Friday, August 12, 2011

The Minds of Women 1

Rambam in Hilchos Talmud Torah Perek 1 Halacha 13 writes: "...The sages commanded that one should not teach his daughter Torah, for the minds of most women are not conducive for learning, and they transform words of Torah to words of emptiness according to the poverty of their minds..."  Is this statement about the minds of women true?  Have the minds of women changed over the centuries?  Was their inferior mind a product of their inferior education?  If the minds of women today are not inferior, does the Halacha barring the teaching of Torah to women still apply?  Are we permitted to change a Halacha if the reason for it no longer applies?
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3 comments:

  1. Ohel MoedAugust 14, 2011 at 12:41 PM

    > "Are we permitted to change a Halacha if the reason for it no longer applies? "

    I don't know, but the following is a great source for determining the answer:

    http://www.torahmediaatlanta.com/rabbis/rabbi-eli-kerzner/torah-uncensored-2/the-reason-no-longer-applies/

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  2. Ohel MoedAugust 14, 2011 at 2:23 PM

    related:
    http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/08/11/3088956/yu-gives-first-talmud-phd-to-woman

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  3. Ohel MoedAugust 28, 2011 at 2:40 PM

    By "science," do you mean something like modern science, or more like philosophy?

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