Women and Aliyot
Is there any room to permit women aliyot la-Torah? Join Rabbi Dovid Fink as he explores the traditional sources and various opinions on the matter.
Women and Aliyot: Women and Aliyot
According to halachic sources, the reason not to call women to read from the Torah is bound up with כבוד הציבור (the honor, dignity, or respect of the congregation).
In these classes, we will survey the opinions of the poskim regarding the nature of the congregations dignity, honor, and respect.
Does the congregation have the ability to forgo its honor?
A source sheet is available through the links in both WORD format and pdf. In class we will translate and explain these sources.
In addition to being one of Rabbi Brovender's first students, Rabbi Dovid Fink is an outstanding expertﾠand teacher of Halacha. Rabbi Fink received his Rabbinic ordination from ITRI and the Mir and was awarded his Ph.D in Semitic Languages and Linguistics from Yale University. Rav Fink has taught thousands of students from all over the world for over 35 years.