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Women Praying with Tefillin, Tallis and Kippah at the Western Wall?!

Why are women praying with Tefillin, Tallis, and Kippah at the Western Wall a topic of discussion? It’s all hypothetical, to the best of my knowledge. If it ever occurs (unlikely!), we’ll figure it out then.

What do you mean?

Let’s go through it, shall we?

“Praying” – The official Reform position is atheistic (!). What they are doing sounds like wailing. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah! This is because they still refer to it as the “Wailing Wall”, not the “Western Wall”. The word “west” is severely “racist”. “Wall” probably too, since it sounds like “Berlin Wall”, or separation or an exclusionary non-state project, or a Trump speech.

“At the Western Wall” – Feiglin, David Sidman, and others assert the zone has no holiness; it’s nothing but a “parking lot“. No, it does have the sanctity of a synagogue. But this is not true for areas not made so through prayer! So, is where they are a synagogue? Was the area accepted as such? Does it even have the sanctity of the Ezras Nashim (I mean that of the Mikdash Me’at!)?

“Tefillin” – Apparently they never even glanced through those charming Chabad handouts describing the correct positioning of Tefillin Shel Rosh. As far as I can tell, the WoWing wailing Wymyn (sic) of THE wall have never put on Tefillin, period, let alone at the Kosel, where they are far too distracted.

“Tallis”? Why? Does it even have Techeiles? Exactly.

And if their food isn’t kosher, why do we assume their Tallis and Tefillin are any better?

Wearing a Kippah? Why not? Women are supposed to wear a Kippah (and even more, in more public areas), see footnote #1 on p. 2 here.

So what’s left?

They entered a government-controlled area with a Sefer Torah!

Ooh, is it against “Hilchos Medinah”? The Law of Return excludes the word “kehilchata” from its definition of “Jew”, but surely the Sefer Torah must meet some halachic standard, perhaps as determined by the Chief State “Rabbinate”. (If their lawyers wish to use this argument, please have them contact me to negotiate my finder’s fee.)

The solution? This. You can tell it’s likely the solution from the fact it angers nearly everyone.

UPDATE: Rafi Farber loves this article!

The Rafi Rule: How He Plans to Stay Human If Elected

Why Rafi Farber’s Knesset Platform is So Simple

July 6, 2017

People are asking me my positions on various issues. It’s an understandable question. I’ll answer it briefly here, but I want to emphasize in the post exactly why my personal official Knesset platform is so streamlined and it doesn’t address issue by issue. My platform, to reiterate, is that I will vote against any law that expands government size or power, and for any law that shrinks it. The only exception is if I am personally convinced Israel is under existential and imminent military threat, in which case I will vote to mobilize the army even if government spending is increased as a result.

In terms of positions on specific issues, generally, I agree with much of the Zehut Platform, at least its general direction. For example, I am not a supporter of the government school voucher system per se, but I would vote for it if given the choice between the status quo and school vouchers, because vouchers do limit government power somewhat, and leave it with a little bit less than it has now. So I’m for it, relative to the status quo. Though my goal is to get rid of all government education entirely and to fire every single person in the Education Ministry and repeal the Mandatory Education Law.

So issue by issue, whatever question you may have, I will always come down on the side that I believe is less government power.

Continue reading…

From The Jewish Libertarian, here.

Rafi Is Finally Running!

I and others encouraged him when he was considering the notion. Now he’s going for it. Whatever happens is not my fault!

Here is his “political” site. The name of which sounds like he’s asking to be electrified. Which he is (metaphorically?).

Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman was once asked by a young man if he could go to college in the hope of achieving some Jewish goal (I forget which).

Rabbi Kahaneman answered he could not support him. Imagine a performer extending a rope at a great height and walking across. We cannot encourage him as he starts; his quest is suicidal. But if he manages to get across, he will be honored as a hero. The lesson is clear.

Your story…

I don’t know the accurate details, and it’s just a story. Yes, tight-rope walking is likely included in the Noda Beyehuda’s dispensation of dangerous work for a livelihood. College? Perhaps he saw no way of dissuading the man entirely.

Anyway…

Join the campaign! Bug your friends to help!

Whatever happens won’t be your fault either. He made his decision, and מסייע אין בו ממש.

re: Following Moshe Feiglin Money

 In response to the post: Following Moshe Feiglin Money, I received this response from Rafi Farber:

Hey,

Read the Feiglin post today and followed the link to this:
She’s asking for answers to questions that are already answered by a simple googling. At the bottom, she asks specifically where the Charidy money, the nearly half a million raised by Zehut last year, was coming from. That’s a silly question. Donor information is public at Charidy. All donors names and amounts are clearly visible and published.
The matchers are all Jews.
See here.

I searched through this Devash person‘s Feiglin related posts. All of them are negative saturated with authoritarian values. She’s trying to smear Zehut by asking money questions that are clear and public and already answered, presenting them as if she’s being ignored and Zehut refuses to answer.

I have criticized Feiglin before, recently in fact, regarding his position on Syria. I will criticize him, even harshly, when he’s wrong. But that blogger has a vendetta against him, probably because she does not value liberty.
Which I forwarded to Tomer Devorah asking for a response, since she has a reputation for accuracy in accusation, but none came, so here it is.
It’s still not too late, you know.
UPDATE: Still no answer…