Comments on: Nashot HaKotel Adar http://danyaruttenberg.net/2007/02/19/nashot-hakotel-2/ Danya Ruttenberg's website Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:24:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: danya http://danyaruttenberg.net/2007/02/19/nashot-hakotel-2/#comment-26890 danya Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:13:19 +0000 http://danyaruttenberg.net/2007/02/19/nashot-hakotel-2/#comment-26890 Will-- Obviously, it's a preference (psychologically and halakhically) to daven Shacharit with full gear on. Even at the Kotel, I already have tzitzit on (I wear a tallit katan) and like one or two other folks who daven at WotW, I untuck them just before Kryiat Shema, so that I can say the third paragraph of the Shema while looking at/kissing on them. The tefillin is a problem, but I do get yotzei on tefillin during the Torah reading, and for me the importance of including my prayers that one day all women will be able to have equal status at the Kotel (and using my body as a way to enact those prayers, by showing up to WotW) is important enough that, once a month, I'm willing to make a halakhic compromise. I wouldn't do it every day, but I do hold my obligation to pursue justice as not unrelated to my obligation to pray, and as such I'm willing to navigate this in order to be able to join WotW. Will–

Obviously, it’s a preference (psychologically and halakhically) to daven Shacharit with full gear on. Even at the Kotel, I already have tzitzit on (I wear a tallit katan) and like one or two other folks who daven at WotW, I untuck them just before Kryiat Shema, so that I can say the third paragraph of the Shema while looking at/kissing on them. The tefillin is a problem, but I do get yotzei on tefillin during the Torah reading, and for me the importance of including my prayers that one day all women will be able to have equal status at the Kotel (and using my body as a way to enact those prayers, by showing up to WotW) is important enough that, once a month, I’m willing to make a halakhic compromise. I wouldn’t do it every day, but I do hold my obligation to pursue justice as not unrelated to my obligation to pray, and as such I’m willing to navigate this in order to be able to join WotW.

]]> By: Will http://danyaruttenberg.net/2007/02/19/nashot-hakotel-2/#comment-26018 Will Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:53:00 +0000 http://danyaruttenberg.net/2007/02/19/nashot-hakotel-2/#comment-26018 How do you balance the psychological and halakhic issue of not being able to wear tefillin and tzitzit during shaharit & hallel against the ability to daven them at the kotel (or, more precisely, in the main section)? In what ways does the latter outweigh the former? How do you balance the psychological and halakhic issue of not being able to wear tefillin and tzitzit during shaharit & hallel against the ability to daven them at the kotel (or, more precisely, in the main section)? In what ways does the latter outweigh the former?

]]> By: Kate http://danyaruttenberg.net/2007/02/19/nashot-hakotel-2/#comment-24792 Kate Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:31:17 +0000 http://danyaruttenberg.net/2007/02/19/nashot-hakotel-2/#comment-24792 Zac: nashot = women Zac: nashot = women

]]> By: zac http://danyaruttenberg.net/2007/02/19/nashot-hakotel-2/#comment-24294 zac Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:55:06 +0000 http://danyaruttenberg.net/2007/02/19/nashot-hakotel-2/#comment-24294 What's "Nashot"? What’s “Nashot”?

]]> By: danya http://danyaruttenberg.net/2007/02/19/nashot-hakotel-2/#comment-24258 danya Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:40:01 +0000 http://danyaruttenberg.net/2007/02/19/nashot-hakotel-2/#comment-24258 Yael-- Amen, sister! Yael–

Amen, sister!

]]> By: Yael http://danyaruttenberg.net/2007/02/19/nashot-hakotel-2/#comment-24253 Yael Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:23:21 +0000 http://danyaruttenberg.net/2007/02/19/nashot-hakotel-2/#comment-24253 This is wonderful. Yasher koach on leading a service, and yasher koach to those who showed up. Now that space has been allocated to women within the Jewish tradition, really behooves us who are able to, to occupy that space and reclaim that God given freedom we had to worship with song and dance b'tzibbur--as Miriam and the women of Israel had during the Exodus. The Orthodox shul I attend is desperately trying to get women to occupy the space that it has made for women's learning and is exhorting them to attend daf yomi. Unfortunately, women don't seem to be interested...personally I have been blasted by other women who have accused me for going because of wanting to enter the prestige of "a boys' club"! But it's not about arrogance--it's about reclaiming the space and the tradition that was given to us by God, and not about trying to buck the status quo. This is wonderful. Yasher koach on leading a service, and yasher koach to those who showed up. Now that space has been allocated to women within the Jewish tradition, really behooves us who are able to, to occupy that space and reclaim that God given freedom we had to worship with song and dance b’tzibbur–as Miriam and the women of Israel had during the Exodus. The Orthodox shul I attend is desperately trying to get women to occupy the space that it has made for women’s learning and is exhorting them to attend daf yomi. Unfortunately, women don’t seem to be interested…personally I have been blasted by other women who have accused me for going because of wanting to enter the prestige of “a boys’ club”! But it’s not about arrogance–it’s about reclaiming the space and the tradition that was given to us by God, and not about trying to buck the status quo.

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