In this modern day, the women in some confines are delegating their own authority over their lives. Do you know what Torah says? A girl is under the authority of her father. Upon marriage, she is under the authority of her husband. Should she divorce she is under the authority of the life she lived before she was married. That is she is again the authority of her father... Until she may remarry.
What does this encompass. She has her rights. She has her freedoms. She can write, say, spell and think anything she may want. She is not restricted in her decisions to find employment. She is however a component of her fathers Spirit (in the case she is unmarried). This means that what she does effects her father. Period. Men are not such a confined species. Men are under their own spirits protection. A man must proove to himself that he is capable of holding Torah ideals. If a man wears tzitzis, it is for his own good. It strengthens his own spirit. A pair of tzitzis is a spirutal and mystical envelope for his soul and his being. Men should wear tzitzis if they are Jewish. If you are not Jewish, you do not have the mystical pull on the universe that a Jew has in his mind and body. Wearing tzitzis for you is like baking cream cheese in the oven. It will just melt. For a Jewish man, it is like baking a loaf of challah. If you are a woman and choose to wear tzitzis, your statement to the world is that you are under your own authority. If you wish to do this, I will not stop you. I will probably never bless you either. That said, you have that choice. You are still whether you like it or not under the authority of your father or your husbands soul. Like it or not, that is how human beings are designed. Thanks.
2 comments:
Women may in fact wear yarmulkas these days. I've only seen it in reform synagogues. Maybe the conservative Jews have the same phenominon. This will not effect your spirit at all. It is a little silly I must say, but I do endorse women to have a head covering, especially and lawfully if they are married. It is a nice gesture I assure you and your yearning for a Jewish life of safety and respect is noted. But that said, you are better off with a shawl. Perhaps a nice formal hat. I'd love that to death.
If a woman wants to adorn herself with a shawl type without tzitzis, I'm not one to dissent. It is not distracting, though I do not see that it changes your role towards God. I wont speak of you negatively, but I will be curious as to your intersts. I have not really noted a woman wearing any such thing in years so I must say I can not recall if some wear with or without tzitzis. I know that alot of women who seek the female Jewish life will try to embellish themselves. This is an act of aggression to torah.
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