:21:12.012+02:00a1 and a2, amen, yes
van, thanks
There are so man...a1 and a2, amen, yes<br />van, thanks<br /><br />There are so many, many mitzvot we have to learn on, improve and observe, B"H, no need to pretend we're men.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-83335373932994703752014-02-24T02:48:11.667+02:002014-02-24T02:48:11.667+02:00Agree with the first commenter, Mr. Griffel. These...Agree with the first commenter, Mr. Griffel. These women nowadays making a stir about women wearing talis and tefilin are not orthodox and they are part of the feminist movement. This mishagas is really anti-halacha because it goes against the mesorah of our people for thousands of years, which counts just as much as the law itself. The stories which are sometimes spread that Rashi's daughters put on tefilin has been debunked. The NewAge feminists are very good at publicity and lies; and if told often enough will eventually be accepted as truth. There is a definite worldwide agenda being promoted to water down 'Judaism' in order to fit in to the new worldly thinking, i.e.: G-Dlessness, just as our Sages foretold.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-59888409475727726502014-02-24T01:18:05.729+02:002014-02-24T01:18:05.729+02:00Bravo! Well said.
We can easily sense your no-co...Bravo! Well said. <br /><br />We can easily sense your no-compromise devotion to Yiddishkeit. It speaks well of all orthodox women and of all of orthodoxy, in fact, by a whole-hearted commitment to Hashem's prescription for behavior, which is the Torah way. in the vanguardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796434751654291581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-83911830016434336042014-02-23T22:45:57.068+02:002014-02-23T22:45:57.068+02:00I feel women have enough day to day mitzvahs, with...I feel women have enough day to day mitzvahs, without another inessential one to add to the list. It is not as though they would find the time to pray with tefillin every morning, especially if with a young family needing attention and nurture, and/or numerous domestic tasks to compete with their time. They might feel the enthusiasm to do so at first, but that would soon wane. I think those women who insist on it, as a right, are just protesting the patriarchal and, dare I say, myysogynistic, attitude of certain rabbis. Most Jewish women want to be regarded as people in their own right, and not as second/third class citizens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-77405174283035403522014-02-23T20:02:26.233+02:002014-02-23T20:02:26.233+02:00There are halachik differences between optional a ...There are halachik differences between optional a required. The way halacha evolves can cause the choice of Tehillin for women this generation to become a requirement according to some a few more generations down the line. That would be the result of an Egalitarian Judaism which makes identical demands on both men and women.<br />As I wrote, I really don't dabble.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-63134208138103447082014-02-23T18:26:32.065+02:002014-02-23T18:26:32.065+02:00You say that " If a Jewish woman feels an irr...You say that " If a Jewish woman feels an irresistible need to pray with Tefillin or doven with a minyan, that's her individual choice, but if she wants to upgrade it to principle for all, she's affecting the religious responsibilities of all women." <br /><br />But who is suggesting that women be required to put on tefillin or get an aliyah to the Torah? Some women merely want the opportunity and the question of whether or not this is halachically permissible is really the heart of the matter.Thoughtful Provocationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06392032140582115179noreply@blogger.com