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I am teaching a class in Mishnayot Berachot this semester to a group of
10-th-12th grade public high school students in a Sunday morning Hebrew
High School. One of the Mishnayot that I am teaching is 3:3, which
discusses, among other things, the ptur of women from saying kriat Shema.
I am wondering if anyone out there can suggest an approach or two for
dealing with the more general concept of the ptur for women from mitzvot
aseh she-hazman grama. The class is a coed group brought up in modern day
America without the benefit of a halachic background or mindset. The
usual apologetics that often pass for shiurim on this topic may not
suffice for this class.
My thanks to anyone who can offer an angle.
Aaron Ross
Faculty, Yavneh Academy and Bergen County High School of Jewish Studies
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