Cancellation of the exemption reason in the case of the 3rd act
Hello Rabbi
I haven’t found a place where you explicitly address this – is it possible to argue that women are obligated (or at least there is doubt about this) to perform the za’ga act today due to the abolition of the reason for exemption – assuming that the exemption stemmed from the social order practiced in ancient times? (It is possible that the halakha is different for different societies – let’s say for ultra-Orthodox societies, the reason for exemption may not have been abolished)
thanks
If you assume that the exemption stemmed from some circumstances that existed and no longer exist, there is in principle room for revocation (within the limits of the authority of the Grand Jury. See Rambam, Ref. 2, Mecham. Memariam). But the question is whether this assumption itself is indeed correct. I don’t know.
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