the following post has some very interesting information that I did not previously know... it was written in response to an article written against the recent women's siyyum hashas daf yomi, which I am posting here:
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The response doesn't touch the main crux of the issues raised in the article.
The article wasn't really against some women learning gemara. Rather, it was against:
1) Making this a pastime for all women to engage in 2) Celebrating it with a large siyum the same way men do
Sara Schenirer would definitely not have endorsed such blurring of the lines between men and women to this extent. To suggest she would is wrongheaded.
The response doesn't touch the main crux of the issues raised in the article.
ReplyDeleteThe article wasn't really against some women learning gemara. Rather, it was against:
1) Making this a pastime for all women to engage in
2) Celebrating it with a large siyum the same way men do
Sara Schenirer would definitely not have endorsed such blurring of the lines between men and women to this extent. To suggest she would is wrongheaded.