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2009-03-02 Olde Tyme Religion

Ovadiah Yosef Rules: Women may chant from Scroll of Ester even if men listen

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Posted by mhw 2009-03-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 As if you have never had a hard on in church before.....

Posted by newc">newc 2009-03-02 03:40|| 2009-03-02 03:40|| Front Page Top

#2 As women have been copying the Megillat Esther for generations, it's about time that rabbis in leadership roles began speaking out like this.

Posted by Soferet Avielah Barclay">Soferet Avielah Barclay 2009-03-02 07:37|| http://soferet.wordpress.com]">[http://soferet.wordpress.com] 2009-03-02 07:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Did you mis-post this to Rantburg? Or are we on the way to adding the Daf Yomi?

Posted by Penguin 2009-03-02 09:21|| 2009-03-02 09:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Surely not that, Penguin.

I find it of interest insofar as it demonstrates how at least some parts of Judaism are working to reconcile tradition and law with a role for women that seems more .... respectful.

Unlike most parts of Islam, it would seem.

Posted by lotp 2009-03-02 10:23|| 2009-03-02 10:23|| Front Page Top

#5 penguin,

yes this is a highly technical point but its similar to a highly technical point about a malfunction in satellite ice detection sensors or to a highly technical point about similar stuff.

lotp makes a good point also

I will also admit that, IMO, R. Ovadiah Yosef has gone cookoo for Cocopuffs on some items (e.g., hats vs wigs). But even the cookoo-ness isn't advocating violence like in Islam.

Posted by mhw 2009-03-02 10:53|| 2009-03-02 10:53|| Front Page Top

#6 There are five major religions in the world today - Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism. Any significant changes in any of those religions will affect the politics, social strata, and economics in the areas dominated by that religion - E.G., Islam. Keeping up with major changes in religion is equally as important as keeping up with major political, social, or economic changes, since they affect each of those areas. It's indeed technical, but so is the constant drop in the value of the Euro, or the collapse of economic growth in China. The effects ripple out far beyond the narrow boundary where the events transpire.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-03-02 12:57|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-03-02 12:57|| Front Page Top

#7 OP, don't forget the sixth religion--atheism in its various Marxist, Socialist, Materialist, Fascist, Hedonist, and other ugly forms. The fact that Europe has lost its spiritual moorings has a lot to do with the mess there; and we run the same risks if we follow Europe's example.

Posted by mom">mom 2009-03-02 15:34|| 2009-03-02 15:34|| Front Page Top

#8 I'd say the 6th religion is Global Warming. Although you could argue it's rebadged Socialism.

Posted by phil_b 2009-03-02 19:21|| 2009-03-02 19:21|| Front Page Top

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