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Kaddish at bat mitzva siyyum
My daughter and I will be completing a masechet of Gemara and are planning to make a siyum at her bat mitzva celebration. There will be at least 10 male guests. After she says the hadran, should the Kaddish be recited and by whom?
Is there a כלי גבר issue with women carrying guns for self-defense purposes?
In a Rav Moshe Feinstein tshuva (אורח חיים חלק ד, סימן עה), he permits women living in yishuvim to carry pistols for self-defense purposes and because pistols are generally not used as כלי זין. Can one derive from that that pistols are never an issue...
If you get up at night to deal with children, do you have to wash your hands first?
Can I eat before davening in the morning?
Is there a make up prayer?
What should someone do if she misses praying?
What prayers can I say while I'm nursing?
Timing of Shema and Ha-mapil
When should I recite Shema and Ha-mapil if we are planning to be intimate?
Can roles switch for the three mitzvot?
You say being around more at home is a rationale for women's priority in the three mitzvot according to Rav Hai and Rambam. If that's true, and my husband is a stay-at-home dad, does he get priority lighting candles or separating challa?
Should a husband set up the candles for his wife?
What is the source for group hafrashat challa events?
You talk about complementary roles, but you don't say what they are?
Why quote difficult sources?
I had trouble with two of the sources here, the mishna and the midrash. You definitely made an effort to discuss the issues, but why quote them at all?
Why the Babylonian Talmud?
You said in your first article on studying Torah: "Since the Babylonian Talmud incorporates both scriptural passages and Oral Torah, Talmud study plays a central role in fulfilling the mitzva of talmud Torah." I see the source in Sanhedrin (and the T...
Why do women say birchot ha-Torah?
If women are exempt from the mitzva of learning Torah, why do we say birchot ha-Torah?
How do shifts in how Torah is transmitted affect women?
In the introduction, you say there's been a change in the transmission of Torah. There's less reliance on custom and community and more on texts. What are some examples of how this affects women?