RE: Kol Isha

[Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky <reyzl...>]

Although I totally agree with your point, I must make one correction.

>Some of the most
>famous torah scholars and educators at Yeshiva U. are women.

Oh yah, name one!?!   I think you are mixing up institutions.  You must 
mean JTS (has several) or Hebrew University (Nechama Leibowitz, z"l)


Reyzl


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From:  Steven M. Singer [SMTP:ssinger (at) orion(dot)it(dot)luc(dot)edu]
Sent:  Friday, September 24, 1999 2:21 PM
To:  World music from a Jewish slant
Subject:  Re: Kol Isha


On Fri, 24 Sep 1999 EricaHG (at) aol(dot)com wrote:

> I would suggest consulting with Rabbis in the Orthodox community who are
> sympathetic in general to the (halakhic) inclusion of women and gently 
press
> them on establishing a position.

I don't think that, as a platform, any Orthodox rebbaim are NOT
sympathetic to the inclusion of women in Orthodoxy.  Some of the most
famous torah scholars and educators at Yeshiva U. are women.  However, *by
definition*, halacha (jewish law) prescribes fairly specific things for
men and women.  For people who hold to the opinion that "kol isha" is
important, I really don't think that there is room (or opportunity) for
discussion.  These laws were not created and interpreted by Rabbis
*today*, many of them hark back to the middle ages... and they have become
part of our religious cannon.

-S



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