Halakha - Women
Women §
Time-Dependent Miswoth §
Can do any time dependent miswoth from which they are exempt. We do not give women trouble for doing this
י נָשִׁים וַעֲבָדִים וּקְטַנִּים, פְּטוּרִין מִן הַצִּיצִית מִן הַתּוֹרָה; וּמִדִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים, שֶׁכָּל קָטָן שֶׁיּוֹדֵעַ לְהִתְעַטַּף, חַיָּב בַּצִּיצִית, כְּדֵי לְחַנְּכוֹ בַּמִּצְווֹת. וְנָשִׁים וַעֲבָדִים שֶׁרָצוּ לְהִתְעַטַּף בַּצִּיצִית, מִתְעַטְּפִין בְּלֹא בְּרָכָה; וְכֵן שְׁאָר כָּל מִצְווֹת עֲשֵׂה שֶׁהַנָּשִׁים פְּטוּרוֹת מֵהֶן--אִם רָצוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת אוֹתָהּ בְּלֹא בְּרָכָה, אֵין מְמַחִין בְּיָדָן. טֻמְטוֹם וְאַנְדְּרֻגִּינוֹס, חַיָּבִין בְּכֻלָּן מִסָּפֵק; לְפִיכָּךְ אֵין מְבָרְכִין, אֵלָא עוֹשִׂין בְּלֹא בְּרָכָה. \
נָשִׁים וַעֲבָדִים וּקְטַנִּים פְּטוּרִין מִן הַצִּיצִית מִן הַתּוֹרָה. וּמִדִּבְרֵי סוֹפְרִים שֶׁכָּל קָטָן שֶׁיּוֹדֵעַ לְהִתְעַטֵּף חַיָּב בְּצִיצִית כְּדֵי לְחַנְּכוֹ בְּמִצְוֹת. וְנָשִׁים וַעֲבָדִים שֶׁרָצוּ לְהִתְעַטֵּף בְּצִיצִית מִתְעַטְּפִים בְּלֹא בְּרָכָה. וְכֵן שְׁאָר מִצְוֹת עֲשֵׂה שֶׁהַנָּשִׁים פְּטוּרוֹת מֵהֶן אִם רָצוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת אוֹתָן בְּלֹא בְּרָכָה אֵין מְמַחִין בְּיָדָן.
\ Women, bondsmen and minors are exempted by the Scriptural law from the obligation of having fringes in their garments. The Sages however have prescribed that a male child, as soon as he can put on a garment, is under the obligation of having a garment with fringes, so as to be trained in religious observances. If women or bondsmen desire to wear garments with fringes, no objection is raised, but they do not recite the blessing. The same is the rule with respect to other affirmative precepts from the obligation of which women are exempt. If they wish to fulfill them without reciting the blessing, no objection is raised
See also the sources under Berakhoth. As well as:
Women Leading Minyan §
- H’ Messas’ testimony about women’s prayer groups (Nice but doesn’t cover mixed gender minyanim)
- Iraqi women getting aliyyot (anyone besides Freha/Flora Sassoon?)
Moroccan women - Freha bat Avraham. See Haim Ovadia’s vid- Historical Banot Miswah - any support?
- Source sheet - Partnership Minyanim – Some Relevant Sources
- Alan Yuter - Partnership Prayer and the Essence of Orthodoxy
- Ra7mi write-up (finish notes on last 10 min or so of vid)