I did not make you a woman, women are disqualified from testifying and judging.
- It is common to say that the blessing that you did not make me a woman is because of the number of mitzvot, and does not indicate inferiority. But why is a woman obligated to fewer mitzvot? Does that not indicate inferiority?
- Why is there often a comparison in halacha between a woman and a slave? (Laws that identify women with slaves)? Did Chazal see a woman as a type of slave?
- From a simple reading of the verses in Genesis, it seems that the main purpose of creation is for man. He was created first, and then God saw that he would not be able to manage alone, so He created a helper for him – the woman. Do you agree with this? If not, how do you explain the verses in Genesis? It is not good for man to be alone. I will make him a helper suitable for him – which is the woman.
- Why did Hazal disqualify women from testifying and judging? I received many explanations, and none of them seemed real to me.
- Does the "custom of the place" have binding force in the laws of modesty? If all the women around me wear stockings, am I obligated to do so too? Thank you in advance.
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1. I have no idea. Different roles and different personality structure. There is no need for this to indicate inferiority. Even a Cohen is obligated to more commandments than Israel.
2. There is a GAZH and it deals only with a few formal laws. Neither with rights nor with the woman being the property of her husband as a slave.
Regarding the obligation to perform the mitzvot as a wife, the slave learns from her, and not she from him. On the contrary, see section 1.
3. Indeed, that is what the simplicity seems like. But it is possible that these things also change with the generations. I don't know.
4. I don't know of a clear explanation. But I have written several times that there is room to consider training women witnesses based on their roles, education, and place in modern society.
5. In principle, yes. But with all due respect to customs, there is no need to sacrifice your life for something like this if it is very annoying.
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