Can women put on tefillin and wear tzitzis?
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- Опубликовано: 31 дек 2017
- Stump the Rabbi - Rabbi Noam Wagner
Can women put on tefillin and wear tzitzis?
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Why do you assume that women don't just have a sincere desire to increase their kavanah and feel close to HaShem? It seems like a lot of men assume negative intent of women more readily than men.
What about we women who cannot or do not want children? It's as if we don't exist, or are not supposed to exist. We're not supposed to have a spiritual life unless we breed lots of children. I'm an infertile Jewish woman who is trying to newly establish a spiritual life for myself, so I think that the old rules have to be rewritten for us. We cannot do things by the old, male-centric rulebook.
Wonderfully explained, todah!
shkoiach! really wonderful Divrei Torah! Thans=ks for brightening up my day
Thank you Rabbi! This was very educational for me.
What about keeping shabbes? Is it not time sensitive?
of course they can - what's to stop anyone? c'mon now
That is not what he said.
She is not obligated to do so.
@@cxarhomell5867Which means she can or cannot.
Thank you!
I was told that if a woman has mastered all the mitzvahs required of her, then and only then is she allowed to take upon herself more mitzvahs. Once she does she will be required to uphold the mitzvahs she took upon herself and not include any others in her mitzvah.
Everything you are saying should come out of the Torah. It sounds like more of your opinions or from the Talmud. Where does it say men are to fight and women are to bring down light in the Torah? This could be from the Zohar and mysticism even. When I read a Bible, it says as a commandment of Moses to attach tassels to the four corners of your garment. Your garment sounds like your clothes. If you put one on each shoulder and one on each ankle or bottom hem, that is like four corners of a square or rectangle.
What would garment translate as in Hebrew? It sounds like an article of clothing. I don't think it is prideful to show that you follow the Torah, I think it shows respect and that you are different from the rest of the world. It is like showing that you have a special role in the world to shine light and to fight to preserve it. I think both men and women do that job. What is a tassel for but for show and ornamentation anyway?
Yes. She can. Halacha doesn't prohibit this. Any opposition to this is merely based on tradition. There's no "deeper" reason.
Tefillin is a daily obligation and women are NIDDAH for at least 2 weeks every month!!! Doning tefilin in a state of tumah is not halachically prohibited???!!! If she dons a tefillin in a state of tumah, G-d forbid, it's the very opposite of kiddush Hashem ! Stop embarrassing yourselves
@@Veredan87 And in addition, even when a woman isn't in a tumah state, she doesn't fulfill the mitzvah. She would just be wasting time tbh.
No, she cannot. The Halacha does not obligate women to do these things.
Tradition or Mesorah is crucial to Jewish law. Women are Niddah for two weeks every month, so do you really think a woman could uphold nearly all of the 613 mitzvot?
Eruvin 96a says women should wear tefillin with Bracha
sorry 96b
I think the problem is that most women today who express interest in wearing tzitzis and putting on tefillin do not want to do so out of love for Hashem or for the purpose of doing more mitzvos, but for furthering a feminist agenda or as a statement.
If a woman would come to a posek and genuinely ask if they can don tefillin or wear tzitzis, then there might no be so much problem, because the major Rishonim give us great insights concerning this topic WHEN PURSUED WITH THE GENUINE INTENT TO FURTHER TORAH OBSERVANCE.
The main rule is, if a woman publicizes her wearing of tzitzis or donning of tefillin, you know her motives are not genuine and that she is just trying to make a statement. Because if she were really interest in doing more mitzvos as a chumra, then she wouldn't have the gaavah to announce it.
It would be like a man going around publicizing he donned four pairs of tefillin: Rashi, Rabbeinu Tam, Raavad, and Shimusha Rabba! That would be such gaavah! I think the same is true here.
Ezra Hoerster well said
I feel like the reason that this argument feels wrong is that we don't generally scrutinize men in the same way. I never hear people in the community argue that highly observant Jewish men are being haughty by looking identifiably Jewish.
I know a woman who is wonderful and wears tefillin because she feels closer to HaShem with it and views it as a connection to yiddishkeit.
The idea that we should assume women observe a mitzvah out of vanity rather than desire for spiritual growth seems to be assuming bad intent of other Jews. If wearing a kippah, a tallit, tzitzit, etc. helps with kavanah and enriches ones spiritual life, why discourage it and make someone feel unwelcome in the orthodox community?
It would bring me a lot of joy to see more spaces where women who are highly observant can still play more active role in services and spiritual life.
Although I’m not a rabbi, I would say that a women can wear teffilim but not in public or not to be seen by the public and tzittzits attach to her undergarments which cannot be seen. Also if a women doesn’t have a husband and children then she should observe the mitvot