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Women and Public Prayer:
Reading from the Torah, Kiddush, Davening for the Amud, Dancing with the Torah? I would like some explanations on these, based on the laws for women. Thank you. ![]() |
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What specifically are you asking? The whole public prayer idea, which as you address; reading from the Torah, making kiddush, davening for the amud, and dancing with the Torah, doesn't apply to women. That includes saying kaddish for a deceased parent.
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The question is basically like, why do girls not go up to the Torah to read? and the other examples mentioned...
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A couple of reasons off the bat...
Most obviously there's the kol isha problem. Then there's the general problem of a women getting up in front of men, which there are poskim which would rule against this, even if it were merely a speech she was giving (there's a letter in Igros Moshe about this). Then there's the nidah issue... A nidda isn't supposed to come in contact with a sefer Torah and in many congregations they practice this all across the board; meaning that, women won't touch/kiss the Sefer torah. Above that, the chavos yoir ruled that women should not conduct public prayer - such as saying kadish for a deceased parent and similar (as mentioned above) - not to create "new ideas" within yiddishkeit. In practicing tznius in a mixed setting, it's best that women aren't at the center of attention altogether. |
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Thanks so much for your answer. Is it possible to relate me the source or wherever you found the answer?
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More answers would be greatly appreciated!
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Thanks for the answers so far!
Does anybody else have any input? I would like to know more practical answers.... thanks.. |
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